Research Interests
Publications
Conferences
Research Projects
Honors & Memberships
- ‘Understanding Gendered Dynamics in Pakhtun Society Through Life History and Works of Khushhaal Khan Khattak’ (Mobeen, A. H. & H. Khalil 2020) Pakistan Study Centre, University of Peshawar, Vol (56), pp. 166-179
- ‘Gendering and Beyond: Analyzing Children’s Early Year Education and Teaching Methodologies Employed in Rawalpindi/Islamabad’s Private Schools’, (Mobeen, A. H. & R. Aslam 2020) Journal of Early Childhood Care and Education, pp. 89-107
- ‘Clara Zetkin’s Selected Works, A Review’ (Mobeen, A. H. & R. Aslam 2018) Revolutionary Democracy’s September 2018, Delhi University, India
- ‘Critique of Contemporary Post-Feminist Media Representations’ (Mobeen, A. H. 2014) Revolutionary Democracy’s September 2014, Delhi University, India Link available at: http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv20n2/PostFeminist.htm
- ‘Marxism and Feminism-A Critique of Feminism in Marxist-Leninist movement (Hafeez, A. 2011). Revolutionary Democracy’s September 2011, Delhi University, India Link available at: http://www.revolutionarydemocracy.org/rdv16n2/feminism.htm
- Papers presented in the Media and Film department, the University of Sussex for academic purposes:
- ‘From High Class Prostitution to Popular Culture-Punjabi Stage Dance Performer ‘spins’ the Folk culture and Traditional Audience’ (Hafeez, A. 2009)
- ‘Pakistani Beauty-Glamour Overseas Comes into Conflict with Local Fundamentalism’ (Hafeez, A. 2009)
- ‘Fusion of Cultures: Glimpses of Pakistani Tradition in Multi Cultures in UK ’ (Hafeez, A. 2010)
- ‘Western Hegemonic Media Stirs Islamic Revivalism-Analysis of the Emergence of Religious TV Channels and its Consequences in Post 9/11 Pakistani Society’ (Hafeez, A. 2010)
- Mehbub-ul-Haq’s Human Development Centre-The Health Challenge in South Asia, published in 2004 by Oxford University Press. http://www.mhhdc.org/html/ahdr.htm
- ‘Gendering and Beyond: Analyzing Children’s Early Year Education and Teaching Methodologies Deployed in Rawalpindi/Islamabad’s Private Schools’. Presented the mentioned study at a conference held in Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, on Sep, 25 – 26, 2019
- Participated in a consultation on ‘Making Gender Quota Meaningful’ in Islamabad. Representatives from the political parties, civil society activists, gender experts, representatives from Provincial and National Commissions on Status of Women, and academicians were there to discuss the details of provision of at least 5% tickets on general seats according to the Elections Act 2017 (May, 2018)
- International workshop on ‘Folkloristic Understandings of Nation Building in Pakistan’, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and Hanns Seidel Foundation, Pakistan Office (April 2018)
- Early Career Researcher Training Workshop held by joint research cooperation within HSF and QAU, on the theme of, ‘Ideas, Issues and Questions of Nation-Building in Pakistan’ (April 2018)
- European Union organized Workshop on ‘Women and Elections’ (March, 2017)
- International Workshop on Challenges of Researching on Conflict-induced Displacement and Migration in Europe and South Asia – Negotiating Space, Gender, Language, Volatilities and Hegemonies (January 2017) supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the German Foreign Office on “Good Governance in Pakistan”
- Workshop-German Academic Exchange Service (May 2013) Dr Ina Kerner (Humboldt Uni, Germany)-Analyzing Feminist Theories in Feminist Research – Building of Theoretical Frameworks in Research Designs
- Lecture Series on Feminist Theories-German Academic Exchange Service (May 2013)
- SEE Brighton Documentary Film Festival 2010 (Feb 2010)
- Roger Silverstone Symposium-University of Sussex (Jan 2010)
- Workshop-Institute of Development Studies (Nov 2013)
- Media and Film Research Seminars-University of Sussex (Oct-Dec 2009)
- International Conference on Early Childhood Development 2019, Islamabad. Presented a paper on ‘Gendering and beyond: Analyzing children’s early year education and teaching methodologies deployed in Islamabad’s private schools’
- CEGS-Rozan base-line study project on ‘Masculinities and Gender-Based Violence in Kuri’, conducted fieldwork and developed a report for designing intervention strategies in the community, held in 2018.
- OXFAM-NOVIB, a project on female child marriage which was completed in January 2017. I was responsible along with a team of other researchers to conduct qualitative and quantitative research and then report writing which will then be used by various think tanks and governmental agencies for their works on eradicating child marriages in Pakistan.
- Initiated and designed a campaign along with Rozan on challenging masculine stereotypes ‘Reconstructing concepts of masculinity in Quaid-i-Azam University’ (2019)
- Invited as guest speaker in NIPS (National Institute of Pakistan Studies) to deliver a lecture on ‘Women and Islam’ (2019)
- Invited as a panelist on PTV (Pakistan Television Corporation-Islamabad) to talk about ‘Tolerance and Co-existence on Campus Spaces’ (2019)
- Invited as a speaker by Sociology department in Quaid-i-Azam University on Women’s Day for a talk on ‘Rumors and Realities about Women’s Day’ (2020)
- Invited as a panelist on PTV (Pakistan Television Corporation-Islamabad) to talk about ‘Spaces for Women in Public Sphere and the case of Aurat March’ (2020)
- Resource person for the course of Gender and Media in Allama Iqbal Open University, 2019
- Member of Böll Filmscreenings, organized by Heinrich Böll Stiftung in cooperation with the DAAD-Longterm Guest Professor at Quaid-i Azam University (DAAD is the German Academic Exchange Service). This program offers a space where young women can meet, connect and discuss everyday social and political issues.
- Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC)-(June-September 2016). Co-examiner for the gender studies test in CSS (Central Superior Services). This is a national test once in a year where successful candidates are selected for civil services offices.
- Executive member of the British Alumni Association of Pakistan-British Council (2012-15)
- Guest speaker in Bahria University for a talk on human development in the corporate sector (Nov 2009)
- Worked with Ajoka Theatre group on research project on its play Burqavaganza (Sept 2010)
- Cultural ambassador of Pakistan at the University of Warwick (January 2008, One World Week) and University of Sussex (November 2009, Cultural Festivities)
- Diploma holder in Figure Drawing and Drapery from NCA, Pakistan (Aug-Sept 2006)
- Guest speaker in NBS for the BS Economics-1st semester to give a talk on the imperialist economic world order and the creation of political/economic ‘nightmares’ (March, 2010)
- Anchored a pilot episode for a Youth show on PTV Global (Dec, 2009)
- NIPPON (Japan) Bronze medal winner for an international arts competition (1996)
- Rotary Club silver medalist for a national arts competition (1995)