How can people make a living out of playing video games? Who would want to watch them? And why? Esports — video gaming as a spectator sport — currently boasts an estimated global viewership of 500 million and an annual revenue of over US$1 billion. This talk examines esports’ perceived novelty through the lens of … Read more
This conference interrogates how studies on language use in Pakistan have been conceptualized and received. With an eye towards native linguistic diversity that has challenged colonial-nationalist notions of monolingualism, the 13th Annual Conference on Pakistan seeks to disentangle the relationships between national, regional, and local languages. Historically, studies on languages in Pakistan have highlighted the … Read more
The first Pakistani film to be presented in the CSAS South Asian Film Series, Joyland will be screened at the historical Michigan Theater on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. This event is FREE and open to the public. The Ranas — a happily patriarchal joint family — yearn for the birth of a baby boy to … Read more