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2018-19 Travel Grants
Funded by AIPS Unrestricted Funds
Mashail Malik
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: Stanford University
Conference Name: American Political Science Association Annual Meeting
Conference Dates: August 29-September 1, 2019
Title of Paper: Social Identification and Political Accountability: Respect as a Club Good in Karachi, Pakistan
Paper Abstract Final Report
Asifa Jahangir
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of the Punjab
Conference Name: Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 17-20, 2019
Title of Paper: Kabul Peacemaking Process: Role of Pakistan and its Concerns
Paper Abstract Final Report
Usmaan Farooqui
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Conference Name: Midwest Political Science Association 77th Annual Conference
Conference Dates: April 4-7, 2019
Title of Paper: The Neutral State: Political Performances and Knowledge Practices in Karachi’s Waterscape
Paper Abstract Final Report
Minahil Asim
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated lnstitution: University of California-Davis
Conference Name: American Education Research Association Annual Conference
Conference Dates: April 4-8, 2019
Title of Paper: Strengthening Local Governance of Schools - Evidence from Pakistan
Paper Abstract Final Report
Mian Adnan Ahmad
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution:
Conference Name: Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 17-19, 2019
Title of Paper: The Journey Within (feature)
Paper Abstract Final Report
Yaqoob Khan Bangash
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution:
Conference Name: Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 17-19, 2019
Title of Paper: The Punjab under Law: The Development of the Judiciary in the Punjab in the 19th Century
Paper Abstract Final Report
Iqbal Akhtar
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: Florida International University
Conference Name: 3rd International Conference on Islamic Banking and Finance
Conference Dates: November 5-6, 2019
Title of Paper: The Khoja Fiscal Model for Equitable Islamic Banking
Paper Abstract Final Report
Funded by CAORC
Syeda ShahBano Ijaz
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of California, San Diego
Conference Name: Canadian Political Science Association
Conference Dates: June 4-7, 2019
Title of Paper: Voters and Foreign Aid: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Pakistan
Paper Abstract Final Report
Christopher Candland
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: Wellesley College
Conference Name: International Conference on Emerging Technologies in Educational Research and Practices
Conference Dates: August 5-8, 2019
Title of Paper: Thoughtful Use of Technology for Online Learning
Paper Abstract Final Report
Tariq Rahman
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of California, Irvine
Conference Name: Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 17-20, 2019
Title of Paper: The Properties of Property: Patwaris, Digitization, and Land Records in Lahore
Paper Abstract Final Report
Elizabeth Lhost
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Conference Name: Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference
Conference Dates: March 21-24, 2019
Title of Paper: Taking Marriage into Account: Legal Complaints and the Matter of Money in Early Twentieth-Century South Asia
Paper Abstract Final Report
Feisal Khan
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Conference Name: International Studies Association Annual Conference
Conference Dates: March 27-30, 2019
Title of Paper: Meet your new Islamic Banker, the same as your old Islamic Banker? Assessing Pakistan's rebooted Islamic Banking System
Paper Abstract Final Report
Safoora Arbab
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of California-Los Angeles
Conference Name: MLA International Symposium
Conference Dates: July 23-25, 2019
Title of Paper: Nonviolence, Anarchy and the New Story: The Resistance Literature of the Khudai Khidmatgers in the North-West Frontier of British India
Paper Abstract Final Report
Mehtab Khan
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Conference Name: Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 17-19, 2019
Title of Paper: Copyright Law in Context: The Construction of 'Fair Use' in South Asia
Paper Abstract Final Report
Michael Hirsch
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: Huston-Tillotson University
Conference Name: Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology
Conference Dates: October 17-19, 2019
Title of Paper: On Doing Research in Pakistan: A Primer
Paper Abstract Final Report
Mustafa Menai
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Conference Name: Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 17-19, 2019
Title of Paper: The Adab (Etiquette) of Guidance: Intimacy and Pedagogy between Two Urdu Master Poets
Paper Abstract Final Report
Rodrigo Chocano Paredes
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: Indiana University
Conference Name: Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 17-19, 2019
Title of Paper: Media-worthy Traditions: Musical Collaboration, Nation Building, and Neoliberal Logics in Coke Studio Pakistan
Paper Abstract Final Report
Zahra Hayat
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of California, Berkeley
Conference Name: AAA/CASA Annual Meeting
Conference Dates: November 20-24, 2019
Title of Paper: Itineraries of Intellectual Property - The Story of Sovaldi
Paper Abstract Final Report
Zunaira Komal
Domestic Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of California, Davis
Conference Name: Annual Conference on South Asia
Conference Dates: October 17-19, 2019
Title of Paper: Misrecognition of a Calamity: Azad Kashmir, Psychiatry and the Hold of the Secular
Paper Abstract Final Report
2019 AAS-in-Asia Conference
The scholars below hosted a panel on “Neoliberalism and Processes of Marginalisation in Pakistan’s Cities” at the 2019 AAS-in-Asia Conference from July 1 to 4, 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand.
Shermeen Bano
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of Management Technology
Title of Paper: The Cost of Transgender Recognition and Sexual Citizenship in Pakistan
Final Report
Amen Jaffer
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Title of Paper: Made from Waste: Labor, Life and Value in Lahore's Recycling Economy
Final Report
Danish Khan
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institution: University of Massachusetts
Title of Paper: Political Economy of Extended Urbanization in Punjab, Pakistan: Infrastructure Development, Dispossession and Accumulation
Final Report
Nida Kirmani
International Travel Grant
Affiliated Institutions: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Panel Organizer and Discussant
Final Report