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2015 - 2016 Annual Report

October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016

American Institute of Pakistan Studies

12015-2016AnnualReportoftheAmericanInstituteofPakistanStudies

October1,2015–September30,2016



Contents Coverphotocredit:MohammadAliQadri

AIPSFellowships.............................................................................................................................................3

USEmbassyFellows(Short-termLecturingandResearchFellowshiptoPakistan)...............................3

CouncilofAmericanOverseasResearchCentersFellows(Long-termFellowships)..............................4

Long-termFellowsfundedonAIPSUnrestrictedFunds.........................................................................4

TravelGrantees..............................................................................................................................................5

CAORCfundedTravelGrants..................................................................................................................5

TravelGrantsfundedbyAIPSUnrestrictedFunds..................................................................................6

USEmbassyinPakistanfundedTravelGrants........................................................................................7

USScholarSupport.........................................................................................................................7

PakistanScholarSupport................................................................................................................8

2015SummerResearchGrantees..................................................................................................................9

2015-16AIPSBookPrize...............................................................................................................................10

AIPSAdvisingTravelGrant...........................................................................................................................10

AIPSCourseDevelopmentGrant..................................................................................................................11

AIPSSpeakerSeries......................................................................................................................................11

AIPSSponsoredConferencesandWorkshops..............................................................................................13

AIPSSponsoredWorkshopSeries.................................................................................................................15

AIPSCo-SponsoredConferencesandWorkshops........................................................................................20

AdditionalAIPSEventsinPakistan..............................................................................................................23

AdditionalAIPS-PakistanSupportingActivities..........................................................................................26

AIPSContactInformation.............................................................................................................................29



AIPSFellowshipsAbstractsandfinalreportscanbefoundontheAIPSwebsiteUSEmbassyFellows(Short-termLecturingandResearchFellowshiptoPakistan)

1) ShahlaHaeri,AssociateProfessor,BostonUniversity ProjectTitle:MuslimWomenRulers:FromBliqistoBenazir AffiliationinPakistan:BeaconhouseNationalUniversity,LahoreUniversityofManagement

Sciences(LUMS)andQuaid-i-AzamUniversity Duration:2months

Status:Complete(February1–March15,2016)

2) ChadHaines,AssistantProfessor,ArizonaStateUniversity ProjectTitle:BeingMuslim,BeingGlobal:EverydayEthics,UrbanSociality,andIslamic

ModernityinIslamabad AffiliationinPakistan:FatimaJinnahWomenUniversityandAkhtarHameedKhanResource

Center Duration:1.5moths Status:Completed(May-June2016)

3) FarhatHaq,Professor,MonmouthCollege

ProjectTitle:SacralizingtheStateandSecularizingtheSharia:IslamicPoliticsandthePakistaniNation-State

AffiliationinPakistan:LahoreUniversityofManagementSciences(LUMS) Duration:2months

Status:Complete(June–August2015)

4) WilliamSherman,PhDcandidate,StanfordUniversity ProjectTitle:MountainsandMessiahs:Revelation,Language,andAfghanBecomingsinthe

16th-17thCenturies AffiliationinPakistan:LahoreUniversityofManagementSciences(LUMS) Duration:4weeks Status:Complete(April2015)

5) SherAliTareen,AssistantProfessor,Franklin&MarshallCollege

ProjectTitle:IslamandtheEthicsofAuthenticity:Tradition,Reform,Innovation AffiliationinPakistan:IslamicResearchInstitute Duration:1month Status:Completed(December2015toJanuary2016)

6) YasminSaikia,Professor,ArizonaStateUniversity ProjectTitle:Azadi:MiddleActors’ImaginationofEmancipationfromBritishColonialism AffiliationinPakistan:IslamicResearchInstitute Duration:3andahalfmonths Status:Traveling(August27toDecember7,2016



CouncilofAmericanOverseasResearchCentersFellows(Long-termFellowships)

1) SafooraArbab,JuniorFellowship,UniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles ProjectTitle:NonviolenceEmbodiedandRepresentationsofViolenceinTheNorthWest

FrontierofBritishIndia Duration:5monthsinIndia Status:Traveling(June-October2016)

2) KarenGreenwalt,JuniorFellowship,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago

ProjectTitle:BeyondtheNation:RasheedAraeen,BaniAbidi,HamraAbbas,andtheArtofMigration

Duration:3monthsinLondon Status:Completed(SeptembertoDecember2015)

Long-termFellowsfundedonAIPSUnrestrictedFunds

1) ManameeGuha,JuniorFellowship,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago

ProjectTitle:PerformingBritishness:TheSocialClubinColonialIndia(1809-1947) Duration:3monthsinLondon Status:Completed(JanuarytoApril2016)

FellowYasminSaikia,BULPIP-AIPSstudents,AIPSstaffandfriendsofAIPScelebratingEidal-AdhaatAIPSguesthouseinLahore,PK(photocourtesy:YasminSaikia)

FellowWilliamShermanvisitsWazirKhanMosque(photocourtesy:WilliamSherman)

“It is difficult to overstate the importance of this fellowship for my dissertation work. I returned home having read or reproduced close to 20 manuscripts that promise to significantly impact how we understand the 16th century Rawshaniyya movement and its heirs and critics.” – AIPS Fellow, William Sherman



2) MairaHayat,JuniorFellowship,UniversityofChicago

ProjectTitle:EcologiesofWaterTheftinPakistan:theColony,Corporation,andtheContemporary

Duration:5monthsinLondon Status:Completed(JanuarytoJune2016)

3) ShayanRajani,JuniorFellowship,TuftsUniversity ProjectTitle:ReimaginingtheWorld,RemakingtheRegion:TextualTraditionsofGeography

inModernSouthAsia Duration:2monthsinLondon

Status:Completed(March1toApril29,2016)

TravelGranteesAbstractsforallTravelGrantawardeescanbefoundontheAIPSwebsiteCAORCfundedTravelGrants

1) SanaaRiaz,AdjunctAssistantProfessor,MetropolitanStateUniversityofDenver ConferenceName:AssociationforAsianStudiesAnnualConference ConferenceDate:March31–April3,2016 Location:Seattle,WA TitleofPapers:AlternativeSubjectivitiesinIslamicSchooling:TheCaseofUrban

PakistaniParochialSchools2) SohaibI.Khan,PhDCandidate,ColumbiaUniversity

ConferenceName:114thAnnualMeetingoftheAmericanAnthropologicalAssociation ConferenceDate:November17-22,2016 Location:Denver,CO TitleofPaper:SpendinganIslamicLivelihood:TheCalculativeRationalityofVirtue

Ethics3) C.ChristineFair,AssociateProfessor,GeorgetownUniversity

ConferenceName:InternationalStudiesAssociation’s57thAnnualConvention ConferenceDate:March15-19,2016 Location:Atlanta,GA TitleofPaper:TheDomesticPoliticsofJihadinPakistan:TheCaseofLashkar-e-Taiba

4) CarlaPetievich,Professor,UniversityofTexasatAustin ConferenceName:AssociationforAsianStudiesAnnualConference ConferenceDate:March30–April3,2016 Location:Seattle,WA TitleofPaper:FromCourttoPublicSphere:HowUrduPoetry’sLanguageofRomance

ShapestheLanguageofProtest5) SylviaVatuk,ProfessorEmerita,UniversityofIllinois-Chicago

ConferenceName:LawandGovernanceinGilgitBaltistan(NantesInstituteofAdvancedStudies)

