Sheema Kermani, a participant in the AIPS-funded Pakistan Lecture Series at Michigan State University, recently helped create a documentary about her life and work, titled "With Bells on Her Feet." The short documentary won several awards at Montreal's South Asian Film Festival. Read more about the awards and find a trailer for the documentary here.
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Member Highlights
Monday, October 28, 2019
AIPS President, Farhat Haq recently sat down with SherAli Tareen to discuss her latest book, "Sharia and the State in Pakistan: Blasphemy Politics." In the podcast interview, Farhat discussed the implications of blasphemy politics in contemporary Pakistan and outlined some of the historical backdrops of the topic. Listen to the full interview here.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Yelena Biberman recently published a new article in Texas National Security entitled "Will the United States and China Keep India and Pakistan from Going to War." Yelena's piece offers a thoughtful insight into the stability of South Asia and the role America and China play in the conflicts between India and Pakistan. Read Yelena's full article here.
Monday, October 7, 2019
SherAli Tareen recently contributed a chapter titled "Disrupting Secular Power and the Study of Religion: Saba Mahmood" to the publication "Cultural Approaches to the Study of Religion: An Introduction to Theories and Methods." Tareen's chapter focuses on the late Pakistani-American anthropologist Saba Mahmood and her contributions to the fields of Anthropology, Religious Studies, and Critical Secularism studies. Find a full text of the chapter here.
Monday, September 30, 2019
AIPS Member Harrison Akins recently published a new article titled "Tribal Militias and Political Legitimacy in British India and Pakistan" in the journal "Asian Security." Akins' article examines the role of pro-government militias and the way that they are used by governments to support the political legitimacy of local governance structures. Find more information here.
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