Pakistan Studies

Autumn 2013-14
Course Description:
This course uses a series of related themes, posed as questions, that explore the
complexity and nuances involved in understanding the history of Pakistan. Crucially,
it also aims to show that this is not a story of Pakistani exceptionalism and
accordingly, throughout the course, the history of Pakistan is linked to broader global
and regional histories.
The first five themes of the course deal with the formation of Pakistan questioning its
origins and the historical exigencies that preceded it. Sessions to ! then focus on
various aspects of Pakistan"s colonial legacy and political structures by looking at the
nature of the state, the power of the military and national resistance movements in the
country. Sessions # to $$ begin with the civil war of $#%$ and move on to explore
regional and religious conflict in Pakistan. The last & sessions provide an overview of
voting behavior and gender relations in the country.
Course aims:
' To expand the extant understanding that students have of Pakistan Studies.
' To enable student to identify and distinguish between multiple and competing
narratives in the history of Pakistan so as to develop their own opinion on
ma(or events and conflicts.
' Students should be able to, by the end of this course, relate events in Pakistan
to broader histories.
' To give students the empirical information and analytical ability to think, with
greater complexity, about some of the issues faced by the country they live in.
Grading:
Class Participation) *+
,roup Presentation) &*+
' Discussion before presentation: 5%
' Write up for presentation: 5%
' In class presentation: 15%
-amily .istory /eflection Paper) $0+
1 2ui33es) 40+ 5one of these will take the form of a movie review to be done in class6
-inal 7xam) 40+
89ore than 4 unexcused absences will result in a grade reduction.
Class Participation)
:f you are unable to ask a question in class, you may also send the T; a question or a
comment that is relevant to the reading or discussion of the class that day. :n order to
count, this must be submitted in class. Class Participation can only be included in this
manner if the T;s receive it on the day of your class.
,roup Presentation)
7ach group will present their version of the answer to the question for that session.
<ou must discuss your presentation with the instruction beforehand 5*+6 and submit a
write up, in the form of presentation slides, to the instructor 5*+6. The presentations
will begin in session 4 and they will take place in class. ,roups will be assigned by
the end of the second week. ;ll members of the group will be expected to speak and
marks will be given for content, students" own reflections and the creativity of the
presentation itself.
-amily .istory /eflection Paper)
Students will be asked to trace a history of their family lineage and write a one page
assessment of how they relate this family identity to their identity as Pakistanis. This
is due in week %.
2ui33es
There will be three qui33es and one movie review. ;ll qui33es will be announced and
the movie review will take place in session . =ne of these will be dropped.
Compulsory readings for class are marked with an asterisk (!
/eference text for a
chronological overview
for the period covered in
the course.
Taylor, >avid. ?Parties, 7lections, and >emocracy in Pakistan,"
"he #ournal of Commonwealth $ Comparati%e &olitics, 40) $,
5$##&6, pp. #'$$*. @text provided for overviewA
$. :ntroduction) Bhat
does the Pakistan we
study in Pakistan
Studies stand forC
Dalib, .abib. &akistan ka matlab kia 5Bhat does Pakistan
mean6 trans. -owpe Sharma, in . Dalib ?Ten Poems"
'e%olutionary Democracy #) $
;li, Chaudhry /ahmat. 7xcerpt from What Does the
&akistan (ational )o%ement *tand for+ 5Cambridge)
Pakistan Eational 9ovement, $#1&6, pp. 1'!
;3i3, F.F. ?The Calamity of 7rrors." The 9urder of
.istory) ; Critique of .istory Textbooks used in Pakistan.
5Gahore) Hanguard, &0016, pp. $$!'$%1.
&. Bhere can we locate
the origins of PakistanC
Dalal, ;yesha. ICon(uring Pakistan) .istory as =fficial
:magining.J :nternational Dournal of 9iddle 7ast Studies,
&%, $ 5$##*6, %4'!#.8
;hsan, ;it3a3. ?:ntroduction," "he Indus *aga and the
)aking of &akistan 5Farachi) =KP, $##6, pp. 4'&*.
Sharma, ..>. 5ed6. Dawaharlal Eehru on ?The Cabinet
9ission Proposals"L 9ohammad ;li Dinnah on ?Eow >irect
;ction"L Gord Bavell. The :nterim ,overnment. ;ll
speeches reproduced in pp. 41'4%18
8:n class handout) *ecret "elegram from ,o%ernor-,eneral
to *ecretary of *tate for India. (ew Delhi. /pril 0

11234
4. Bho IvotedJ for
Pakistan and whyC
,ilmartin, >avid. ?>in and >unya) The Campaign for
Pakistan," 5mpire and Islam: &un6ab and the )aking of
&akistan 5Gondon) :.M Tauris N Co., $#!!6, pp. $!#'&&1
Talbot, :an. ?The $#1 Pun(ab 7lections," 9odern ;sian
Studies, $1) $ 5$#!06) *'#$.8
.ashmi, Ta( ul':slam. ?The Struggle for a Peasant Ktopia)
the Tanka, Tebhaga and Pakistan 9ovements, $#1&'$#1%,"
&akistan as a &easant 7topia: "he Communali8ation of
Class &olitics in 5ast 9engal. 11:3-112;4 5Moulder)
Bestview Press, $##&6
Mose, Eeilesh. ?Purba Pakistan Oindabad) Mengali Hisions
of Pakistan, $#10'$#1%." )odern /sian *tudies, 5&0$46, pp.
