Member Highlights

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

Hassan Abbas, National Defense University, published "Policing the Pandemic Worldwide: Best Practices for Law Enforcement Agencies" with the Center for Global Policy. Abbas explores law enforcement response to the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns.

SherAli Tareen | New Article

Wednesday, August 5, 2020

SherAli Tareen, Franklin and Marshall College, and Teena Purohit, Boston University, published "Beyond Revival and Reform: Reorienting the Study of South Asian Islam" in a special volume of the journal ReOrient's Spring 2020 issue. Tareen and Purohit explore Islam in South Asia as an emerging field of study that seeks to broaden the study of Islam beyond an Arab-centric model.

Mushtaq Bilal | Article Publication

Monday, July 27, 2020

Mushtaq Bilal, Binghamton University, followed up his Pakistani Literature course at Lyceum, a life-long learning institute for adult-learners over the age of 50, with a new article in Dawn titled "Teaching Pakistani Literature to Old, White America". Bilal explores how Pakistani literature can challenge preconceived notions and reshape our multicultural understandings.

Rajender Kaur | CAORC Article

Friday, July 24, 2020

Rajender Kaur, a participant in the 2019 CAORC-AIPS Faculty Development Seminar, recently published "Re-discovering Pakistan's Abandoned Sikh Temples" with CAORC. Kaur discusses the history and legacy of several abandoned Sikh temples that she visited while in Lahore and Islamabad.

Farhat Haq | Webinar

Friday, July 10, 2020

AIPS President Farhat Haq participated in the Pakistan-U.S. Educational Cooperation Webinar sponsored by the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, DC. Participants spoke about the educational partnership between US and Pakistani higher education institutions and the benefits of international cooperation can have on higher education. Dr. Haq's remarks on AIPS start at 37:30!