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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...

Farhat Haq sits down for a discussion with SherAli Tareen on a podcast about her recent book publication, "Shari?a and the State in Pakistan." Farhat talks about the history of blasphemy politics in Pakistan and how discourse has shifted over the recent decades. Blasphemy politics in Pakistan...

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...

Following several meetings with senior religious scholars including the four Grand Ayatollahs based in Najaf, Iraq, Hassan Abbas discusses the succession of 89-year-old Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani. Abbas reflects on his meeting with al-Sistani and gives a brief summary of the impact the Grand...

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...

SherAli Tareen delivers a lecture for the Hast o Neest Institute for Traditional Studies and Arts. The lecture, "Colonialism & Disagreements of Fiqh in Sunni Ulema" is part of the Peoples, Cultures, and Languages lecture series.

Rajbir Judge was a 2016-17 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in the UK, India, and Hungary for five months. Judge "examines the key alliances the Theosophical Society formed between Sikhs in the Punjab through the narrative of Maharaja Duleep Singh."

Murard Mumtaz was a 2016-17 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in England, France, Ireland, and Switzerland for four months. Mumtaz "focuses on iconic representations of Sufi saints in Indian miniature painting."

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...

Rajender Kaur was a "2019 participant in the CAORC-AIPS Faculty Development Seminar to Pakistan. In this essay, she discusses the history and legacy of several abandoned Sikh temples (or gurudwara) she visited while in Lahore and Islamabad."