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Katherine Blank was a 2016-17 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in London for three months. Blank "considers women’s involvement in the discourse surrounding women’s health in colonial India in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by looking at women’s magazines from that same peri...

Shahnaz Rouse was a 2011-2012 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Pakistan for two months. Rouse "examines the physical, social, and ideational landscape of Lahore from 1849-1947." The project explicates how space and sociability relate to each other.

Dr. Iqbal Akhtar moderated the 2022 FIU Mahavir Jayanti Lecture & Award Ceremony. The Mahavir Jayanti lecture "highlighted contemporary research being done in Pakistan to explore the country's Jain heritage leading scholars." The lecture and subsequent awards ceremony were recorded and are available...

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...