ConferenceDate:April27-29,2016 Location:Nantes,France TitleofPaper:InheritanceandGovernanceinMuslimSouthAsia



6) AlexisM.Saba,PhDStudent,IndianaUniversity ConferenceName:ComparativeandInternationalEducationSociety ConferenceDate:March6-10,2016 Location:Vancouver,Canada TitleofPaper:TranslatingandAppropriatingtheRighttoEducationinPakistan

7) KaranGreenwalt,PhDStudent,UniversityofIllinois-Chicago ConferenceName:Vitriol:ArtandItsDiscontentsatConcordiaUniversity ConferenceDate:March11-12,2016 Location:Montreal,Canada TitleofPaper:BeyondtheNation:RasheedAraeenandtheArtofMigration

8) RandallW.Law,PhD,UniversityofWisconsin-Madison ConferenceName:23rdConferenceoftheEuropeanAssociationforSouthAsian

Archaeology&Art ConferenceDate:July4-8,2016 Location:Cardiff,Wales TitleofPaper:TheArtoftheHarappanMicrobead-Revisited

9) UzmaRizvi,AssistantProfessor,PrattInstituteofArtandDesign ConferenceName:WorldArchaeologicalCongress-08 ConferenceDate:October28–November2,2016 Location:Kyoto,Japan TitleofPaper:ArchaeologicalofEmotionandEmotionalArchaeologies

10) ElizabethBolton,PhDCandidate,UniversityofTexasatAustin ConferenceName:SocietyforCinemaandMediaStudiesAnnualConference ConferenceDate:March30–April3,2016 Location:Atlanta,GA TitleofPaper:TheClamorofReticence:ProducingNewsTelevisioninPakistan

11) JohnMock,RetiredLecturer,UniversityofCalifornia–SantaCruz ConferenceName:LawandGovernanceinGilgitBaltistan(NantesInstituteofAdvanced

Studies) ConferenceDate:April26-29,2016 Location:Nates,France TitleofPaper:LanguageandGovernanceinGilgit-Baltistan:Introduction,Background

andIssues12) NadiaLoan,Instructor,UniversityofOregon

ConferenceName:2016AssociationforAsianStudies(AAS)-in-AsiaConference,‘AsiainMotion:HorizonsofHope’

ConferenceDate:June24-27,2016 Location:Kyoto,Japan TitleofPaper:TheQuranWorkbook:MaterialityandDevotioninContemporary

Pakistan

TravelGrantsfundedbyAIPSUnrestrictedFunds1) Maria-MagdalenaFuchs,PhDstudent,PrincetonUniversity

ConferenceName:44thAnnualConferenceonSouthAsia ConferenceDate:October22-25,2015 Location:Madison,WI



TitleofPaper:BetweenMosque,School,andPrintingHouse:MuslimAssociationinColonialPunjab

2) AmnaQayyum,PhDstudent,PrincetonUniversity ConferenceName:AssociationofAsianStudiesAnnualConference ConferenceDate:March31–April4,2016 Location:Seattle,WA TitleofPaper:Pashtunistan:PostcolonialImaginariesAlongBorderlands,1947-1954

3) NailaSahar,PhDStudent,StateUniversityofNewYork–Buffalo ConferenceName:25thAnnualBritishCommonwealthandPostcolonialStudies

Conference Conferencedate:April26-27,2016 Location:Savannah,GA TitleofPaper:SyncreticLanguage:anArchiveofHistoryandExperienceina

PostcolonialWorld4) SaadGulzar,PhDcandidate,NewYorkUniversity

ConferenceName:AmericanPoliticalScienceAssociationAnnualMeetinginPhiladelphia

ConferenceDate:September1-4,2016 Location:Philadelphia,PA TitleofPaper:Politicians:ExperimentalEvidenceonCandidacy

USEmbassyinPakistanfundedTravelGrantsUSScholarSupport

1) RichardBarnett,AssociateProfessor,UniversityofVirginia ConferenceName:25thInternationalPakistanHistoryConference ConferenceDate:January19-21,2016 Location:Karachi,Pakistan TitleofPaper:StructureandMethodinAssessingtheDeeperHistoryofPakistan

2) JoelGordon,Professor,UniversityofArkansas-Fayettevillw ConferenceName:CinemaandTransnationalisminPakistanandSouthAsiaConference Conferencedate:September1-2,2016 Location:Lahore,Pakistan TitleofPaper:MovieStarswithoutBorders:FashioningNationalIdentityinRegional

Studios/RegionalIdentityinNationalStudios3) ChristopherCandland,AssociateProfessor,WellesleyCollege

ConferenceName:4thInternationalConferenceon‘DynamicsofChangeinthePakistan-AfghanistanBorderland’

ConferenceDate:August29–November5,2016 Location:BaraGali,Pakistan TitleofPaper:ThePurposeofGovernment,ManufactureofLegitimacy,andViolenceof

theStateConflictTransformationinPakistan4) HassanAbbas,Professor,NationalDefenseUniversity

ConferenceName:State,SocietyandDemocracyinthePostcolonyConference ConferenceDate:August4-6,2016 Location:Lahore,Pakistan TitleofPaper:Sectarian&InternalSecurity:HowtheState-SocietyNexusWas

RecognizedinthepostZiaEra?



PakistanScholarSupport

1) TanvirAnjum,AssociateProfessor,Quaid-i-AzamUniversity SponsoringAIPSInstitution:ArizonaStateUniversity ConferenceName:TrendingPakistan:NewApproachestotheStudyofHistory ConferenceDate:April28-29,2016 Location:Tempe,Arizona

2) ImdadHussain,AssistantProfessor,FormanChristianCollege SponsoringAIPSInstitution:ArizonaStateUniversity ConferenceName:TrendingPakistan:NewApproachestotheStudyofHistory ConferenceDate:April28-29,2016 Location:Tempe,Arizona

3) AmmarAliJan,PhDCandidate,UniversityofCambridge SponsoringAIPSInstitution:ArizonaStateUniversity ConferenceName:TrendingPakistan:NewApproachestotheStudyofHistory ConferenceDate:April28-29,2016 Location:Tempe,Arizona

4) Iftikhar-unNisaHassan,AdjunctProfessor,KarakoramInternationalUniversity SponsoringAIPSInstitution:SouthernMethodistUniversity TalkTheme:Promotingthewellbeingofwomenandchildren:APsychological

Perspective TalkDates:April10–May2,2016 Location:Austin,TX TitlesofTalks:1)75OutstandingWomen,2)TheStrengthofMuslimFamiliesof

Pakistan,3)VoicelessMelodies,4)PromotingtheWellbeingofWomenandChildren:APsychologicalPerspective.

