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Title: Fatima Jinnah Women University organises colloquium
Post by: sb on May 23, 2009, 12:37:52 PM
Fatima Jinnah Women University organises colloquium

RAWALPINDI: Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) on Friday organised a special faculty colloquium.

According to a press release, Dr Chad Haines, a Fulbright Research fellow and assistant professor of American University in Cairo, was guest speaker. FJWU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Saeeda Asadullah Khan, Associate Prof Dr Yasmin Saikia of UNC, Chapel Hill; deans and a large number of faculty members were present in the meeting.

In the colloquium, Haines shared his research on “Islamabad Re-imagined: Neoliberal Traces and Global Dreams in a Modernist City”. He is currently in Pakistan for research purpose.

Haines, whose analysis on Islamabad is based on various perspectives, opined the sense of people’s perception became important while describing symbolic values of any city. staff report Daily Times