PAKISTAN: Writing Histories

Описание: History, old and new, has long been understood as a textual archival practice. This event will discuss 'Towards Peoples' Histories in Pakistan: (In)audible Voices, Forgotten Pasts' (2023), a novel multi-disciplinary collection of "peoples'" histories — those that do not find place, nor get recorded, in standard historical archives.

SPEAKERS
~ Asad Ali is an independent scholar based in the United Kingdom, and co-editor of 'Towards Peoples' Histories in Pakistan: (In)audible Voices, Forgotten Pasts' (2023).

~ Kamran Asdar Ali is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, and co-editor of 'Towards Peoples' Histories in Pakistan: (In)audible Voices, Forgotten Pasts' (2023).

~ Fatima Zahid Ali (@FatimaZahidAli) is Doctorand at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, and author of 'Gender Dysphoria and Transphobia in Pakistan's Digital Sphere' (2022).

~ Amar Farooqui retired as Professor of History from University of Delhi, and is author of 'The Establishment of British Rule: 1757-1813' (A People's History of India #23, 2016).

~ Naveeda Khan is Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University, and author of 'Muslim Becoming: Aspiration and Skepticism in Pakistan' (2012).

DISCUSSANT
~ Dr Chris Moffat is Senior Lecturer in South Asian History at Queen Mary University of London, and co-editor of 'Lahore in Motion: Infrastructure, History and Belonging in Urban Pakistan' (2025).

CHAIR
~ Dr Nilanjan Sarkar is Deputy Director, LSE South Asia Centre (@SAsiaLSE).

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This event is part of our 'Fact & Fiction' series, and is in collaboration with South Asia Forum, Queen Mary University of London, part of the UK-South Asia Network.
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