5) FouziaSaeed,ExecutiveDirector,LokVirsa SponsoringAIPSInstitution:BostonUniversity LectureThemes:Women’sRights,SocialJustice,andFolkCultureinPakistan DatesofTravel:April19-22,2016 Location:Boston,MA TitlesofLectures:1)Women’sRightsandSocialJusticeinPakistan,2)FolkCulturein

Pakistan6) AnjumTanveer,DepartmentHead,DepartmentofEnglish,IqraUniversity

SponsoringAIPSInstitution:PrincetonUniversity ConferenceNames:1)45thAnnualConferenceonSouthAsia,2)Princeton’sHindi/Urdu

ConferenceonLiteratureandPolitics DatesofTravel:August20–November11,2016 Location:Madison,WI&Princeton,NJ TitlesofLectures:1)WomeninHasanManzar’sFiction:AFeministPerspective,2)

UnderneaththeAmbiguous:PoliticalThemesinthePoetryofSaeeduddin,3)TheUrduPoetryofNasreenAnjumBhatti:TheFirstandtheLastMarxist–Feminist

7) SaeedShafqat,Professor&FoundingDirector,CentreforPublicPolicyandGovernance,FormanChristianCollegeUniversity

SponsoringAIPSInstitution:WakeForestUniversity LectureThemes:Pakistan–MiddleEast&Pakistan–USRelations,AmericanElections

2016 LectureDates:August7–11,2016



“In thinking about how to analyze my primary sources, I am increasingly turning to writings on dreams in other religious traditions. In other words, my AIPS sponsored research had led me to become a comparativist, albeit to a limited degree.”

AIPSSummerGrantee,MashalSaif

Location:Winston-Salem&Durham,NC TitlesofLectures:1)PakistanandtheMiddleEast,2)APakistaniScholar’sPerspective

onAmericanElections2016,3)Perceptions,Realities,andtheChangingDynamicsofUS-PakistanRelations,4)Terrorism,DemocraticTransitionandTransformationofPakistanMilitary.

2015SummerResearchGranteesFundedbytheUSEmbassyinPakistan

1) KarimGillani,Instructor Field:Ethnomusicology ProjectTitle:FieldResearchonKhojaIsmailiMuslimHymnsGinans AffiliatedInstitution:FloridaInternationalUniversity

2) MubbashirRizvi,AssistantProfessor Field:Anthropology ProjectTitle:MastersNotFriends:Land,LaborandPoliticsofPlaceinRuralPakistan AffiliatedInstitution:GeorgetownUniversity

FundedbyAIPSUnrestrictedFunds

3) AmnaQayyum,PhDCandidate Field:History ProjectTitle:PlanningtheIslamicRepublic:EconomicExpertiseandDevelopmentin

Pakistan,1947–71 AffiliatedInstitution:PrincetonUniversity

4) MuhammadAzafarNisa,PhDCandidate Field:PublicPolicy ProjectTitle:ManagingtheMargins:PublicAdministrationandLivesofHijrasofLahore,

Pakistan AffiliatedInstitution:ArizonaState

University5) MashalSaif,AssistantProfessor

Field:PhilosophyandReligion ProjectTitle:DreamingofGuilt:Insulting

MuhammadinContemporaryPakistan AffiliatedInstitution:ClemsonUniversity

6) RehanJamil,PhDCandidate Field:PoliticalScience ProjectTitle:Examiningtherelationship

betweenPoliticalCompetitionandServiceProvision

AffiliatedInstitution:BrownUniversity7) ShehramMokhtar,PhDStudent

Field:MediaStudies ProjectTitle:MappingtheRelationshipof

FolkCultureandModernMediainPakistan:TheCaseoftheManganiyarMusicfromTharparkar,Sindh

AffiliatedInstitution:UniversityofOregon



2015-16AIPSBookPrizeAIPS2015–16BookPrizeAwardisunderreview.Awardee(s)willbeannouncedinnextyear’sannualreportalongwithAIPSwebsite,Facebookpage,andemailcirculations.AIPSAdvisingTravelGrantAIPShadfundsfromtheUSEmbassyinPakistantosupporttraveltoPakistanforscholarsandvisaversawithspecificexpertiseneededtositonadvisorycommitteeswiththegoalofincreasingorstrengtheningprogramsatPakistaniuniversitiesandinstitutions.

1) Hasan-UddinKhan,Professor,RogerWilliamsUniversity AdvisingInstitution:COMSATSInstituteofInformationTechnology,Architecture

Programs(Lahore&Islamabad,Pakistan) Dates:July14–August12,2016

2) MohammadNizamuddin,Chairman,PunjabHigherEducationCommission AdvisingInstitution:CommunityCollegesforInternationalDevelopmentConference

(Orlando,FL,USA) Dates:February19–28,2016

3) ShahidSoroya,DirectorGeneral,PunjabHigherEducationCommission

AdvisingInstitution:CommunityCollegesforInternationalDevelopmentConference(Orlando,FL,USA)

Dates:February19–28,2016

4) BarakUllahKhan,DeputySecretary,DepartmentofHigherEducation,GovernmentofPunjab AdvisingInstitution:CommunityCollegesforInternationalDevelopmentConference

(Orlando,FL,USA) Dates:February19–28,2016

Dr.Hasan-UddinKhanwithfacultyfromCOMSATS



AIPSCourseDevelopmentGrantFundedbyCAORCandtheDepartmentofEducation

1) UniversityofTexasatAustin Minority-ServingInstitutionofInstruction:Huston-TillotsonUniversity CourseTitle:IntroductiontoSouthAsia CourseInstructor:AbdulHaqChang,DoctoralstudentattheUniversityofTexasat

Austin CourseDates:Spring2016

2) FloridaInternationalUniversity Minority-ServingInstitutionofInstruction:FloridaInternationalUniversity CourseTitle:Religio-PoliticsofSouthAsia CourseInstructor:MichaelBender,DoctoralstudentatFloridaInternationalUniversity CourseDates:Spring2016

AIPSSpeakerSeriesFundedbytheUSEmbassyinPakistan

1) MarciaHermansen MarciaHermansenistheDirectoroftheIslamicWorldStudiesProgramandProfessorof

IslamicStudiesandtheAcademicStudyofReligionintheTheologyDepartmentatLoyolaUniversity,Chicago.

LectureDetails:InteractivediscussionsandinterviewsinKarachi&Hyderabad,Pakistan Interactivediscussions:‘IslaminAmerica’,FacultyofFederalUrduUniversity(Karachi),

‘What’sAmericanaboutAmericanSufiMovements?’,ArtofLivingCenter(Karachi),‘IslamandtheUnitedStates’,DHASuffaUniversity(Karachi),‘MuslimWomeninAmerica’,DawoodPublicGirlsSchool(Karachi),‘IslaminAmerica’,LincolnCornerLarkanaandLincolnKhairpur(Karachi),‘CulturalWorlds/CulturalWars:ContemporaryAmericanMuslimPerspectivesontheRoleofCulture’,HabibUniversity(Karachi),‘RoleofMuslimsinAmerica’,SZABISTandIMSAUniversities(Hyderabad),‘IslaminAmerica’,SindhUniversityandIsraUniversity(Hyderabad)

Interviews:KTNMorningShow(Karachi),HotFM–105(Karachi),SindhTV(Karachi),

Dates:April5-19,2016



2) HilalElver HilalElverisaVisitingProfessorattheUniversityofCalifornia–SantaBarbaraandthe

co-directoroftheProjectonClimateChange,HumanSecurity,andDemocracyhousedattheOrfaleaCenter.SheisalsotheSpecialRapporteurontheRighttoFood,OfficeoftheHighCommissionerforHumanRights,theUnitedNations.SheistheauthorofTheHeadscarfControversy:SecularismandFreedomofReligion(2012)andPeacefulUsesofInternationalRivers:TheCaseoftheEuphratesandTigrisRiverBasin(2002).LectureDetails:MeetingwithUSConsulateOfficials(Karachi),TalkatT2F(Karachi),TalkatCOMSATSUniversity(Islamabad),TalkonClimateChange&FoodSecurityatUniversityofVetSciences(Lahore),DiscussionPanelattheSouthAsiaCenter,UniversityofPunjab(Lahore)Dates:August25–September1,2016

3) RichardFalk

RichardFalkisaProfessorEmeritusatPrincetonUniversity.Prof.Falkistheauthororco-authorof20booksandtheeditororco-editorofanother20volumes.In2008,theUnitedNationsHumanRightsCouncil(UNHCR)appointedhimtoasix-yeartermasaUnitedNation’sSpecialRapporteuron‘theSituationofHumanRightsinthePalestinianterritoriesoccupiedsince1967’. LectureDetails:MeetingwithUSConsulateOfficials(Karachi),LectureatHabibUniversity(Karachi),TalkatKarachiUniversity(Karachi),PanelDiscussionatHabibUniversity(Karachi),TalkatLincolnCorner(Karachi),TalkatInstituteofStrategicStudies(Islamabad),TalkatFormanChristianCollege(Lahore),DiscussionPanelatSouthAsianCenter,UniversityofPunjab(Lahore).

