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Christopher Finnigan offers a summary on the research project of Andrew Amstutz relating to Buddhism and Pakistan's engagement with its Buddhist history. Amstutz's ongoing research examines how museums in particular have played a crucial role in the development of Buddhist historical narratives in...

CultureTalk features video clips of interviews and discussions with people from many different countries and of many different ages and walks of life. Some interviews and discussions are in English; more are in languages other than English. Translations and/or transcripts are given for all...

Drawing upon experience from attending a faculty development seminar in Lahore, Pakistan, Paul Edleman explores the meaning of space and how space is utilized in Lahore. Edleman argues that politics and space can be intertwined in the architecture of a city and the expression of the city's culture.

Shehram Mokhtar (University of Oregon) was a 2016 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted research in Islamabad and the Tharparker district of Sindh. Mokhtar's research centered around folkloric practices- music, dance, poetry, and storytelling of Pakistani rural culture.

Samina Iqbal was a 2014-2015 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Islamabad and Lahore for 2 months. Iqbal "investigates and examines the role of the Lahore Art Circle (LAC) in constructing modernist sensibilities and secular trends within the larger nation-building rhetoric of Pakistan from...

In this episode of New Books in Islamic Studies, host SherAli Tareen sits down with Claire Pamment to discuss her book, "Comic Performance in Pakistan: The Bh?nd" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2017). Pamment's book "centers on the Punjabi folk art of the Bh?nd, or comic performance. Pamment explores the...

This study by Waheed Alam, Abdul Hameed, Shakir Ullah, and Muhammad Wali Ullah examines the pictograms (rock paintings) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. By studying the type and prevalence of different designs (including human, zoomorphic, and artificial structures), the researchers are able to make cultural...

Brian Bond was a 2016-17 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in India for nine months. Bond "examines ways in which Sindhi Sufi poetry performance is used as a tool for imparting Islamic teachings to rural Muslims in Kachchh, Gujarat, a region in western India on the border with Sindh, Pakistan."

Jennifer Dubrow examines the role of Urdu poetry in the current protests against India's Citizenship Amendment Act. Pakistani Marxist poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz and his poem "Hum Dekhenge" have served as a rallying cry in protests in India and abroad against the Citizen Amendment Act which seeks to...

Gemma Sharpe (City University of New York) was a 2017 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee. Sharpe's dissertation "places key developments in Pakistani art in their global and institutional contexts. The constellation of exhibitions that provide its archival backbone reveal how Pakistani artists...