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CURRICULUM VITAE
HAFEEZ AHMED JAMALI
Department of Anthropology
1 University Station C3200,
Austin TX 78751
Tel: 1-512-471-4206
Cell: 1-512-999-0096
Email: [email protected]
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EDUCATION
2006-11 PhD in Anthropology (Candidate), University of Texas at Austin
(Expected Graduation Date: May 31, 2012)
2006
MPA in Public Administration, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1998
B.Sc. (Hon.) Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Public Policy and Development; Globalization and Social Movements; Postcolonial Theory; Ethnic
Nationalism and Identity Politics; Cultural Construction of Space and Place; State, Violence, and
Human Rights
ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD
2010-11 Assistant Instructor, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
2006-10 Teaching Assistant, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin
2005-6 Teaching Assistant, University of Victoria, Canada
PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters
2012 (Manuscript in preparation) Demography of Race and Ethnicity in Pakistan. In R. Saenz, N.
Rodriguez, and D. Embrick Eds. The International Handbook of Demography of Race and Ethnicity. New
York: Springer.
2011 (In Press) A Tempest in my Harbour: Globalization, Baloch Identity, and the Politics of Place in
Gwadar, Pakistan. In V. Prashad, M. Tahir, and Q.C. Memon Eds. Dispatches from Pakistan. New Delhi:
Leftword Press.
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Book Reviews and Magazine Articles
2009 The Bitter Harvest: Sectarianism in Balochistan. The Middle East Report. Issue 251
2009, April 26. Victims of ‘Development’. The News on Sunday. Jang Group of Publications:
Karachi, Pakistan.
2007 The Forgotten Refugees of Balochistan. The Middle East Report, Issue 244. Available online at
http://www.merip.org/mer/mer244/forgotten-refugees-balochistan
2007 Anthropologists Should Shed Light on the Violence in Balochistan Province, Pakistan.
Anthropology News, 48 (5). Available online at http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/0507/jamali.html
2007 Book Review of Berna Turam’s Between Islam and the State: the Politics of Engagement.
Cultural Dynamics: 19 (2-3), 329-332.
Theses and Research Reports
2007 Between Global Dreams and Local Realities: Ethnic Identity and State Policy in Gwadar,
Pakistan. Liberal Arts Graduate Fellowship Report, University of Texas at Austin.
2006 Drought Coping Strategies in Nushki District, Pakistan and their Policy Implications. MPA
Thesis, University of Victoria.
1998 Petroleum Pricing Policy in Pakistan. B.Sc. Honors Thesis (Co-authored), Lahore University of
Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan.
FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS
External
2009-10 American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) Dissertation Fellowship ($17,000)
2008
International Travel Support Grant for presenting original research at a conference, American
Institute of Pakistan Studies, USA ($1000)
2004-06 Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship for Canada 2004-06 (C$30,000 approx)
Internal
Liberal Arts Graduate Research Fellowship for Pre-dissertation Fieldwork, University of Texas at Austin,
2008 ($1500)
2007 International Travel Support Grant for presenting original research at a conference, South Asia
Institute, University of Texas at Austin. ($1500)
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS
Conference Papers
2012
(Forthcoming) Of Poets and Warriors: Linguistic Discourse of Balochi War Ballads and the
Making of Baloch Identity 1839-1920 In M. Ahmed, H. Jamali, and R.C. Perkins, “And the
Telling of Tales: History and Cultural Memory in Pakistan”, panel to be presented at the
Annual Conference of Association for Asian Studies (AAS), March 15-18, Toronto.
2011
(Forthcoming) Ghosts of Trade: Engagements with Modernity in a City (to be) in Pakistan. In
J. Flowerday, H.Jamali, and M. Rizvi “Historical Anthropology and Pakistan: Emerging
Perspectives”, panel to be presented at the Annual Conference on South Asia, University of
Wisconsin, Madison October 21-23.
2010
Producing Tribal Balochistan: Sovereignty and Rule in a Colonial Frontier State. The Annual
Conference on South Asia, 2010, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
2008
Between National Liberation and Class Struggle: the Politics of Balochistan Popular
Liberation Front in 1968. The Actuality and Historical Significance of 1968 for the Third
World: A Global Forum, Dec 18-19, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey.
2007
The Discourse of Anti-colonial Resistance and the Making of Baloch Identity in Balochi War
Ballads, 1839-1920. Pakistan in the Current Global (Dis) order: Perspectives from the Social
Sciences. December 1-16, 2007, Lahore, Pakistan.
Invited Presentations:
2010
Traditional Boat-making, Fish Catching, and Fish Trading Practices of Gwadar Fishermen
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during the 19 Century Long Indian Ocean Trade. Special Guest Speaker, IUCN Seminar
on Sustainable Fisheries in Balochistan, Gwadar, Pakistan.
2011
Globalization, Trade Networks, and the Remaking of Baloch Society under Colonial Rule.
Invited Speaker at Rural Community Development Center (RCDC), Gwadar, Pakistan.
2011
Mega Projects, Baloch Identity, and the Politics of Place in Pakistan. Invited Speaker,
Huston-Tillotson University, Austin.
SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY
Graduate Student Representative on the Extended Budget Council, Department of Anthropology
Founding Member, Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA)
Member Executive Committee, Fighting the Flood (FTF), a student organization formed in response to
massive floods in Pakistan in 2010. Helped raise awareness regarding the flood situation in Pakistan and
$14000 in donations from UT community
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Volunteer, Explore UT Fair, 2006-10, for Pakistani languages and culture for Austin community
Member Organizing Committee for the conference, 1968: A Global Perspective, October 7-10, 2008.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ACTIVISM
2010 Teach-in on Pakistan Floods- The Politics of an Environmental Disaster
2008 Teach-in on The State of Pakistan (in response to the imposition of Emergency Rule in Pakistan on
Nov, 2008)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2009-10
Deputy Secretary (Development), Government of Balochistan, Pakistan
2002-04
District Officer (Planning and Finance), Chagai District, Pakistan
1999-2002
Assistant Commissioner, Government of Balochistan, Pakistan.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Anthropological Association (AAA)
Member, American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)
LANGUAGES
Balochi (Native), Urdu (Native), Sindhi (Fluent), Brahvi (Minimal Working Knowledge), English
(Fluent)
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REFERENCES
Kamran Asdar Ali (Graduate Advisor/Dissertation Supervisor)
Director, South Asia Institute, and Associate Prof. in Anthropology -The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station C3200 Austin, TX 78712
[email protected]; +1 512 471 7531
Charles R. Hale, (Dissertation Committee Member)
Director, Center for Latin American Studies, and Professor, Anthropology- The University of Texas at
Austin
1 University Station C3200 Austin, TX 78712
[email protected] 512-471-0052
Kathleen Stewart, (Dissertation Committee Member)
Chair and Professor, Anthropology- The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station C3200 Austin, TX 78712
[email protected] 512-471-0052
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