Dates:August25–September1,2016



AIPSSponsoredConferencesandWorkshopsAIPSreceivesfundingfromCAORCandtheDepartmentofEducationtosupportconferencesandworkshopsonPakistan.

1) TheCityinSouthAsiaConference Date:January3-6,2016 Location:Departmentof

ArchitectureandPlanning,NEDUniversity,Karachi,Pakistan

Fundedby:CAORCSummary:TheworkshopencouragedabroaderdiscussiononthelifeworldsofthepoorinurbanSouthAsia,specificallyonhowworkingclassmenandwomenexperiencetheeconomicallyuncertainurbanmilieu.RatherthanconcentratingonperceivedfailuresoftheSouthAsianmega-city—whetherintermsofinfrastructure,governance,oreconomicdevelopment—thepapersemphasizedseeingtheemergingfabricofurbanSouthAsiaastheresultofordinarypeoples’sustainedproductivedeploymentofsensibilities,practices,efforts,andcollectiveformations.Theworkshoppresentationssensitizedtheaudiencetothechangingcultural,politicalandsocialmilieuofKarachi,Dhaka,Colombo,Mumbai,Chennai,Lahore,andothercities.Further,itaddressedhowissuesofgender,caste,religiousandethnicdifference,andsexualityarepivotaltounderstandingcontemporaryurbanlifeworldsinSouthAsia.

2) 6thAnnualPakistanStudentAssociationConferenceonPakistan Date:April8,2016 Location:UniversityofMichigan(UM),AnnArbor,MI Fundedby:CAORC Summary:The6thannualPakistanConference,organizedbytheOrganizationof

PakistaniStudentsandtheCenterforSouthAsianStudies,washeldonApril8,2016.Thepanelists,academicsandartistsfrombothPakistanandtheUnitedStates,focusedonthethemeofinfrastructureanddevelopment.Presentersattheconferenceaddressedissuesaroundboththedesireforandrejectionofinfrastructure.Throughaconversationbetweenartistsandacademics,presentersengagedinfrastructuraldevelopmentnotaspredeterminedorinevitable,butasaprocessentangledwithsocialandpoliticalimplications.Theyaddressedthequestions:whatistherelationshipbetweeninfrastructureanddevelopment?Whatkindsofpoliticsdoesinfrastructureenableorobstruct?ByexploringtheparticularitiesofinfrastructuralproductionandexperienceinPakistan,theconferenceparticipants(bothpanelistsandaudience)grappledwiththecomplexandmulti-facetedaspectsofinfrastructureinPakistantoday.



PresentersfromoutsidetheUniversityofMichiganattendingwereasfollowing:• NausheenAnwar,AssociateProfessor,InstituteofBusinessAdministration,Karachi,• MajedAkhter,AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofGeography,IndianaUniversity,• HafeezJamali,AssistantProfessor,SchoolofArts,Humanities,&SocialSciences,

HabibUniversity,Karachi,• DavidGilmartin,Professor,DepartmentofHistory,NorthCarolinaStateUniversity,• ShahanaRajani,Artist,TentativeCollective,Karachi,• ZahraMalkani,Artist,Tentative

CollectiveKarachi.3) TrendingPakistan:AHistoryWorkshop

Date:April28-29,2016 Location:ArizonaStateUniversity(ASU),

Tempe,AZ Fundedby:CAORC&AIPSUnrestricted

Funds Summary:OnApril28-29,2016AIPS

sponsoredthisworkshop,whichwashostedbytheCenterfortheStudyofReligionandConflict,ArizonaStateUniversity.ThiswasthesecondofthreeinternationalworkshopsexploringcurrentdynamicsandfuturepossibilitiesforPakistanstudies,andbroughttogetherscholarsfromPakistan,theUSandEurope.Tolearnmoreabouttheconferencewatchavideoaboutitathttps://vimeo.com/171018196

4) JuniorScholarsConferenceonPakistan Date:October20,2016 Location:TheMadisonConcourseHotel,

Madison,WI Fundedby:CAORC

Summary:AIPSwillhostitssecondJuniorScholarsConference.Thisconferenceshowcasesthenewresearchbeingdonebyjuniorscholars(bothrecentPhDsandgraduatestudentswithABDstatus)inthefieldofPakistanStudiesintheUnitedStates.Theconferencewillbeopentothepublicandconcludewithareception.

Sevenconferenceparticipantswereselectedthroughacompetitiveprocess:• ShayanRajani,PhDCandidate,DepartmentofHistory,TuftsUniversity• SaharKhan,PhDCandidate,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofCalifornia–Irvine• MairaHayat,PhDCandidate,DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofChicago• SaadGulzar,PhDCandidate,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,NewYorkUniversity• AbidaBano,PhDCandidate,DepartmentofPoliticalScience,WesternMichiganUniversity• MashalSaif,AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofPhilosophy,ClemsonUniversity• FaizaMoatasim,PostDoctoralFellow&VisitingAssistantProfessor,DepartmentofAsian

StudiesandHistory,HamiltonCollege



AIPSSponsoredWorkshopSeriesAIPSreceivedfundingfromtheUSEmbassyinPakistanforfourworkshopseriestobeheldinPakistan.Eachseriesconsistsoftwoorthreeworkshopsandthefiveseriesarespreadacrossdifferentsubjectareas.ParticipantsareselectedinconsultationwiththeInterUniversitySocialScienceConsortium(IUCPSS)andhaveagreedtoattendallthreeconnectedworkshopsinordertogainthefullbenefitoftheseries.Thefiveworkshopseriesare:

1) IftikharDadi,CornellUniversity,VisualAnalysis:Art,Architecture,andMedia(On-goingSeries)2) J.MarkKenoyer,UW-Madison,TeachingArchaeologyandCulturalHeritageManagement

(Concluded)3) PaulaNewberg,UniversityofTexasatAustin,Peace-BuildingandConflictResolution

(Concluded)4) YasminSaikia,ArizonaStateUniversity,PakistanandPeaceStudies:MethodsandMeaning(On-

goingSeries)5) ChristopherR.Perkins,StanfordUniversity,CatalogingandLibrarianshipWorkshopsandthe

CatalogingandPreservationoftheAnjum-ITaraqqi-ILibrary(Pending)Workshopsthattookplacein2015-2016:

1) WorkshopTheme:VisualAnalysis:Art,Architecture,andMediaFirstWorkshop:January19-23,2015,ledbyIftikharDadi,CornellUniversitySecondWorkshop:April25-29,2016,ledbyWilliamJ.Glover,UniversityofMichiganWorkshopTitle:VisualandSpatialAnalysis:Art,ArchitectureandMediaSecondWorkshopSummary:AIPSorganizedafacultytrainingworkshopon“ArchitecturalHistoryandTheory”fromApril25-29,2016atLahore.TheworkshopparticipantsincludedjuniorfacultymembersfromIUCPSSmemberinstitutionsandNCALahoreandRawalpindi.DrWilliamJGlover(ProfessororArtHistory,departmentofArchitecture,UnivofMichigan,AnnArbor,USA)ledtheweeklongworkshopattheRausingExecutiveCenterorLUMS,Lahore.TheworkshopwassecondinseriesafterIftikharDadi’sfirstworkshopin2015underthesubjecttheme.TheworkshopincludedhandsonassignmentsandfieldvisitsofarchitecturalsitesinaroundLahoreforobservationsandacademicdiscussions.DrIftikharDadiofCornellUniversitywillholdthelastworkshopinthisseriesinJanuary2017.

