Course Outline - Pakistan Studies SS114

Sana Farid Malik (sana.farid@lums.edu.pk)

Monday, Wednesday 10:15 – 11;30

Office Hours/Extension: TBA

Course Breakup

1.Attendance – 5%

2.Thought Paper - 10%

Issue based take home thought paper on an assigned question.

3.Response Papers– 25%

One response paper every two weeks in class; based on issues, discussion and
movies through the course.

4.Midterm- 25%

Objective type short questions (60 percent) and one subjective analysis question
(40 percent).

5.Final – 35%

Subjective essay questions; students will be required to do two questions out of 4.

Session Aims Readings

1 Overview of the Overview of readings and course requirements

course

History of the Subcontinent

2 Ancient Civilization Kenoyer, Jonthan M. (1998) “Indus Cities, Towns and

in the region Villages” in Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization.
comprising Michigan: OUP.
Pakistan. The
Indus Valley Field Trip to Harappa/ Museum
Civilization

And Ali, Imran (2004) “Historical Impacts on Political Economy

Colonial Rule in the in Pakistan” Asian Journal of Management Cases 1(2):129-
subcontinent 146.

The creation of Pakistan

3 The creation of Ahmad, A. (1968) “Epilogue: Modern Separatism” in

Pakistan Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environment.
Delhi: OUP. Pp. 263-276.
Different
perspectives on the Alavi, H. (2003) Social Forces and Ideology in the Making
creation of Pakistan of Pakistan in Zaidi (ed) Continuity and Change: Socio-
Political and Institutional Dynamics in Pakistan. Karachi:
City Press. Pp 11-40

Recommended Reading

*Khalid Bin Sayeed (1968). “Conflicting views about the

origin of Pakistan” in Pakistan: The Formative Phase 1857-
1948. Karachi: OUP

4 The 1947 Migration Saadat Hassan Manto (1987). “The Assignment” in

Mottled Dawn: Fifty Sketches and Stories of Partition.
India: Penguin Books.

Saadat Hassan Manto (1987). “The Return” in Mottled

Dawn: Fifty Sketches and Stories of Partition. India:
Penguin Books.

Saadat Hasan Manto (1987) “The Girl from Delhi” in

Mottled Dawn: Fifty Sketches and Stories of Partition.
India: Penguin Books.

Movie Viewing: Pinjar

The newly created state of Pakistan

5 Colonial Legacy and Talbot, I. (2000). “Nation building in Pakistan: Ideas and
Creation of new Institutions” in Inventing the Nation: India and Pakistan.
state in Pakistan New York: OUP. Pp. 196-222.

The effect of Aziz, K.K (1976). “The Imperial Impacy” in The British in
colonization on India: A Study in Imperialism. Lahore: Ripon Pritning Press
governance and Ltd. Pp. 219-245.
administration in
Pakistan Recommended Reading: