🎉 The Dean's Office celebrated the Best Senior Project Winners of 2024 in a heartfelt ceremony attended by students, staff, and faculty. The faculty praised the incredible effort put into these projects and wished the students the best of luck in their future endeavors! ✨ To those who couldn’t attend – you were deeply missed! 🌟
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Welcome to the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School for Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS. We are the largest school at LUMS and pride ourselves on our world class faculty and thriving student life. In an age where ‘marketability’ has become a buzzword, driving many young men and women into the professions right after high school, we focus on providing our students with a broad-based education that lays a solid foundation for them to build their lives and careers on. Trained at leading universities of the world, and deeply engaged with local realities, our faculty members have transformed the way social sciences and humanities are taught in Pakistan. Their passion and commitment is reflected in the vibrant intellectual culture of the school, and translates into teaching that is truly transformative. Students start the programme by developing strong conceptual foundations across a range of subjects before graduating on to advanced, specialized courses that only our faculty can deliver. Equipped with an excellent liberal arts education, with specializations in economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, history, and literature in English, along with several joint majors, our students go on to stellar careers in academia, policy-making, politics, media, corporate sector, third sector, government and international organizations. However, as proud as we are of our students’ accomplishments, what gives us even greater satisfaction is the sensitivity, empathy and thoughtfulness that we are able to impart to them. Arriving just after high school, our students step into the world four years later as mature, engaged and reflective citizens, prepared to serve in the highest offices in public and private sectors.
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The Colloquium in the Study of Religion at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences is pleased to present its first talk of the Fall semester on Orientalism, Bolshevism, and Debt: Reflections on the Origins of Islamic Economics. Prof. Markus Daeschel from Royal Holloway, University of London, will explore the intersection of religion, politics, and economics in his lecture on Friday, 13th September. We look forward to your participation!
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MGSHSS is delighted to announce the appointment of the following academics as BARD scholars, following a rigorous and competitive selection process in collaboration with the BARD Foundation: 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: Dr. Feyzullah Yılmaz will join the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences as the BARD Fellow in August 2024. Dr. Yilmaz, who completed his PhD in Political Science at Sabanci University in Istanbul, Türkiye, in 2016, has published articles in the Oxford Journal of Islamic Studies and Open Philosophy. His dissertation, Overcoming Nihilism Through Sufism: Muhammad Iqbal, His Philosophy, and Political Theology, will be developed into a book manuscript at LUMS, where he will also teach political science courses. 𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐏𝐡𝐃 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩: 𝐀𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐛 𝐆𝐮𝐥, a LUMS alum from 2009, is awarded a BARD Scholarship as he enters the 5th year of his PhD in Islamic Studies at Boston University’s Graduate Program in Religion. His dissertation explores gender and nationalism in South Asian Sirah literature in Urdu, published between 1880 and 1980. Ateeb will collaborate with colleagues in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences while completing his PhD and will also contribute to teaching during his tenure. We extend our congratulations to Dr. Yilmaz and Ateeb Gul on their appointments!
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🌟 We’re excited to present the Spring 2024 edition of Guftugu! This latest issue features engaging articles including interviews, interesting courses & coursework, student research & achievements, poetry, prose, and much more! 📖 Read the full edition here: https://shorturl.at/wOt97 📨 We’re also open for submissions for the next issue! If you have contributions or ideas, please reach out to us at connect.mgshss@lums.edu.pk. Happy reading!
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We are thrilled to announce that three of our distinguished faculty members have been awarded the 2024 Teaching & Learning Grants by the LUMS Learning Institute! 🎉 These grants will support groundbreaking projects that promise to bring valuable insights and transformative innovations to the field of education. Congratulations to all the grant winners on this well-deserved recognition! We look forward to seeing the impact of their work.
Congratulations are in order! Take a look at our amazing grant winners for 2024. Zartash Uzmi Farah Said MGSHSS LUMS Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
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We’re thrilled to announce that Muhammad Tabish Hamid, President of LPRI (LUMS Student Policy Research Initiative) and a Politics and Economics major from the batch of 2024, made a remarkable contribution at the 25th International AIDS Conference 2024 in Munich, Germany! Tabish, the youngest researcher and workshop presenter from Pakistan, conducted a workshop on ‘Integrated Disaster Management,’ focused on integrating HIV services into disaster management frameworks. The conference featured speeches from global leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and UN AIDS Executive Director @Winnie Byanyima. Additionally, Tabish co-authored a paper on ‘Disaster Management Framework for PLHIV,’ which was displayed at the event. Congratulations to Tabish for representing Pakistan on this global stage and contributing to vital public health strategies!
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📚 We are thrilled to announce that Dua Zahra has won the Razia Waseem Award for producing the best Senior Project from the English Major! Dua's project, titled "The Vice District: Literary Construction of Heera Mandi in Contemporary Pakistani English Novels," delves into the spatial and cartographic politics shaping the literary depiction of Heera Mandi. Focusing on two novels, The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad and Skyfall by Saba Karim Khan, Dua explores how Lahore is portrayed as a city marked by violence and moral vices, specifically through the lens of Heera Mandi. Her research highlights the ideological tensions this district poses to the Pakistani state's national identity, positioning its inhabitants as the 'other.' By employing Lefebvrian theories on spatial construction, Dua's study reveals how the district's proximity to iconic landmarks like the Badshahi Masjid and Minar-e-Pakistan heightens its perceived threat within the national imagination. Congratulations, Dua, on this remarkable and insightful achievement! 🌟
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🔬 We are proud to announce that Syed Ehtesham Rehmani, an Anthropology & Sociology major, has been recognized for producing the best Senior Project! Syed Ehtesham's research focuses on modern Muslim engagements with the sacred, particularly through the lens of funerals, burials, and graveyards. His ethnographic work delves into the experiences of those working at and living in Miani Sahib graveyard, exploring the rituals, affective dealings, and undertakings involved in people's experience of death. This project offers a profound insight into the cultural and social dimensions of sacred practices within the community. Congratulations, Syed Ehtesham, on this exceptional achievement! 🌟
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🗳️ We are proud to announce that Alina Tariq, a Political Science major, has been recognized for producing the best Senior Project! Alina's research delves into the portrayal of Muslims in Bollywood films and its impact on Indian national identity amidst rising Hindu majoritarianism. Grounded in Edward Said’s theory of Orientalism, she conducted a narrative analysis of selected films, uncovering a trend where Muslims are often depicted as the demonized 'Other.' This narrative aligns with the political rise of the BJP and the post-9/11 communal politics, categorizing Muslims as either 'bad' or 'good' based on their conformity to a Hindu-centric national identity. Alina's work sheds light on how Bollywood films contribute to the socio-political marginalization of Muslims, serving as a potent agent of cultural and nationalistic discourse. Congratulations, Alina, on this insightful and impactful achievement! 🌟
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