Dr.WilliamJ.GloverwithArt&ArchitectureworkshopparticipantsatLUMS,Lahore



ThirdWorkshop:January2-6,2017,tobeledbyIftikharDadi,CornellUniversityWorkshopTitle:SouthAsianMediaCultures:History,TheoryandCriticism

2) WorkshopTheme:TeachingArchaeologyandCulturalHeritageManagementFirstWorkshop:February2-6,2015,ledbyJ.MarkKenoyer,UniversityofWisconsin-MadisonSecondWorkshop:June8-12,2015,ledbyKatieLindstrom,UniversityofWisconsin-Madison;withQasidMallah,ShahAbdulLatifUniversityThirdWorkshop:August11-14andAugust17,2015,ledbyUzmaRizvi,PrattInstitute;withQasidMallah,ShahAbdulLatifUniversity

WorkshopSeriesSummary:TheAmericanInstituteofPakistanStudies(AIPS)incollaborationwithInterUniversityConsortiumforPromotionofSocialSciences(IUCPSS)organizedaseriesofthreeFacultyMentoringWorkshopson“TeachingArchaeologyandCulturalHeritageManagement”in2015.Theworkshopsincludedfifteenparticipants(6womenand9men)fromninedifferentinstitutionsfromSindh,Punjab,Balochistan,KhyberPakhtunkhwa,andGilgit-Baltistan.TheywereverysuccessfulinstrengtheningtheteachingofarchaeologyandculturalheritageinPakistaniuniversitiesthroughthedevelopmentofappropriateteachingpedagogyandgoals.Thedifferentsessionsfocusedonspecifictopicsthatcomplementedeachotherandoverlappedenoughtohelpdevelopcontinuitybetweeneachworkshop.ParticipantsengagedinworkshopexercisestodevelopnewresourcesthatwerelatersharedwitheachotherduringtheworkshopandviatheInternetaftertheyreturnedtotheirinstitutions.ParticipantevaluationsconductedinthecourseoftheworkshopshaveconfirmedthattheyhaveestablishedimportantnetworkswithnewcolleaguesinPakistanandinternationallythathaveresultedinsharedteachingmodules,conferencesandcollaborativeresearchprojects.Participantshavealsosharedthenewprojectsandeventsthathavebeeninspiredbytheseworkshopsthroughemailcommunicationandonsocialmedia.

TeachingArchaeologyWorkshopParticipantswithDr.UzmaRizviattheLahoreFort



ThefirstworkshopwasledbyProf.KenoyeronFebruary2–6,2015inIslamabadandfocusedonhowtoteacharchaeologyandculturalheritageindifferenttypesofinstitutionsandhowtodevelophandsonteachingfacilitiesthatincorporatedtraditionalcraftsofPakistan.OnedayofthisworkshopwashostedbyDr.MuhammadAshrafKhanattheTaxilaInstituteforAsianCivilization,Quaid-i-AzamUniversity.AseconddaywasheldattheWorldHeritageSiteofBhamalaStupawhereexcavationsandconservationwerebeingundertakenunderthedirectionofDr.AbdulSamad,DirectorGeneral,KhyberPakhtunkhwaDepartmentofArchaeology.ThesecondworkshopwasledbyDr.KatieLindstrom,HonoraryFellow,DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofWisconsin-Madison,USA,andheldinIslamabadfromJune8–12,2015.TheprimarygoalofthesecondworkshopinthisserieswastostrengthenteachingpracticesamonguniversityeducatorsinPakistanthroughdirectdiscussionofnewandinnovativeteachingpracticesinhighereducation,suchas“essentiallearningoutcomes”,andunderstandingofdiversityinstudentlearningstyles.Prof.QasidMallah,ShahAbdulLatifUniversity,Khairpur,Sindhwasinvitedasaguestspeakerforthesecondandthirdworkshops.Hepresentedlecturesandhelpleadsomeofthesessions.ThethirdworkshopwasledbyProf.UzmaRizvi,PrattInstitute,NewYork,andheldinLahorefromAug.11-14and17,2015.Thethirdworkshopwastitled,ImaginingaFutureofPakistanArchaeology:TeachingArchaeologyandthePostcolonialCritique,CommunityBasedPractices,andCulturalHeritageManagement,providedaforwardlookingframeworkwithinwhichteachingispartofalargermissionofdecolonization.ThislastworkshopalsocoincidedwithamajorconferenceonHarappaorganizedbyDr.ShahidRajput,COMSATSIslamabadandSahiwalthattheparticipantswereabletoattendandtheyalsohadtheopportunitytovisitthesiteofHarappatoseetheonsiteconservationandmuseumdevelopment.

3) WorkshopTheme:Peace-BuildingandConflictResolutionFirstWorkshop:March10-14,2014,ledbyPamelaAall,GeorgetownUniversitySecondWorkshop:January5-9,2015,ledbyPaulaNewberg,UniversityofTexasatAustinThirdWorkshop:September28–October2,2015,ledbyPaulaNewberg,UniversityofTexasatAustinWorkshopTitle:BuildingPeace,ResolvingConflictsWorkshopSeiesSummary:Fromlate2013tomid-2015,AIPShostedthreeworkshopsforjuniorfacultymembersfromseveraluniversitiesinPakistanonthebroadsubjectsofconflictandpeace-building.Theparticipantscamefromthreeprovinces,fivesocialsciencefields,andsevenuniversities.Theworkshopserieswasmeanttointroduceparticipantstosubjectsinwhichtheywerenotpreviouslytrained,exposedisciplinarily-basedfacultytocross-disciplinarytraining,provideabasisfortheirfutureresearchintheirownareasofconcentration,introducethemtotheuseofpublicpolicyanalysisintheirownteaching(aswellastoforeignandinternationalresearchorganizationsworkinginthesefields),andopenthepossibilityofaddingtotheirrosterofresearchandteachingsubjects.Thesessionswereparticipatoryandinteractive,andincludedasmallnumberofguestlectures.Althoughitistooearlytotellwhetherallofthesegoalswillbereached,conversationswiththeparticipants(individuallyandcollectively)suggestthatsomeoftheintentionsarebearingfruit.Mostreportthattheyhaveusedworkshopmaterialsintheirownteaching(particularlynon-



