Education
Positions
Publications
Contributed a chapter titled, ‘Pacifying Sunni-Shī’ite Relations in Pakistan: Patterns of (De)Humanization and Prospects of Trust-Building’ in M.S. Pervez (2020) Radicalization in Pakistan: A Critical Perspective, New York: Routledge
Conferences and Workshops
10/2020 — presentation on ‘Traditionalist Muslim Perspectives on Dīn and Dunya in Late Colonial India’ at the workshop on ‘Concepts and Conceptualizations – Dīn and Dunya in the Muslim World’ (ZMO, Berlin)
1/2020 — presentation on ‘Genealogies of Deobandi Political Theologies in Late Colonial India (1912-1947)’ at the 31st Humboldt India Project Workshop (Humboldt University, Berlin)
4/2019 — presentation on ‘Paigham-i-Pakistan – an Ideological Convergence of State and Madrassa Narratives to Counter Militant Islamism’ at the 13th Humanities and Social Sciences Conference on ‘Critical Interventions: Mapping Emerging Scholarship on South Asia’ (LUMS, Lahore)
7/2018 — lecture on ‘Electoral Integrity in Pakistan – the Groundwork for a Research Program’ at the workshop on ‘Electoral History of Pakistan 1970–2018’ (UMT, Lahore)
5/2018 — presentation on ‘Strategizing the Counter-Radicalisation Agenda in Britain and Pakistan’ at the ‘International Conference on Threats to Security in the 21st Century’ (UOL, Lahore)
4/2017 — presentation on ‘Beyond the Intra-Civilizational Impasse: Prospects of Pacifying Sunni-Shī’ite Relations in Pakistan’ at the 1st International Conference on ‘Contemporary Issues in Muslim Societies and Cultures’ (UMT, Lahore)
1/2016 — lecture on ‘Foucauldian Discourse Analysis’ at the Centre of Teaching and Learning’s ‘Faculty Training Workshop on Research Methods’ (UMT, Lahore)
1/2015 — lecture on ‘Preventing Violent Extremism Effectively – Lessons from Britain’ at the workshop on ‘Understanding Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism’ (UMT, Lahore)
Awards
Best Dissertation Prize (2013) by Middlesex University, London
Languages
- English: fully proficient
- Urdu: native user