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AIPS 2013-14 Short-Term Fellows Awarded

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Congratulations to the recipients of AIPS's first round of awardees for 2013-2014 Short-Term Fellowships!

  • Dr. Cabeiri Robinson, Professor at University of Washington, awarded 4 months in Islamabad
  • Dr. Marcia Hermansen, Professor at Loyola University Chicago, awarded 3 months in Islamabad
  • Muntasir Sattar, PhD candidate at Columbia University, awarded 3 months in Lahore
  • Dr. Syed Akbar Hyder, Associate Professor at University of Texas at Austin, awarded 2 months in Lahore

Short-Term Fellowships are funded by Public Affairs Section, American Embassy, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstracts and more information on these fellowships can be found here.

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AIPS 2013-14 Long-Term Fellows Awarded

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AIPS is pleased to announce the awardees for the 2013-2014 Long-Term Fellowship!

  • Andrew Amstutz, Junior Fellow from Cornell University, awarded 8 months in Dhaka, New Delhi, Mumbai, Aligarh, and Patna
  • Sameer Lalwani, Junior Fellow from Syracuse University, awarded 2 months in London
  • Sean Killen, Junior Fellow from the University of Texas at Austin, awarded 5 months in the UK, India, Switzerland, and the Netherlands

Abstracts and more information on these fellowships can be found here.

Long-Term Fellowships are funded by Council of American Overseas Research Centers

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AIPS Announces Summer Research Grant

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AIPS is delighted to be able to offer research/travel grants to Pakistan for summer of 2013. These grants are open to all and we strongly encourage graduate students enrolled in a US university to apply. If you are selected, you will be asked to become an AIPS Individual Member prior to receiving your award. For eligibility and application instructions, please click "read more".

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Rethinking Urban in Pakistan: Photos and Final Report

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Held at NED University’s Karachi campus on January 1–2, 2013, AIPS’ collaborative workshop “Rethinking the Urban in Pakistan” brought several AIPS members together with anthropologists, urban planners, historians, artists, and activists in discussion about how Pakistan’s cities have changed and resulted in human costs and possibilities.

Click the photo above for more pictures and a link to the final report.

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AIPS Sponsors “Karachi Elegies” Exhibit at MSU

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AIPS is proud to support Pakistani artist Khan's first exhibit in the US: Karachi Elegies at Michigan State University's Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum. The exhibit is curated by Karin Zitzewitz, MSU assistant professor of art history and visual culture. The exhibit is on display at the Broad Museum from February 22–May 26, 2013, … Read more

“Pakistani Public” Conference: Final Report and Pictures

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The AIPS-funded International Conference entitled “What is the Pakistani Public?” took place December 26–28, 2012 at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, attended by a wide variety of Pakistani participants from literary acadamics to artists, and faculty from American universities such as Rutgers, Johns Hopkins, and UCLA.

Click the picture above to view more pictures and the final report from the conference.

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AIPS Roundtable Panel at AAS

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As part of the annual Association for Asian Studies Conference, AIPS is sponsoring a panel entitled Innovations on the Legal Front in Pakistan: New Laws That May Surprise You. The panel (designated #307 by AAS) will take place on Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 8:00am at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, CA, the … Read more