$'4.
1. .ow did Partition
change the expectations
people had from the
idea of PakistanC
;nsari, Sarah. ?7veryday 7xpectations of the State during
Pakistan"s 7arly <ears) Getters to the 7ditor, >awn
5Farachi6, $#*0'$#*4. )odern /sian *tudies, 1*) $ 5&0$$6,
pp. $*#'$%!.
Fhan, <asmin. ?:ntroduction) The Plan," "he ,reat
&artition: "he )aking of India and &akistan 5Eew .aven)
<ale Kniversity Press, &00%6.8
*peech of <hwa6a (a8imuddin deli%ered to the Constituent
/ssembly of &akistan upon assuming the role of ,o%ernor
,eneral. >ecember $ $#1!.8
*. .ow do national and
international conflicts
affect the lives of
ordinary people, living
in PakistanC
>ocumentary viewing) Inshallah <ashmir
Dalal, ;yesha. ?Towards the Maghdad Pact) South ;sia and
9iddle 7ast >efence in the Cold Bar, #1%'$#**," "he
International =istory 'e%iew, $$) 4 5$#!#6, pp. 10#'144.8
. ;fter :ndependence,
what does it mean to
;lavi, .am3a. ?The State in Post'Colonial Societies)
Pakistan and Mangladesh", (ew >eft 'e%iew, no. %& 5$#%&6)
call Pakistan a
Ipostcolonial stateJC
*#'!$.8 5to be read from p. 4 onward6.
;li, :mran. ?.istorical :mpacts on Political 7conomy in
Pakistan", /sian #ournal of )anagement Cases, $)& 5&0016.
%. .ow can we explain
Pakistan"s constant
bouts of military ruleC
/i3vi, .asan';skari. The 9ilitary and Politics in Pakistan.
#ournal of /sian and /frican *tudies, &) $'& 5$##$6, pp.
&%'1&.
Dalal, ;yesha. ?Constructing the State," *tate of )artial
'ule: "he origins of &akistan?s &olitical 5conomy of
Defence4 5Cambridge) Cambridge Kniversity Press, $##068
!. :f the military is so
powerful, how has it
gotten overthrown
through popular
movements in the pastC
Shaikh, /ia3 ;hmed. ?$#! P was it really a year of social
change in PakistanC" *i@ties 'adicalism and *ocial
)o%ement /cti%ism: 'etreat or 'esurgence4 Mryn Dones and
9ike =" >onnell 5eds.6 5Gondon) ;nthem Press, &0$06, pp.
%4'!!.8
,hias, Shoaib. ?9iscarriage of Chief Dustice) Dudicial
Power and the Gegal Complex in Pakistan under
9usharraf." >aw $ *ocial InAuiry, 1*) 1 5&0$06, pp. #!*'
$0&&.
#. 7xplain the legacy of
the civil war of $#%$
Saikia, <asmin. ICreating the .istory of $#%$.J Bomen,
Bar and the 9aking of Mangladesh) /emembering $#%$
5>uke Kniversity Press, &0$$6, pp. 1*'$44.8
9ilam, Billiam M. ?The Gegacy of Two Mloody Partitions."
9angladesh and &akistan: Blirting with Bailure in *outh
/sia 5Gondon) .urst N Company, &00#6.
9eghna ,uhathakurta N Billem van Schendel 5eds6. "he
9angladesh 'eader: =istory. Culture. &olitics4 5>urham)
>uke Kniversity Press, &0$46, pp. &$*'&4.
In-class handout: 7*/ID eye-witness
$0. Bhy does Pakistan
face conflicts with
regional minoritiesC
Samad, <unas. ?Pakistan or Pun(abisation) Crisis of
Eational :dentity" :nternational Dournal of Pun(ab Studies,
&)$ 5$##*6) &4'1&.8
Fhan, ;deel. I/enewed 7thnonationalist :nsurgency in
Malochistan, Pakistan.J ;sian Survey, Hol. QG:Q, Eo.
5&00#6.
$$. .ow can we
explain religious
conflict and the IriseJ
of terrorism in
PakistanC
Oahab, 9ariam ;bou. ?The /egional >imension of
Sectarian Conflicts in Pakistan." &akistan: (ationalism
without a (ation+ 5Gondon) Oed Mooks, &00&6.8 5available
online on books.google.com68
,ul, :mtia3. ?Transnational :slamic networks." International
'e%iew of the 'ed Cross, #& 5&0$06, pp. !##'#&4.
$&. Bho do Pakistanis
vote for and whyC
,a3dar, .aris. Pakistan"s Precious Parties. 5conomic and
&olitical Weekly 5-eb # &00!6, pp. !'#.
Bilder, ;ndrew. ?Social >eterminants of Hoting Mehaviour."
The Pakistani Hoter 5Farachi) =KP6, pp. $1#'&$1.8
$4. .ow have women
in Pakistan resisted the
dominant patriarchal
modeC
;lavi, .am3a. Pakistan) Bomen in a Changing Society,
7conomic and Political Beekly, &4) & 5$#!!6, $4&!'$440.8
9arsden, 9agnus. ?Bomen, Politics and :slamism in
Eorthern Pakistan." )odern /sian *tudies, 1&) &'4 5&00!6,
pp. 10*'1&#.8
$1. /evision