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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.

James Pickett (Princeton University) was a 2015 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted research in Lahore to support an upcoming monograph. Picket explores the rise of European protectorates in South Asia and their impacts on society and the state.

Julie Flowerday was a 2012-2013 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore and Islamabad for 9 months. Flowerday's research "broadens the discourse of Kashmir, examines colonialism through a mid-level civil servant, and explores the role of deception and history."

Hashim Ali was a 2021 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee and conducted research at the Punjab Archives in Lahore, Pakistan for two months. Ali's research focused on the separation of students during the times of colonization as a way to establish "historical context for the formation of...

Shayan Rajani (Tufts University) was a 2013 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted research on the colonial rule of the frontiers of British India, specifically the organization of Balochistan.

Ghazal Asif was a 2019 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee and conducted research in Sindh, Pakistan in the summer of 2019. Asif "was interested in examining the record of the Sindh Scheduled Caste Federation and understanding the role it played during the 1940s when Sindhi leaders joined the...

Waleed Ziad was a 2014-2015 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in the UK and Uzbekistan for four months. Ziad "examines the development of trans- regional Islamic revivalist networks from the mid-18th to mid-19th centuries, centered around Sindh, Peshawar, and the Kabul Valley, and extending across...

Mishal Khan was a 2018 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted research in Karachi Pakistan. Khan conducted research "related to the legal landscape that emerged in Sindh after 1843 – the year when slavery was officially abolished in East Indian Company territories, and also the yea...