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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...

This article from Andrew Amstutz explores the role of the Buddhist past in Pakistan following the 1947 Partition of Ancient India. The article examines shifts in museum exhibits and archaeological guides from 1950 to 1969 and highlights the struggle of Pakistani historians to create a unified...

Chad Haines was a 2014-2015 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore for 1.5 months. Haines's research "interweaves three arenas of analysis, each reflecting a particular tension of urbanity: formality vs. informality; control vs. disruptions; and front spaces vs. back spaces."

Elizabeth Lhost was a 2014-2015 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in London for three months. Lhost "seeks to demonstrate that despite their marginal position within the formal administration of law, qazis and muftis changed their modes or practice and participated in protracted negotiations with...

Josh White was a 2011-2012 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Pakistan. Sarwar examines "the decision-making behavior of Islamist parties within the Pakistani political system and seeks to explain how and why parties decide to support or oppose new shariah measures that may challenge the...

Mohammad Waqas Sajjad was a 2015 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted research in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Sajjad's doctoral research focuses on Deobandi and Barelvi discourses regarding this important conflict in Sunni Islam in South Asia.

Mashal Saif (Clemson University) was a 2016 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted 3 months of research in Pakistan. Saif's research focused on "contemporary Pakistani Muslims scholars who engage with Prophetic dreams to determine criminality – a vital facet of some of thes...

Omar Sarwar was a 2011-2012 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Pakistan. Sarwar examines "the growth of Islamism among madrasa (religious school, pl. madaris), university, and secondary school students and youth in Pakistan between 1971 and 1989.

SherAli Tareen was a 2015-2016 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore and Islamabad for six months. Tareen "examines intra-Muslim traditions of debate and contestation on critical ethical issues such as the relationship of Islam and democracy, minority rights in Islam, the boundaries of...

Cabeiri deBergh Robinson was a 2013-2014 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Islamabad for 4 months. Robinson's project "responds to empirical changes in Azad Jammu and Kashmir in the context of a complex humanitarian emergency set within the on-going Kashmir Conflict and the weaknesses of...