traditional,non-lecturemodels);severalreportthattheirresearchhasbroadened(includingforlocalresearchconferencestheyhavehosted);andafewhavebeguntoincorporatequestionsofconflictintotheircourses.(Twoorthreehave,draftedpapersonthesetopics.)Thiswasprobablyinformalasmuchasformal,sincejuniorprofessorsrarelysetcourseanddegreerequirements.Moregenerally,however,thesubjectmatterhashelpedtheparticipantstothinkthroughthecontextsinwhichtheyteach.AlthoughtheworkshopswerenotintendedtobeaboutPakistan,currenteventsinevitablyintrudedontheoreticaldiscussions.(ThesecondworkshopwasheldimmediatelyafterthePeshawarshootingsattheendof2014.)OurthreeguestlecturersspokevariouslyaboutbilateralwaterrelationsandclimatechangeinSouthAsia;UnitedNationsregionalpeacenegotiationsincentralAmerica;andinternationalhumanrightsinvestigationsinGazaandSudan.Theeffectoftheircontributionswasprofound:thesewereindividuals(amongPakistan’sbestinglobalaffairs)towhomourworkshopparticipantshadnotpreviouslybeenexposed,andtheirabilitytohelpourparticipantsdrawlessonsfromtheglobaltolocal(andbackagain)augmentedourformalagenda.Lastly,fewoftheworkshopparticipantsknewoneanotherbuttheiruniversitiesinfrequentlycollaboratedand/orsharedresources.Thosefromthenorthhavenowbeguntoestablishinformalrelationshipswithoneanother,andreportthattheyhavediscussedthepossibilityofco-sponsoringfutureconferences.

4) WorkshopTheme:PakistanandPeaceStudies:MethodsandMeaningFirstWorkshop:January11-15,2016,ledbyYasminSaikia,ArizonaStateUniversityWorkshopTitle:WhatisPeace?HowdoesitapplyinPakistan?FirstWorkshopSummary:YasminSaikialedthefirstofthethree-partworkshop,whichwasheldatLUMSJanuary10-14,2016.Tenparticipantswereselectedfromapoolofover12applicants,andeightattendedthe

Dr.PaulaNewbergandparticipantsoftheworkshopBuildingPeace,ResolvingConflicts



workshop.Theselectionofparticipantswasbasedonmerit,diversity,gender,andregionalrepresentation.Theworkshopincludedthreewomenandfivemen,representingdifferentdisciplinaryandscholarlybackgrounds.Oneoftheweaknesseswasthelackofreligiousdiversityinthiscohortaswedidnothaveintheapplicantpoolrepresentationfromanyreligiousminority.Theworkshopmixedlectureandpresentationmethodswithinteractivegroupdiscussionsandproblemsolvingapproaches.Theworkshophadthreeteachingobjectives–peaceconcept,peacemethods,andpeacepractice.Theparticipantsbeganbyreadingdifferentconceptsofpeace,bothwesternandnon-western,religiousandsecular,andpositiveandnegativepeace.Next,theyinvestigatedseveralpeacemethods,suchastheroleofeconomy,art,lawandtherelationshipbetweeninstitutionsandindividualsinpeace-making.TheyalsoexploredsomeofthepeacemethodslikeTruthandReconciliation,TransitionalandRestorativejustice,andWarCriminalsTribunal.Finally,theydiscussedsomeofthepracticesofpeacethatarelivedineverydaycontextandtherelationshipofpeacewithpluralism,co-existence,toleranceandharmony.Towardstheendoftheworkshop,theparticipantsoutlinedresearchtopicsandworkedonadraftsyllabusinpreparationforthesecondworkshopseries.Thesecondworkshopwillfocusonresearchmethods,whichisplannedforearlyFall2016andwillbeledbyAnthropologistChadHainesandComputerScientistHasanDavalcu.Theworkshopwasinteractive,engaging,andithelpedtheparticipantstothinkofnewissues,ideasandproblems,aswellas,thepossibilityofpeace.Throughthethree-partseriesofthePeaceWorkshop,AIPShopestoestablishasmallcircleofpeacefacultywhocanworkcollaborativelywithinPakistanandalsoestablishlinkageswithAmericanuniversities.Severaloftheparticipantsinthisfirstcohortseemedpromising,andcouldsucceedintheircareers.Theparticipantswillbenefitfromfurtherconversationsabouttheapproachestopeacethathasbeenintroducedtothemwiththeirstudents,colleagues,andcommunityfordevelopingsynergytotaketheworkofpeaceforwardinPakistan.

Dr.YasminSaikiapresentingherbooktoworkshopparticipatnsatthepeaceworkshop



SecondWorkshop:TBD,tobeledbyChadHaines,ArizonaStateUniversityWorkshopTitle:PakistanandPeaceStudies:MethodsandMakingThirdWorkshop:TBD,tobeledbyYasminSaikia,ArizonaStateUniversityWorkshopTitle:BuildingPeaceintoEducationandResearch:Peer-ReviewofSyllabi/Conferencepapers

5) WorkshopTheme:CatalogingandLibrarianshipWorkshopsandtheCatalogingandPreservationoftheAnjum-ITaraqqi-ILibraryFirstWorkshop:TBD,tobeledbyChristopherR.Perkins,CornellUniversity&PushkarSohoniSecondWorkshop:TBD,tobeledbyAdnanMalik&DavidHirsch,

AIPSCo-SponsoredConferencesandWorkshopsAIPSreceivesfundingfromCAORCandtheDepartmentofEducationtosupportconferencesandworkshopsonPakistan.

1) State,SocietyandDemocracyinthePostcolonyConference Date:August5-6,2016 Location:LahoreUniversityofManagementSciences(LUMS),Lahore,Pakistan Fundedby:CAORC Organizer:MashalSaif(ClemsonUniversity) Summary:Thisconferencefocusedontheimpactofneoliberalismonstate,societyand

democracyinthepostcolonialworld.MostpapersfocusedonPakistanbutseveralalsoexaminedotherpartsoftheGlobalSouth,particularlyotherregionsintheIndiansubcontinent.Thereweremorethanahundredattendeesinadditiontothealmostfortypresenters.Averyrichandinnovativesetofpaperswaspresentedbyadiversegroupofscholars.ThescholarsrangedfromprofessorsintheUnitedStatestograduatestudentsfromallovertheworld.TheconferencealsohadahighnumberoflocalPakistan-basedscholarspresenttheirwork.AdefiningfeatureoftheconferencewasitsfocusonthestateandsocietyinSouthAsiathroughFoucauldianlenses.Examinationsofeverydaycitizens’engagements,imaginationsandnegotiationswithstateinSouthAsianareanemergingtrendtowhichtheconferencecontributed.Pakistanisoften



peripheraltoothersuchexaminationsoftheSouthAsianstate.Incontrasttothisdominanttrend,theconferencesituatedPakistanattheheartofitsstudywhilealsoplacingitinconversationwithitsSouthAsianneighbors,particularlyIndia.Theconferencewasverywellreceivedandcoveredbynumerousmedia.See:http://tribune.com.pk/story/1157252/rethinking-state-redefine-province-centre-ties-effective-reforms/http://tribune.com.pk/story/1156663/rights-vs-duties-poor-rarely-get-rights-neo-liberal-regimes/http://tribune.com.pk/story/1156659/security-sectarianism-violence-public-outrage-aps-attack-facilitated-violent-response/

2) CinemaandTransnationalisminPakistanandSouthAsia:RegionalHistories Date:September1-2,2016 Location:LahoreUniversityofManagementSciences(LUMS),Lahore,Pakistan Fundedby:CAORC Organizer:EshaNiyogiDe(UCLA) Summary:Thistwo-day-longevent—co-organizedbyDr.EshaNiyogiDe(UCLA)andDr.

