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This special edition of the Nordic Journal of Law and Social Research focuses on the Hunza Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Drawing on a multi-author, interdisciplinary approach, the journal examines the political geography, anthropology, history, and civil society in the Hunza...

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.

Zunaira Komal was a 2019 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant Awardee who conducted 3 months of research in Azad Kashmir. Komal "shadowed psychiatrists in several cities, interviewing them about their research in the region and asking about post-2005 earthquake changes in the region."

Azfar Nisar (Arizona State University) was a 2016 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted ethnographic fieldwork in Lahore for 2 months. Nisar's research centered on the Hijra community, specifically the intersection of citizenship, identity, and inclusion in society.

Mubbashir Rizvi (Georgetown University) was a 2016 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee. Rizvi conducted research to support his book manuscript "Masters Not Friends. Land, Labor and Politics of Place in Rural Pakistan." The book "is a historical and ethnographic investigation of a peasant...

Miriam Chughtai (Harvard University) was a 2013 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted research in Pakistan to collect data in order to address the research question: "In what ways do agendas of nationalism manifest themselves through the education system in Pakistan?"

In this podcast episode of New Books in Islamic Studies, host SherAli Tareen speaks with Farhat Haq to discuss her book, "Shari?a and the State in Pakistan: Blasphemy Politics" (Routledge, 2019). Haq's book "Haq presents the history and present of blasphemy laws, debates, and politics in Pakistan,...

In this episode of the New Books in Islamic Studies podcast, host Madhuri Karak talks with Mubbashir Rizvi to discuss his book, "The Ethics of Staying: Social Movements and Land Rights Politics in Pakistan" (Stanford University Press, 2019) Rizvi's book explores new land and agricultural policies...

In this episode of the New Books in Islamic Studies podcast, host SherAli Tareen speaks with Ammara Maqsood to discuss her book "The New Pakistani Middle Class" (Harvard University, 2017). Maqsood's book navigates the relationship between class and religious piety among the urban Pakistani middle...

Abdul Aijaz (Indiana Universty) was a 2017 Short-Term Research Grant awardee who sought to explore the hydro-social relationships in colonial and post-colonial India.