In the fall semester of 2018, Dr. Zia Ahmed, a dear friend, invited me to co-teach an undergraduate course on postcolonial studies. He teaches at the Government Emerson College, a historical liberal arts and sciences college in Multan, Pakistan. [...]
I recently came across this publishing initiative on instagram. Since I found their project so fascinating, I requested the founders for more information so that I could lend them my support and introduce them to my readers. Launched [...]
Guest Posts Now that my site has been fully moved to Wordpress, I would like to open the site up for some Guest Posts from my friends and colleagues involved in the humanistic education. Please bear in mind that [...]
Life in Academia This life in academia is actually my second career. I am a combat veteran who came to academic life after spending most of my youth in the Pakistan army. In the process I also made the [...]
Theoretical Terms Glossary In teaching and research, knowing the nuanced meanings and definitions of various theoretical terms is absolutely important. My old site used to have a glossary that I had created over the years. That glossary of theoretical [...]
Open Resource: Postcolonial Space Even though it is pretty evident from the site description that Postcolonial Space is an open resource for teachers, students, and scholars, I still get queries about the use of some of the materials on [...]
Digital Library As you might be aware, I just recently moved my website from its earlier CMS hosting to the WordPress. While this has been a smooth move, we did, however, lose quite a bit of content, including our [...]
A few years ago, some of my senior colleagues at Kent State University decided to start a pedagogy discussion group. Almost all of us in the group were heavily invested in social justice pedagogy and generally believed that a well-informed [...]
Introduction How to Write and Publish! I wrote this brief guide about how to write and publish for my advance undergraduate and graduate students. The purpose was not to teach them the basic mechanics of essay writing, for that [...]
It is almost over. You are one week away from the end of this semester and the beginning of a glorious summer vacation. The last week of the semester, however, can also be overwhelming both for students and teachers alike, [...]