Member Highlights

Mushtaq Bilal | State University of New York-Binghamton

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Dr. Mushtaq Bilal's article ""Yes, I am Joseph Bhatti Choohra:" Reading Joseph Bhatti as a Palimpsest" was recently published in the Pakistan issue of Angles: New Perspectives on the Anglophone World.

Mashal Saif | Clemson University

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Dr. Mashal Saif and Dr. Amen Jaffer, Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), recently published a co-edited volume titled State and Subject Formation in South Asia.

Ken LeBlond | University of Massachusetts, Donahue Institute

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Ken LeBlond is the co-host/producer of a new podcast specifically focused on Pakistan/US relations called Chai and Coffee: Pakistan-Talks with co-host/producer Nuaman Ishfaq Mughal, a journalist based in Islamabad.

Iqbal Akhtar | Florida International University

Thursday, May 5, 2022

Dr. Iqbal Akhtar moderated the 2022 FIU Mahavir Jayanti Lecture & Award Ceremony. The Mahavir Jayanti lecture "highlighed contemporary research being done in Pakistan to explore the country's Jain heritage leading scholars." The lecture and subsequent awards ceremony were recorded and are available on YouTube.

John Mock | UCSC

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Dr. John Mock contributed two chapters to the newly published book "Languages of Northern Pakistan: Essays in Memory of Carla Radloff", J. Baart, H. Liljeren, T. Payne, eds. (Karachi OUP, 2022) Dr. Mock's chapters include "Orality, Literacy, and Scholarship: Shifts in Gender, Genre, and Performance of Wakhi Oral Expression" and "Recent Developments in Wakhi Orthography".