AIPS Updates

Are you an AIPS member who is presenting at an upcoming conference? Check out AIPS’s Travel Grants! The next deadline to apply is June 15. AIPS Travel Grants fund travel to scholarly conferences for the presentation of papers or organization of panels on topics relevant to Pakistan Studies. *Please review the “Travel Grants” tab in … Read more

AIPS Pakistan collaborated with the Pakistan Academy of Letters, Islamabad to host an event titled “Pakistan’s Heritage and Cultural Conservation: Challenges, Strategies, and the Way Forward” on May 4, 2026. The event significantly enriched Pakistan Studies by expanding its focus beyond political narratives to include culture as a core analytical lens, while fostering interdisciplinary dialogue … Read more

AIPS signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Government Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur on March 25, 2026. Present at the signing were Dr. Aalia Sohail Khan (AIPS Pakistan Director), Prof. Dr. Shazia Anjum (Vice Chancellor, Government Sadiq College Women University Bahawalpur), and Prof. Mussarat Azhar (Director of External Linkages).          

AIPS Pakistan collaborated with the Sir Syed CASE Institute of Technology in Islamabad to host an event on “Artificial Intelligence in the Field of Education: Opportunities and Challenges.” Nearly 70 graduate students and faculty attended the discussion on February 16, 2026. Presenters and graduate students showcased locally developed apps and projects that addressed and came up with … Read more

The American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) and Vanguard Books Pakistan are happy to announce a collaborative reprint series.  The series focuses on reprinting humanities and social science monographs and edited volumes for sale in Pakistan. Prospective applicants must be individual AIPS members or scholars from an AIPS member institution. For accepted books, AIPS will … Read more

AIPS will be hosting the 10-week “Introduction to Urdu Language and Culture” online course in 2026 (dates TBD). Enrollment will be open to all interested in exploring Urdu language and culture. To receive information and updates about this course, subscribe to our email list! Please see the AIPS website for more details about the course.  Photo of Badshahi … Read more

The annual AIPS Newsletter is now available on our website! AIPS was busy this past year. As noted in the Newsletter, we signed 13 MOUs with universities across Pakistan. We also welcomed Dr. Aalia Sohail Khan as the new Director of the AIPS Islamabad Office and hosted our fourth Introduction to Urdu Language & Culture online course.  Members … Read more

The journal of Critical Pakistan Studies has published several new articles that are available on the Cambridge University Press website: Memorializing the Nation-State: Minar-e-Pakistan between Memory and HistoryHashim Ali Border Bureaucracy and Discourses: Demarcation and Surveillance of the Punjab Border in the Wake of 1947 PartitionIlyas Chattha Seventy-five Years of Partition: Rupture and Connectivity: India-Pakistan … Read more

Congratulations to Dr. Sanaa Alimia (Associate Professor, Aga Khan University) for receiving the 2025 AIPS Book Prize! Her book, Refugee Cities: How Afghans Changed Urban Pakistan, published by the University of Pennsylvania Press, was the committee’s unanimous choice for this award given its enormous contribution to Pakistan Studies. As noted by the AIPS Book Prize Committee, this book “explores … Read more

AIPS is excited to share our Spring 2025 Introduction to Urdu Language and Culture! This 10-week asynchronous, online course will take place March 13 – May 22. Registration details are forthcoming!

We are now accepting applications for AIPS Fellowships and Short-Term Research Grants! AIPS Fellowships – Apply by February 1 AIPS Short-Term Research Grants – Apply by February 15

AIPS will be holding a reception at the Annual Conference on South Asia on Friday, November 1. The reception will be held in the Senate Room at the Concourse Hotel. Come join and connect with AIPS colleagues!  

Congratulations to Dr. Daniel Majchrowicz (Northwestern University) on his election as AIPS Vice President, Dr. Sameetah Agha (Pratt Institute) on her election as AIPS Secretary, and Dr. Sana Haroon (UMass Boston) on her election as an At-Large Executive Committee member. Thank you to the nominating committee for organizing the election and to our newest EC … Read more

AIPS is soliciting books (published during the last three years) for the annual AIPS book prize! The award recipient will receive a monetary prize from AIPS ($1,000). Interested applicants should contact AIPS to confirm eligibility before sending books. For more information on the book prize and specific requirements, as well as past prize recipients, see … Read more

The latest full issue of Critical Pakistan Studies is now out! All articles are available to read online.