Dr. Kamran Asdar Ali, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Critical Pakistan Studies, was recently featured in a video where he presented his aspirations for Critical Pakistan Studies to be a high-standard, first-rate, and top-tier interdisciplinary source of information on Pakistan. Critical Pakistan Studies is a new open-access journal published with the support of Cambridge University Press that tackles broader interdisciplinary issues in addition to Pakistan and Pakistanis.
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2023 Conferences
Annual Conference on South Asia
AIPS funded the travel of several scholars in Pakistan to participate in panels at the 2023 Annual Conference on South Asia in Madison, WI
Dates: October 18 - 21, 2023
- Kaleemullah Lashari, Directorate of Archaeology, Govt. of Sindh
Title of Paper: Conservation of Historical Monuments in Pakistan: Example of the Portuguese and Omani Period in Gwadar
Panel Title: Archaeological and Historical Cultural Heritage Documentation and Preservation in South Asia: Foundational Practices and Innovative Solutions
- Ghazal Asif Farrukhi, LUMS
Title of Paper: Three Women from Elias' Khwabnama
Panel Title: Ilyas' Khwabnama, the Coming Community, and the Missing Peasant
- Zahra Sabri, IBA-Karachi
Title of Paper: How important were madāris really in producing the best ‘ulama? A view from studies of South Asia, c. 1100-1800 AD
Panel Title: Evolving History, Evolving Functions: The Madrasah In South Asia
Architecture, Urban Design, and Environmental Activism in Contemporary Pakistan
Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi
Karachi, Pakistan
May 12-13, 2023
The Architecture, Urban Design and Environmental Activism in Contemporary Pakistan workshop was held at Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi, on May 12-13, 2023. Organized by Iftikhar Dadi (Cornell), Farhan Karim (U of Kansas), and Faiza Mushtaq (IVS), the workshop brought together scholars and environmental designers based in Pakistan (architects, urban planners, landscape designers, urban researchers & design educators) who are exploring diverse models of research, practice, and pedagogy to address land rights and climate related insecurity in Pakistan. There were 15 presentations spread over 2 days.