Virtual Programming Grants

AIPS has funds available for virtual research presentations and discussions; find more information here.

Claire Pamment
Affiliated University: College of William and Mary
Conference: 49th Annual Meeting of the Southwest Conference on Asian Studies (SWCAS)
Conference Dates: October 23-24, 2020 
Title of Paper: Dis/Orientating Bodies: Badhai Transformations in Pakistan

Paper Abstract                Final Report

Dean Accardi
Affiliated University: Connecticut College
Conference: Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion
Conference Dates: December 10, 2020
Title of Paper: Saints of Kashmiri Resistance and Repression

Paper Abstract                Final Report

Michael Hirsch
Affiliated University: Huston-Tillotson University
Conference: 2020 Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology's Virtual Conference
Conference Dates: October 5-7, 2020
Title of Paper: SWOTing in Pakistan: Examining the Efficacy of a Music Program at a Young Arts Institute

Paper Abstract                Final Report

Mushtaq Bilal
Affiliated University: Binghamton University
Conference: AWP 2021 Virtual Conference and Bookfair
Conference Dates: March 3-7, 2021
Title of Panel: Mangoes or Pizza: Battling Self-Censorship to Write/Right the Self

Paper Abstract                Final Report

Zain Mian
Affiliated University: University of Pennsylvania 
Conference: Magazine and World Literature Webinar Series
Conference Dates: March 19, 2021
Title of Paper: A Tale of Two Journals: The Poetics and Politics of Community in Mid-Century South Asia

Paper Abstract                Final Report

Suneel Kumar
Affiliated University: University of Georgia
Conference: Royal Anthropological Institute 2021: Anthropology and Conservation
Conference Dates: October 25-29, 2021
Title of Paper: The Other-Than-Human Affective Relationalities: Camels, Mangroves, and Saltwater Intrusion in the Indus Delta of Pakistan

Paper Abstract                Final Report