EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
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2004-to date
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of History, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
2001
M.Phil (American Studies)
Area Study Centre, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
1994
M.A. (History)
Department of History, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
1990
B.A.
Islamia College (Civil Lines), Lahore.
2004 to date
Assistant Professor,
Department of History, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
2000-2004
Lecturer,
Department of History, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
1999-2000
Lecturer,
Department of History, Government College University, Lahore.
1995-1999
Lecturer in History,
Education Department, Govt. of the Punjab.
Courses/ Workshops Attended :
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Oxford Early Modern South Asia Workshop: Ideas in Circulation, Faculty of Oriental Studies and St Anthony’s College, University of Oxford, 25-26 May 2007.
Iqbal Studies-Persian Course (Learning Persian Through Iqbal's Poetry) , IQBAL ACADEMY , Lahore , February to December 2003.
Orientation Program, HRDC, INSTITUTE OF ADMINISTRATIVE sCIENCES, uNIVERSITY OF THE pUNJAB, lahore , 2002.
A Review of the Contemporary Research Paradigms, a Seven-day Workshop organized by INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC THOUGHT and SOHAIL IFTIKHAR INSTITUTE, at Punjab University , Lahore , February 14 to 21, 2002 .
A Special Course in American History , THE AMERICAN CENTER , Lahore , October 5-13, 2000 .
A Course in Arabic Grammar for Understanding the Holy Quran , QURAN INSTITUTE, Lahore , May to August 1997.
a) At M.Phil Level
Historiography
Research Methodology
b) At Masters Level
Historiography
History of Later Mughals 1707-1857
History of Early Modern Europe 1453-1789
History of USA
Human Rights in Pakistan
a) Papers Presented at Conferences
“Deconstructing Colonial Discourse: A Critical Study of British Views on Learning and Education in Mughal India,” A Paper presented in Annual Conference of British Association of South Asian Studies, held in University of Cambridge, Cambridge, on 28-30 March 2007.
“Western Perception of Muslim Civilization in India in the Seventeenth Century” A Paper presented in International Conference on the History and Civilization of the Muslim World , held in University of the Punjab, Lahore on 27-28 February 2006.
“Encounter with Mughal Orient: A Study of European Traveller's Representation of Jahangir's India ” A Paper presented at the Pakistan History Conference , (Twentieth Session) in Karachi , on 13-15 April, 2005.
b) Published Research Articles
“Western Perception of Muslim Civilization in India in the Seventeenth Century” Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan , Lahore , Vol. L, 2007. forthcoming.
“Nadir Shah's Invasion of India and Fall of the Mughal Empire” Historicus, Journal of Pakistan Historical Society , Karachi , Vol. LIII, No.1, Jan-March 2005.
“ U.S. Human Rights Policy: A Case Study of Political Freedom in Pakistan ” Journal of Punjab University Historical Society , Lahore , Vol. XXVI, 2003.
Seminars Presented/ Workshops Conducted:
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“ Survey Research: Interview Studies ” and “ Survey Research: Questionnaire Studies ” for M.A. Pakistan Studies Programme, Allama Iqbal Open University, Lahore Campus, on 10.04.2005.
“ Sir Syed's Contribution in Muslim Renaissance ” and “ Policies of British East India Company in the Subcontinent ” for M.A. History Programme, Allama Iqbal Open University, Lahore Campus, on 22.04.2005.
“ Hypothesis: Theory ” and “ Documents: Primary and Secondary Sources ” for M.A. History Programme, Allama Iqbal Open University, Lahore Campus, on 28.04.2005.
Fazilat Rashid, Colonising the Past: A Study of British Historiography on Mughal India , 1742-1877 (M.Phil Thesis, 2006)
Rizwan Ullah Kokab, Muslim Revivalist Movements in South Asia During the Mughal Period: A Study of their Views on Decline. (M.Phil. Thesis, 2005).
Hussain Ahmad Khan. Ethnography of Colonial Punjab: Strategy of Exhibitions and Museums, 1851-1900. (M.Phil. Thesis, 2005).
“ Fellowship under International Research Support Initiative Programme” of Higher Education Commission Pakistan for conducting research in Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge , UK for a period of six months, March 2007-August 2007.
“ Indigenous Ph.D. Fellowship ” by Higher Education Commission, Pakistan , for four years 2004-2008.
“ Best Teacher Award ” by the University of the Punjab , on the basis of student evaluation, for the year 2001-02.
Early Modern South Asia , Colonialism, Islam and Muslims in Indo-Pak Subcontinent, Travellers' Accounts
Membership of Professional/Academic Organizations:
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Member , Pakistan Historical Society , Karachi.
“Letter”, in Editor's Dak, Historicus: Journal of Pakistan Historical Society, Karachi , Vol. LIII, No.3, July-September 2005.
“Remembering Eminent Historians”, Letter to the Editor, Dawn, 11 July 2005 .
