Member Highlights

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Dr. Anita Weiss participated in a University of Oregon Webinar on Monday, May 3rd to discuss her recently published book, "Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices." Find a recording of the event here!

Thalia Blankson | State University of New York at Albany

Monday, May 3, 2021

Thalia Blankson was awarded a Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship for the summer of 2021. This is awarded by the Center for South Asia, for the study of Urdu. Congratulations Thalia!

Alex Cromwell | George Washington University

Monday, May 3, 2021

Alex Cromwell recently co-authored an article published in Action Research titled "Deconstructing positionality in conflict resolution: Reflections from first-person action research in Pakistan and the South Caucasus." In the article, Dr. Cromwell reflected on his work on encounter programs with Pakistani youth. His co-author, Margarita Tadevosyan (George Mason University) explored her peace-building work in the South Caucasus.

SherAli Tareen | Franklin and Marshall College

Friday, April 9, 2021

Dr. SherAli Tareen participated in an online symposium on his book "Defending Muhammad in Modernity" (University of Notre Dame Press, 2020) that was hosted by the Contending Modernities forum at the University of Notre Dame. The event featured essays by Jonathan Brown, Faisal Devji, Zunaira Komal, Waris Mazhari, Ammar Nasir, and Sohaira Siddiqui, and one from Dr. Tareen which can be read here.

Fran Smulcheski | State Univerity of New York

Friday, April 9, 2021

Professors Fran Smulcheski and Habbat Kibzai were awarded a travel grant from the State University of New York to conduct research in Pakistan for their collaborative project "Silent Voices Echo: Children at work". Their project researches and photographically documents, artistically, economically, and socially the complexities of child labor in Pakistan especially now during the Covid-19 pandemic.