AliKhan(LUMS)andhostedbytheDepartmentofHumanitiesandSocialSciencesatLUMS—broughttoPakistantheSouthAsianRegionalMediaStudiesNetwork(SARMSNet).Thiscross-borderinitiativefosteredcollaborativescholarshiponthehistoriesofcinemaandmediasharedbyPakistan,India,andBangladesh.ConsideringthehistoriesofcinemainPakistanandtheSubcontinent,anumberofpresentationsexaminedtheregionaltravelsofimages,artists,andindustrialresources,andhowtraditionsandtheirculturalinfluencesintertwinewithoneanother.Whileparticipantsweredeeplyconcernedwiththepoliticsofnation,ethnicity,andgenderbornofspecificgeopoliticalconditionsintheSubcontinent,theyexploredtherolefilmandmedianetworkshavealsoplayedindestabilizingdivisiveidentities.Somepapersstudiedhowpopularcinemasilluminateeverydaypracticesofsame-sexfriendshipandcross-ethnicsolidarity,whereassomeothersdiscussedgenderedimaginationsofjusticeandhumanrightsinfilmsonconflict,war,andterror.HistoricallyspecificreadingsofPakistaniCinema(Urdu,Punjabi)werecomplementedbyanalysesoftransregionalflows,whichemphasizedthehistoricallinkagebetweenfilmindustriesandurbanlandscapesacrossSouthAsia.ItbroughttogetherleadingacademicswhoworkonPakistan,including:• Dr.RahatImran,AssistantProfessor,InstituteofSocial&CulturalStudies,University

ofthePunjab,Lahore,



• Dr.ImranMunir,AssistantProfessor,InstituteofSocial&CulturalStudies,UniversityofthePunjab,Lahore,

• Dr.NaveenZehraMinai,AssistantProfessor,InstituteofBusinessAdministration,Karachi,

• Dr.TariqRahman,HECDistinguishedNationalProfessorEmeritus&Dean,SchoolofEducation,BeaconhouseNationalUniversity,Lahore,

• Dr.AliKhan,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofHumanitiesandSocialSciences,LUMS,Lahore,

• Dr.SadafAhmad,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofHumanitiesandSocialSciences,LUMS,Lahore,

• Dr.NidaKirmani,AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofHumanitiesandSocialSciences,LUMS,Lahore,

• Dr.EloraHalimChowdhury,AssociateProfessor&Chair,DepartmentofWomen’sandGenderStudies,UniversityofMassachusetts,Boston,

• Dr.KamranAsdarAli-AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofAnthropology;andDirector,SouthAsiaInstitute,UniversityofTexas,Austin,

• Dr.JoelGordon,Professor,DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofArkansas,Fayetteville,

• Dr.KarenLeonard,Professor,DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofCaliforniaatIrvine,Irvine,

• Dr.SanaaRiaz,AssistantProfessor,DepartmentofSociologyandAnthropology,StateUniversityofColoradoatDenver,

• Dr.EshaNiyogiDe,Faculty,DepartmentofEnglish,UCLA,• Dr.NasreenRehman,Faculty,DepartmentofAsianandMiddleEasternStudies,

CambridgeUniversityAlongwiththosewhowerepresentvirtuallythroughSkype• IftikharDadi-AssociateProfessor,DepartmentsofHistoryofArtandArt,Cornell

University,Ithaca,• Dr.MadhujaMukheerji,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofFilmStudies,Jadavpur

University,India• Dr.AbhijitRoy,AssociateProfessor,DepartmentofFilmStudies,Jadavpur

University,India3) MuslimThoughtandPracticeinSouthAsia:PerspectiveswithinandbetweenHistoryand

ReligiousStudies Date:October13-15,2016 Location:BostonUniversity Fundedby:CAORC Organizer:TeenaPurohit(BU)

Summary:ThisconferencebroughttogetherexpertsinthefieldofSouthAsianhistoryandReligiousStudiestorevisitsomekeycomponentsofSouthAsianIslam.Thepremiseofthismeetingwastoarguethathistoriansneedtoengagemorecloselywiththecategoriesandideasof“tradition”whileReligiousStudiesscholarsmustworkwiththeformsofcritiqueandquestionsofhistoriographythatareatthecenterofthehistorian’spractice.Tothisend,theconference“MuslimThoughtandPracticeinSouthAsia”attemptedtospeaktothespecificintersectionandinterfacebetweenthetwodisciplinesinbothpremodernandmodernSouthAsia.Thisconferencalsotriedtoidentifyandhighlightthepreciseintellectualshiftsandcontinuitiesthatmarkthe



transitiontothecolonialperiodwithrespecttoquestionsofreligion,language,andpolitics.Anotherhallmarkofthisconferencewasitsattentiontothepost-colonialcontextwithsignificantfocusonMuslimthoughtandpracticeinPakistan—acountryandsubjectthatisoftenignoredinsuchdiscussions.

4) Inter-ORCConference Date:April,2017 Location:ElphinstoneCollege,Mumbia,India. Fundedby:CAORC Organizer:AmericanInstituteofAfghanistanStudies(AIAS)

Summary:ThisAIPSsponsoredconferencewillfocusontheconstruction,transformation,andresilienceofcolonialformsofknowledgeinSouthAsia.Thistwo-dayconferencewillexaminetheorigin,impact,andresonanceofElphinstone’sworkwhoseintellectuallegacyincludesthefirstcolonialaccountofAfghanistan(1815).Theconferencewillbemodeleduponaseriesofinter-SouthAsianORCconferences.TheElphinstoneConferencewillhighlightAfghanistan’sdeephistorical,cultural,andorganicrelationshiptoSouthAsiaandwillbeapathwayforincreasingcommunicationsbetweenAIASandotherSouthAsianORCs.

AdditionalAIPSEventsinPakistan

1. MrAnrewAmstutz(AIPSfellowfromCornellUniversity)gavetalksatPakistanAcademyoflettersandNationalBookFoundations,IslamabadonAug05and08,2016respectively.Thetalkswerewell-attendedbyseniorscholarsandliteraryfigures.Mr.Amstutzconductedhisdoctoralresearchon"CulturalHistoriesofSindh".HewasaffiliatedwithDepartmentofHistory,Quaid-I-AzamUniversity,IslamabadandconductedhisfieldworkinassociationwithQuaid-I-AzamUniversityUniversityandLokVirsaUniversity.

AIPSFellowMr.AndrewAmstutzandformerNationalLanguageAuthorityChairmanProf.

FatehMalikatatalkatNationalBookFoundations,Islamabad



2. TheAIPIslamabadofficehostedalunchreceptionforthesecondcohortoftheBerkeley-AIPSUrduLanguageProgramfromvariousUSuniversitiesonOctober09,2015attheRamadaHotel,Islamabad.USEmbassyofficial,Ms.RachelChen(PAO—Lahore),andthefamousUrdupoetess,Ms.KishwarNaheed,werealsopresentattheoccasion.AIPSincollaborationwithUniversityofCalifornia-BerkleyhasbeenrunningtheUrduLanguagePrograminLahorewhere8-10graduatestudentsattendasemesterlongurdulanguagetraininginPakistaneachfall.TheprogramincudeslecturesfromlocalscholarsandculturalexpertsalongwithvisitstoculturalandhistoricalsitesinPakistan.

