- Qualification: PhD., Anthropology, Uni. of Texas at Austin, USA
- Phone: +92-51-2601067
- Email: knahmed@qau.edu.pk
- Status: On Job
Research Interests
Publications
Conferences
Research Projects
- Social Anthropology
- Feminist Ethnography
- Globalization
- Popular Print and Electronic Media
- Urdu Pulp Fiction
- Post Modernism
- Gender and Women’s Studies,
- Colonial/Postcolonial Studies
- Subaltern Studies
- Women’s Movements in South- Asia
- Queer and Affect Theory
- Stories with Oil Stains: The World of Women ‘Digest’ Writers in Pakistan. Oxford University Press, OUP) 2020
- Urban Women Rebels: Voices of Dissent in Urdu Popular Fiction in Sustainable Development: Bridging the Research/Policy Gaps in the Southern Context, Oxford University Press (OUP) 2004.
- Also published as Urban Women Rebels: Voices of Dissent in Urdu Popular Fiction Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Working Paper No. 92, 2004.
- Feminist Fictions (Book Review) in Journal of Gender and Social Issues, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Volume 7 No 4, Spring 2008.
- Report for International Labour Organization (ILO) on Child Trafficking in Pakistan (five-member team) 2004.
- Report for Norwegian Agency for Development Co-operation (NORAD) on Honour Killings in Pakistan (three-member team) 2004.
- Report for Oxfam on Violence Against Women (two member team) 2003.
- Victims of Development in Pakistan in The Dispossessed: Victims of Development in Asia. Hong Kong: Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA) 1997.
- Invited Speaker. State Department, USA. Women’s Day (Media and Gender in Pakistan) (Online) March 8, 2021.
- Invited Speaker for Book talk. University of Virginia, USA. Department of Middle Eastern and MESALC seminar series. (Online) February 26th 2021.
- Invited Speaker for Book talk. Habib University, Karachi. Kitab Kahani Seminar Series. (Online) November 17, 2020
- Book launch “Stories with Oil Stains: The World of Women ‘Digest’ Writers in Pakistan. Oxford University Press, Islamabad Literary Festival (Online). October 18, 2020.
- Invited Speaker for “Feminist Brainstorming and Intergenerational Dialogue. Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo and UN Women. March 5-7, 2020.
- Security and Governance. Panelist for Launch Conference for Islamabad National University: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Pakistan. Higher Education Commission, December 21, 2018.
- Women’s Voices in Popular Culture. Panelist for ‘Role of Ladies Home Journals in Women’s Education’. Sustainable Development Conference, December 6, 2018.
- Narratives of Womanhood. Invited Speaker for Henrich Boll Foundation. Seminar Series on Narratives of Nationhood. October 21, 2018.
- Attachment, Articulation and Agency: A Glimpse into the World of Women Digest Writers in Pakistan” Invited speaker for Syeda Waheed Gender Initiative Seminar Series, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore, Pakistan. November 15, 2017.
- Women’s Voices in Popular Culture. Centre for Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University and Tasveer-e-Urdu , New Delhi, India, Conference on ‘Exploring the Popular Culture in Urdu Language’. (Online) September 9, 2017.
- “Qualitative research on trends in Urdu Popular Fiction in Pakistan” University of Heidelberg, Academics’ workshop, Heidelberg, July 16, 2006.
- “Research findings on Honour Killings in Pakistan”. Panel Organizer and Speaker. Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Annual Conference, Islamabad, December 4, 2005.
- “Voices of Dissent: Urban Women Rebels”. Panel Organizer and Speaker Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Annual Conference, Islamabad, December 7, 2004.
“Victims of Development: Pakistan’s Country Study” Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA) , Researchers’ Conference, Kathmandu, October 12, 1996.