we are working on a list of flood relief fundraisers (orgs and individuals) from across pakistan. it's still work in progress but please reply to this tweet or DM me if you need us to add details of fundraising efforts you know of to the list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Saida Waheed Gender Initiative (SWGI) is excited to announce the Calendar of Events for Fall 2022, featuring compelling and timely discussions on a range of topics, bringing together academics, experts and practitioners from across the globe.

I thought I’d share a few photos from my research this summer on the exhibition of ancient Buddhist art from Pakistan in postwar Italy. Here are a few photos from Trieste- one of a number of Italian cities that collected Gandharan sculpture in the 1950s & 1960s.

#ComingUp: Dr. @SarahSuhail shares the life stories of women who have escaped bonded labor in Sindh, describing their conditions of carceral labor and their strategies and tools of escape. When: Tuesday, 4th Oct, 5 PM Where: VC Faculty Lounge, Academic Block, LUMS

📣Call for Papers South Asian Studies: The European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS) 27th ECSAS Conference will take place in Turin Italy from 26 to 29 July 2023. Call for Papers opens 15th Nov, see details of all their panels here: ecsas2023turin.eu/panels/

Arzu Khan from KPK talks about the campaign launched against Khawajasiras due to Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act 2018. Full video: bit.ly/3MEQ77S sarah suhail Shayan Rajani Nida Kirmani @TMItalks Nayyab Ali - نایاب علی Sujag FemSoc at LUMS @Hum_Aahang Shahzadi Rai

Pak*stan Desires out soon! Thrilled to be contributing to this volume edited by @kasmani_o

Zindagi Tamasha: Of Narrow Lanes and Narrower mindsets A video goes viral, is taken out of context, the man behind it is threatened and his life turns upside down, this is the story of Zindagi Tamasha, and the story of Sarmad Khoosat trying to release Zindagi Tamasha. 1/n

Famed historian K.K. Aziz was commissioned by Z.A. Bhutto to document the events leading to Bangladesh's creation. His 2000-page manuscript was never published—until now. Read it on the LUMS Digital Archive: archive.lums.edu.pk/kk-aziz-books/ #LUMSDigitalArchive #KKAziz #Bangladesh1971

Excellent article on Qudsia Begum, a powerful Mughal queen from 18th c, and the outrage at her influence. OPEN ACCESS. Emma Kalb, “A Harem in Disorder: Narrating Elite Female Seclusion in Late Mugha Delhi” doi.org/10.1111/1468-0…

Women speaking up against purdah and polygamy in 1950s Pakistan. Rich archival material and fascinating analysis. Elisabetta Iob, “The Girls are in Town: Purdah, Emotions and Everyday Resistance in Urban Pakistan,” doi.org/10.1111/1468-0…

My new article looks at the many tellings of Sassi and Punnun across Sindh and Punjab between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries in Persian, Sindhi, and Punjabi doi.org/10.1177/001946…