3. AIPS,incollaborationwithPunjabHigherEducationCommission,Lahorehostedadinner

receptioninhonorvisitingUSscholarDr.WilliamJGlover(Professor,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor)andparticipantsofArt&ArchitectureworkshopfromacrossPakistan.Dr.MuhammadNizamuddin(ChairmanPHEC)alongwithPHECofficialsandmembersofthecommissionwerealsopresentattheoccasion.ThedinerwasheldonApril29,2016atGymkhanaClub,Lahore.

BULPIP-AIPSparticipantswithMs.RachelChen,PAS,USEmbassyandMs.KishwarNaheedatalunchreceptionatRamadaHotelinIslamabad



4. AIPShostedadinnerreceptionforthe2016AIPS-BULPIPparticipantsatREDC,LUMS,Lahoreon

Aug22,2016.Dr.KamranAsdarAli(AIPSPresident),Dr.MuhammadNizamuddin(ChairmanPHEC),andDr.SyedBabrAli(Founder,LUMS)attendedthereception.

Dr.WilliamJ.Glover,Dr.MuhammadNizamuddin,Chairman,PHEC,andotherPHECOfficialsattheAIPS-PHECdinnerreceptionatLahoreGymkhanaonApril29,2016

Dr.M.Nizamuddin,Chairman,PHECandDr.KamranAli,President,AIPSwithFall2016BULPIP-AIPSparticipantsatadinnerreceptionorganizedbyAIPSatREDC,LUMS

Lahore



5. AIPShostedadinnerreceptionforAIPS-PASSpeakers,Dr.RichardFalkandDr.HilalElver,atLahoreGymkhanaonAugust29,2016.PunjabHigherEducationMinister,Mrs.ZakiaShahNawazKhan,PHECChairman,Dr.Nizamuddin,AIPSPresident,Dr.KamranAsdarAli,andPHECrepresentativesattendedthereceptionwithDr.FalkandElver.

AdditionalAIPS-PakistanSupportingActivitiesTheAIPIslamabadofficehasbeenfacilitatingseveralUS—PakuniversitypartnershipsunderthesponsorshipoftheUSDepartmentofState.FacultyandscholarsfrombothsidesvisitedandheldprofessionalmeetingsandtrainingsintheUSaswellasinPakistan.BelowisasummaryofindividualswhotravelledtotheUSundervariouspartnershipprogramsduringthefiscalyear2015-16.Partnership:UniversityofTexasatAustin--NationalAcademyofPerformingArts,KarachiPeriod:October1–December31,2015ParticipantfacilitationforvisaandtravelthroughtheAIPIslamabadOffice:1.Mr.ArsalanPareyal,Musician,NAPAKarachi2.Mr.IntezarHussain,Musician,NAPA,Karachi.3.Mr.MuhammadWaqas,Musician,NAPA,Karachi.4.Mr.NadirAbbas,Musician,NAPA,Karachi.5.Mr.StephenChaman,Musician,NAPA,Karachi.6.Mr.MuhammadAhsanShabbir,Musician,NAPA,Karachi.Partnership:UniversityofTexasatAustin--FatimaJinnahWomenUniversity,RawalpindiPeriod:September1–December19,2015

Dr.RichardFalk,Dr.HilalElver,Mrs.ZakiaShahNawazKhan,Dr.Nizamuddin,Dr.KamranAsdarAliandcolleaguesatadinnerreceptionatLahoreGymkhanaonAugust29,2016



ParticipantfacilitationforvisaandUStravel:1.Dr.AsmaKhalid,AssistantProfessor,FJWU,Rawalpindi.2.Ms.NajamusSahar,Lecturer,FJWU,Rawalpindi.3.Ms.SobiaHanif,Lecturer,FJWU,Rawalpindi.Partnership:KarakoramInternationalUniversityGilgit–UniversityofOregon,USAPeriod:September21–December14,2015ParticipantfacilitationforvisaandUStravel:1.MsJamilaBaig,Lecturer,KIU,Gilgit2.Mr.ManzoorAli,AssistantProfessor,KIU,Gilgit3.Mr.MehtabAlam,AssistantProfessor,KIU,Gilgit4.Ms.SalimaAli,Lecturer,KIU,Gilgit.5.Mr.MianYasirHayat,Lecturer,IMSciences,Peshawar.Partnership:InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad–UniversityofNorthCarolina,Washington,USAPeriod:October3–24,2015ParticipantfacilitationforvisaandtraveltoUS:1.Dr.HusnulAmin,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.2.Ms.AsmaRashid,Lecturer,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.3.Mr.MasoodurRahman,Lecturer,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.4.Dr.NoorFatima,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.5.Mr.TauqeerHussain,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.6.Dr.WaheedaRana,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.Partnership:InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad–UniversityofNorthCarolina,Washington,USAPeriod:January16–June30,2016ParticipantfacilitationforvisaandtraveltoUSA:1.Dr.MuhammadSafeer,Lecturer,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.2.Dr.FauziaJanjua,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.3.Dr.MunazzaYaqoob,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.4.Dr.MuhammadSheeraz,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.5.Dr.ManzoorKhan,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.6.Dr.NoorFatima,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.Partnership:InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad–UniversityofNorthCarolina,Washington,USAPeriod:May8–29,2016ParticipantfacilitationforUSvisaandtravel:1.Dr.AhsanBashir,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.2.Dr.AkhtarAzeez,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.3.Dr.AyazAfsar,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.



4.Dr.AmalSayyid,AssistantProfessor,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.5.Dr.SofiaHussain,Lecturer,InternationalIslamicUniversity,Islamabad.Partnership:NationalCollegeorArts,Lahore–UniversityofTexasatAustinPeriod:January15–May15,2016Participants:1.Mr.AbidRabbani,FilmMaker,NCA,Lahore2.Mr.MuhammadMusa,FilmMaker,NCA,Lahore3.Mr.AsharKhalid,FilmMaker,NCA,Lahore4.Ms.MeharBani,FilmMaker,NCA,LahorePartnership:NationalCollegeorArts,Lahore–UniversityofTexasatAustinPeriod:August21–December20,2016Participants:1.Mr.SyedMuhammadHassanZaidi,FilmMaker,NCA,Lahore2.Mr.TausifZainulAbedin,FilmMaker,NCA,Lahore3.Mr.Nizaruddin,FilmMaker,NCA,Lahore4.Mr.AbdullahWaseem,FilmMaker,NCA,LahorePartnership:KarakoramInternationalUniversityGilgit–UniversityofOregon,USAPeriod:March21–August14,2016Participants:1.Mr.AsgharKhan,Lecturer,KIU,Gilgit2.Mr.MuhammadAthar,AssistantProfessor,KIU,Gilgit3.Mr.MuhammadNasim,AssistantProfessor,KIU,Gilgit4.Mr.ZafarKhan,Lecturer,KIU,Gilgit

VisitingteamfromSanJoseUniversityunderUS-PakistanUniversityPartnershipProgramatAIPSCenterwithIslamabadDirectorandColleaguesonJanuary15,2016



AIPSContactInformation

PresidentDr.KamranAsdarAli

Director,SouthAsiaInstitute/AssociateProfessor,AnthropologyUniversityofTexas,1UniversityStation,G-9300

Austin,Texas78712Tel:512-475-6039Fax:512-471-3336

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USOfficeLauraHammond,U.S.Director

UniversityofWisconsin-MadisonB488MedicalScienceCenter

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