School of Arts Humanities & Social Sciences - Habib University

20/03/2021

Join Habib University's flagship Postcolonial Higher Education Conference (PHEC) on ‘Reparative Futures: Decolonial Thought in the Global Ruins’ from 22nd - 27th March, live on www.facebook.com/HabibUniversity.

To learn more about the conference & its global panel of scholars, please visit: habib.edu.pk/PHEC

Follow the page to get conference updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/478024876917840/

Join Habib University online to discuss the 'Decolonial Thought in the Global Ruins' from 22nd till 27th March, 9 to 10:30 p.m.

To learn more about Habib University' flagship conference, visit:
https://www.habib.edu.pk/phec/

Conference will be live streamed at: facebook.com/habibuniversity

16/03/2021

Tune in today at 6pm for a conversation on the new Comparative Humanities program from the perspective of the Program Director Dr. Muhammad Haris and Dean of Faculty Dr. Christopher Taylor.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/HabibUniversity

Join us tomorrow at 6pm for a session on exploring Habib University's new program in Comparative Humanities, its unique features and numerous career opportunities.

13/03/2021

On Thursday, the 4th of March, students of Habib University were graced by the presence of renowned Urdu poet Kishwar Naheed in a session titled "Poetry In a Time of Pandemic: A Conversation with Kishwar Naheed".

The talk featured some recent literary work by the poet focusing on the current pandemic. Her poetry was centered around the problems faced by women in a male-dominated Pakistani society and how the COVID-19 pandemic has been a once-in-a-lifetime event.

Kishwar Naheed's popular works include Lab-e-Goya, Benaam Musafat, Nazmen, Galian, Dhoop, and Darvaze.

10/03/2021

Feminist Historical Research in the context of Partition

This talk, organized primarily for Social Development and Policy students enrolled in the Qualitative Research Methods course, was centered around the speaker's research using feminist narratives to understand the Partition.

About the speaker: Pippa Virdee currently teaches Modern South Asian History, with an interest in British colonial history, the history of Punjab, the South Asian diaspora in Britain, and women's history in modern Pakistan. Her books include, 'From the Ashes of 1947: Reimaging Punjab' (CUP, 2018), co-edited 'Refugees and the End of Empire' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011) and 'Coming to Coventry: Stories from the South Asian Pioneers' (Herbert, 2006). She is currently working on 'A Very Short Introduction to Pakistan' (OUP, forthcoming)

23/02/2021

A group of Habib University's Communication and Design students organized an art exhibition at the PinkyGul this Friday and Saturday, titled 'Andekhey' [The Unseen]. Curated by President Arts and Culture Club Marium Asif, the organizers for this event also included Manahil Siddiqui, Zaina Noman, and Ariba Rafi.

The theme of this exhibition was the COVID-19 pandemic, with photographers, digital artists, and musicians coming together to share how they experienced life under the ensuing lockdown through their art. The venue, PinkyGul, is a women-centric community space which aims to promote and support young women artists.

You can check out the students' work here: https://instagram.com/andekhey?igshid=9izjavozqogb

An exhibit at Pinkygul, a woman-centric community space in Defence Housing Authority, depicted how young artists navigated through the void.