Nida Kirmani

Nida Kirmani is Associate Professor of Sociology in the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. She is also Faculty Director of the Saida Waheed Gender Initiative. Nida has published widely on issues related to gender, Islam, women’s movements, development and urban studies in India and Pakistan. She completed her PhD in 2007 from the University of Manchester in Sociology. Her book, Questioning ‘the Muslim Woman’: Identity and Insecurity in an Urban Indian Locality, was published in 2013 by Routledge. Her ongoing research focuses on urban violence, gender and insecurity in the area of Lyari in Karachi. She is also exploring the relationship between social media and social movements in Pakistan, particularly related to the issue of enforced disappearances.

 

Nida Kirmani will take part of the Visiting Professors Program designed by EHESS, on proposal of Virginie Dutoya (CESAH)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LECTURES

 

 

Everyday Life in a ‘No-go area’: violence, insecurity and resistance in Lyari, Karachi

 

 

 

 

 

Dans le cadre du séminaire « Actualité de la recherche sur l’Asie du Sud et les mondes himalayens » animé par M. Trento, V. Dutoya, A. Mohammad-Arif et D. Berti

 

 

• Mardi 14 mai de 14h à 16h - Salle A202, Bâtiment EHESS, Campus Condorcet, Aubervilliers
 

 

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