American Institute of Pakistan Studies

The Pakistan Lecture Series is a program designed to support academic exchange between Pakistani and US scholars and to promote field of Pakistan studies as a whole. As a part of this program a Pakistani scholar, artist, musician, etc, is invited to travel to the USA for two to four weeks and present lectures at a minimum of three US institutions that are AIPS members. PLS speakers must be nominated by AIPS members or member institutions. Selection of the PLS speaker is made by the AIPS Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees, and is contingent upon available funds. Approximately four PLS speakers are supported each year.

The Trustee or Member Institution who is proposing a PLS speaker is expected to make all initial arrangements in terms of the speaker’s itinerary and the lectures that they will present. This information should be filled out in the form A, B and C and submitted by email to the AIPS President (jkenoyer@wisc.edu) for review by the Executive Committee/ Board of Trustees.

Pakistan Lecture Series 2008 Upcoming Lectures

Pakistan Lecture Series 2007

PLS Planning

A Committee has been established to review PLS speaker requests and publicize their visits. Please contact Carla Petievich, Farhat Haq, Grace Clark and a copy to J. Mark Kenoyer, president, American Institute of Pakistan Studies. Please allow two weeks for Executive Committee consideration. Once the Executive committee has approved a PLS Speaker, it can take up to three months to obtain US visa clearance. Please submit your application with sufficient time to accommodate these requirements.

PLS Travel

AIPS provides each PLS speaker with round trip International Travel from Pakistan, as well as US domestic air/rail travel that must be purchased prior to their departure from Pakistan. Once the itinerary has been finalized it cannot be changed without total cancellation and considerable additional expense. AIPS will not be responsible for any additional costs resulting from changes in the itinerary. Each PLS speaker is provided a modest honorarium that can be use for incidental expenses that are not covered by host institutions.

Expectations of Host Institutions

Each host is expected to provide local hospitality for the PLS speaker, including accommodations, meals and local transportation.

Evaluation and Reporting

Each Pakistan Lecture series participant is expected to fill out the following evaluation form.

Each PLS Host institution is expected to fill out the following evaluation form.