Ilhan Niaz
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Ilhan Niaz is an professor
of history
from Pakistan
. He is the winner of the first Karachi Literature Festival
(KLF) Award for best non fiction in English in 2011.
, Islamabad. He completed his MSc in history in 2003, M.Phil in 2004 and his PhD in 2009. The later's thesis became the basis for his second book which won the KLF Award.
. His teaching interests include historiography, Pakistan and world history. He has published numerous articles and book reviews.
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
of history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
from Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
. He is the winner of the first Karachi Literature Festival
Karachi Literature Festival
Karachi Literature Festival is an annual international literary festival held in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the first festival of its kind in the country. It is one of the world's youngest and fastest growing literary festivals.-Founders :...
(KLF) Award for best non fiction in English in 2011.
Education
Niaz has completed all his post graduate work from Quaid-i-Azam UniversityQuaid-i-Azam University
The Quaid-i-Azam University is a public, research university in Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. It was initially founded as the "University of Islamabad" in July 1967...
, Islamabad. He completed his MSc in history in 2003, M.Phil in 2004 and his PhD in 2009. The later's thesis became the basis for his second book which won the KLF Award.
Career
Niaz is currently (since 2009) an assistant professor of history at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in IslamabadIslamabad
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...
. His teaching interests include historiography, Pakistan and world history. He has published numerous articles and book reviews.
Books
- An Inquiry into the Culture of Power of the Subcontinent Alhamara 2006.
- The Culture of Power and Governance of Pakistan (1947-2008), Karachi: Oxford University Press 2010 ISBN13: 9780195477313, ISBN10: 0195477316 (Winner of KLF Award)