Centre for the Study of Pakistan Events
The events draw a varied audience with an interest in the region.
All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise stated. Admission is on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Please note that every effort has been made to ensure that the information contained on the website is as accurate as possible. We cannot guarantee, however, that subsequent changes have not been made. Please be advised to check information relating to scheduled events by using the contact information provided.
2012
January
19/01/12
- "Domesticating' the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in state, government and society: A case study of Pakistan's implementation of CEDAW
Professor Shaheen Sardar Ali (Warwick University)
26/01/12
- Pakistan-US Relations: A Rocky Marriage
Professor Yunas Samad (University of Bradford)
February
02/02/12
- Tinderbox or Tiger? Pakistan, the forgotten Asian economic success 1950-2011
Dr Matthew McCartney (Oxford University)
09/02/12
- Liberalisation, Dictatorship and Development: Pakistan 1988-2011
Dr Matthew McCartney (Oxford University)
March
08/03/12
- Transgenders: Pakistan's Open Secret
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (Director)
15/03/12
- A Comparative Approach to Pakistani Fiction in English
Dr Claire Chambers (Leeds Metropolitan University)
April
19/04/12
- Pakistan's post flood rebuild activity
Suniya Qureshi (British Pakistan Foundation), Edward Mortimer and Pierre Townsend (DFID)
26/04/12
- The Presence of a Language
Aamer Hussein
May
02/05/12
- Sending the Zanana on a Railway Journey: Ismat Chughtai, Gender in Space, Time and Visuality
Geeta Patel (University of Virginia)
03/05/12
- Gender, Transgender and South Asia
Geeta Patel (University of Virginia)
03/05/12
- Trading Worlds: Afghan Merchants across Modern Frontiers
Dr Magnus Marsden (SOAS)
This seminar has been postponed until the Autumn term. The date will be announced in due course.
09/05/12
- Is Pakistan ‘muddling through’?
Mohammad Waseem (Lahore University of Management Sciences)
October
04/10/12
- Rising Religious Militancy in Pakistan: Genesis and Consequences
Dr Umbreen Javaid (Punjab University, Lahore)
11/10/12
- Secularising Islamists?
Dr Humeira Iqtidar (King's College London) in conversation with Dr Asad Ali (Harvard University)
31/10/12
- Launch of Critical Muslim 04: Pakistan?
Ziauddin Sardar, Samia Rahman, Avaes Mohammad
November
01/11/12
- [CANCELLED] RADICAL: A New Muslim Conversation
Riz Ahmed (Actor), Mehdi Hassan and Maajid Nawaz (Author/co-founder & director of Quilliam)
This event has been cancelled.
15/11/12
- The Pity of Partition, Manto's Life, Times and Work across the India-Pakistan Divide
Professor Ayesha Jalal (TUFTS)
23/11/12
- Pakistan: Past Perspectives, Future Challenges
Professor Ian Talbot (Southampton University), Professor Anatol Lieven (Kings College London), Dr Sarah Ansari and Dr James Caron
The discussion will focus on past failings, future challenges and the opportunities which remain for Pakistan in the coming years.
December
06/12/12
- Empires of the Indus: The Story of a River
Alice Albinia (Writer) in conversation with Victoria Schofield (MA. Senior member, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Associate, Pakistan Security Research Unit, University of Bradford)
