Dr. Kamran Asdar Ali, Co-Editor-in-Chief of Critical Pakistan Studies, was recently featured in a video where he presented his aspirations for Critical Pakistan Studies to be a high-standard, first-rate, and top-tier interdisciplinary source of information on Pakistan. Critical Pakistan Studies is a new open-access journal published with the support of Cambridge University Press that tackles broader interdisciplinary issues in addition to Pakistan and Pakistanis.
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Anita Weiss | University of Oregon
Dr. Anita Weiss participated in a University of Oregon Webinar on Monday, May 3rd to discuss her recently published book, "Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices." Find a recording of the event here!
Webinar description:
"This talk discusses Dr. Weiss’s book, Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Action, Local Voices, which identifies and analyzes the impact of the various ways in which local people are responding, taking stands, recapturing their culture, and saying ‘stop’ to the violent extremism that has manifested over the past decade in Pakistan. Local groups throughout Pakistan are engaging in various kinds of social negotiations and actions to lessen the violence that has plagued the country since the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan which let loose a barrage of violence that overflowed into its borders. In so many ways, Pakistanis are engaging in powerful actions that transform how people think about their own society, impeding extremists’ rants while acting on envisioning alternative futures."
Dr. Weiss's book is available at https://global.oup.com/academic/product/countering-violent-extremism-in-...
Date:
Thursday, May 13, 2021