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Dr. Esha Niyogi De - New Book and Article Announcement

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Dr. Esha Niyogi De has published a new, single-authored monograph, Women's Transborder Cinema: Authorship, Stardom, and Filmic Labor in South Asia, available on University of Illinois Press' website.

University of Massachusetts Amherst Donahue Institute

Friday, December 6, 2024

Last month, a team of six staff from the Civic Initiative (a business group of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Donahue Institute) were in Islamabad. They held a three-day follow-up conference for alumni from recent cohorts of the Study of the U.S. Institutes Comparative Public Policymaking program that has been held annually by the Civic Initiative since 2010. The SUSI program is funded by the US Department of State Education and Cultural Affairs Office.

Sadaf Sajjad | Austin Community College

Wednesday, December 4, 2024

A new honors course titled "Psychology and AI: Where AI dances with Psychology" has been proposed by Dr. Sadaf Sajjad at Austin Community College. This groundbreaking course in psychological studies provides a foundational understanding of human behavior and mental processes, integrating the study of psychology and its influence on AI. Set to be taught for the first time starting in Spring 2025, this innovative course has been reviewed and accepted by the Honors Committee at Austin Community College.

Mehtabidah Ali | University of Houston

Monday, September 30, 2024

Mehtabidah Ali's research paper was published in the International Journal of Heliyon. In the study, Ali utilized NASA Satellite Data to predict the behavior of surging glaciers in the HKH ranges of Northern Pakistan and analyzed the risks with glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs).

Rizwan Ali Shinwari | Bradford University, UK/Riphah University, Pakistan

Monday, September 30, 2024

Rizwan Ali Shinwari has joined a postdoctoral position in a joint project by the University of Bradfor, UK and Riphah University, Pakistan. The two-year long project will focus on the protection of children in the Pakistani community and will particularly focus on the rising trend in child sexual abuse cases. The project aims to conduct evidence-based research to reach at the core of the social issue.

Writing Pakistan: Literature, Nationhood, and Identity

Submitted Monday, November 15th, 2021

AIPS sponsored the panel "Writing Pakistan: Literature, Nationhood, and Identity" at the 2021 Annual Conference on South Asia. The panel, organized by Mushtaq Bilal (PhD candidate, Binghamton University) investigates the relationship between Pakistani literature, nationhood, and identity by bringing together established scholars and graduate students working on Pakistani literature. Two scholars, Muneeza Shamsie and Dr. Nasir Abbas Nayyar, joined virtually from Pakistan to participate in the presentation. US scholars on the panel include Dr. Cara Cilano, Dr. Ambreen Hai, Dr. Ulka Anjaria, Sameera Abbas, Dr. Rajendar Kaur, Zain Mian, and Mushtaq Bilal.

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