Aftab A. Kazi (U.S. Dept. of Education, and University of Virginia)

submitted: 10/24/94 (by mail)

Aftab A. Kazi
Program Specialist
U.S. Department of Education
P. O. Box 23099
Washington, D.C. 20026-3099  USA

and 

Visiting Scholar
Center for South Asian Studies
University of Virginia

Phones: 202-260-2161 (office)
        202-484-6291 (residence)
Fax:    202-205-0088 (office)
        202-484-6291 (residence)

Description of work:

Teaching: modern history and politics, international relations, education 
and politics;

Research: ethnicity, nationalism, and world order, geopolitics and 
geoculture, civil-military relations, Pakistan / Sindh history / politics 
(Indus Basin / Sindh country), education policy and political 
socialization, sociolinguistics, and Sindhi culture;

Disciplines: international studies; political science, history, and 
international development education;

Sub-disciplines: Asian studies (South Asia and Japan), international 
security studies, and geopolitical and ethnic history;

Countries/regions: Pakistan (Indus Basin / Sindh Country [Siro, Vicholo, 
Larr, and Kohistan], and India (Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kutch);

Ethnic, Religious and Political Groups: Sindhi/Siraiki nationalism, 
Islam/religious fundamentalism, politics and Sufism, and Jeye Sindhi 
Tahrik, Siraiki National Movement, Pakistan Peoples Party, Muhajir Qaumi 
Mahaz, etc;

Historical period: Pakistan/Sindh history, 1500-present;

Languages: English, Sindhi, Siraiki, Urdu, Hindi. Knowledge of Arabic, 
Hausa and Punjabi languages.