Welcome to AIPS

The American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS), established in 1973, is a bi-national research and education organization with a mission to promote academic study of Pakistan in the US and to encourage scholarly exchange between the US and Pakistan.

It is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt, autonomous organization and a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers.

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Updates

AIPS Announces Call for 2018 Junior Scholars Conference!

American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) is pleased to announce its 2018 Junior Scholars Conference on Pakistan Studies, which will take place as a pre-conference to the 47th Annual Conference on South Asia. The conference will be held on Thursday October 11, 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin. This one-day conference is expected to bring together junior scholars who are based in the social sciences and the humanities, primarily in the US academia (there is no US citizenship requirement).

Submitted Wednesday, April 11th, 2018

Evolution of Folklore in South Asia with AIPS Trustee Frank Korom!

What is folk? What is folklore? What are folk traditions, shared narratives, rituals and festivals? Why are they so important for our existence? AIPS Trustee Frank Korom answered all the above questions and talked about the evolution of folklore in South Asia in an interview with Aimon Fatima on Folk Beats (Lok Virsa - National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage's TV program). Watch the interview HERE 

Submitted Tuesday, March 27th, 2018

Call for submissions: 2017-2018 AIPS Book Prize!!

The American Institute of Pakistan Studies is soliciting books (single authored monographs, no edited volumes) published during the last three years, or nearly published books (galleys must be available) for the 2017-2018 AIPS book prize.

** Please note that this is an academic book prize (literary fiction/short stories are not appropriate for this prize) and only English language books are eligible at this time.**

Submitted Wednesday, March 14th, 2018

2016-17 AIPS Book Prize Winner

AIPS is pleased to announce the 2016-17 Book Award prize winner: Prof. Dr. Sadia Saeed, author of Politics of Desecularization: Law and the Minority Question in Pakistan!

Submitted Friday, February 9th, 2018

Berkeley-AIPS Urdu Language Program in Pakistan - Now Accepting Applications by Non-US Citizens!!

AIPS is pleased to announce that the Berkeley - AIPS Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP-AIPS) is accepting applications from non-US Citizens for its Fall 2018 intensive Urdu language immersion program based at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan. Jointly administered by the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) and the Berkeley Urdu Language Program in Pakistan (BULPIP) at the University of California, Berkeley, this Urdu language program will offer daily classroom instruction, five days a week, for approximately fifteen weeks.

Submitted Tuesday, January 23rd, 2018

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