Faculty Profile
Dr. Ali Khan
Associate Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Ali Khan is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS. His research interests vary from labour issues, particularly child and bonded labour to popular culture in Pakistan focusing particularly on cinema and sports. He has previously worked in Washington and in Islamabad for the World Bank's South Asia Region and with the International Labour Organisation primarily on projects related to child and bonded labour. Ali Khan's book Representing Children: Power, Policy and the Discourse on Child Labour in the Football Manufacturing Industry of Pakistan was published in October 2007 by Oxford University Press. He is also the General Editor for a series of books on Sociology and Anthropology in Pakistan. Four of these volumes have been published. Two more are due shortly. Ali Khan is currently undertaking research on the Pakistani Film industry and cricket and society in Pakistan. He has an MPhil and a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Cambridge in England.
- Books/ Book Chapters
- Book
Khan, A. .(2013). Urban Issues . Urban Issues , Oxford University Press
Khan, A. .(2012). Cricket Cauldron . Cricket Cauldron , IB Tauris
Khan, A. .(2010). Islam and Society in Pakistan: Anthropological Perspectives . Islam and Society in Pakistan: Anthropological Perspectives , Oxford University Press
Khan, A. .(2010). Pakistani Women: Multiple Locations and Competing Narratives . Pakistani Women: Multiple Locations and Competing Narratives , Oxford University Press
Khan, A. .(2010). Shaping A Nation: An Examination of Education in Pakistan . Shaping A Nation: An Examination of Education in Pakistan , Oxford University Press
Khan, A. .(2008). Pakistani Diasporas – Culture, Conflict and Change . Pakistani Diasporas – Culture, Conflict and Change , Oxford University Press
Khan, A. .(2007). Power, Policy and the Discourse on Child Labour in the Football Manufacturing Indusy of Sialkot . Power, Policy and the Discourse on Child Labour in the Football Manufacturing Industry of Sialkot , Oxford University Press
- Book Section/chapter
Khan, A. .(2014). Power and Authority in the Field . Fieldwork in South Asia , Sage
Khan, A. .(2013). Urban Issues . Skill vs. Scale - The Transformation of Traditional Occupations in the Androon Shehr , Oxford University Press
Khan, A. .(2009). Bonded Labour in Pakistan: Recruitment And Wage Systems In Selected Sectors . Forced Labour, Beate Andrees and Patrick Belser (eds), , Lynne Reinner Press
- Book
- Journal Articles
- Journal Articles
Khan, A. .(2014). Pakistani Cinema Special Issue . Pakistani Cinema Special Issue, Bioscope , Sage
Khan, A. .(2014). Pakistani Film Poster Art . Pakistani Cinema Special Issue , Sage
Khan, A. .(2010). History and Anthropology . Discourses on childhood: policy-making with regard to child labor in the context of competing cultural and economic perceptions , Taylor and Francis
Khan, A. .(2010). Cultural Dynamics . Footballs, Carpets and Bangles – Advances without Bondage , Sage
Khan, A. .(2010). Third Text . • From Zinda Laash to Zibahkhana: horror and violence in Pakistani cinema' , Routledge
Khan, A. .(2002). Light at the End of the Tunnel . Cambridge Anthropology , Berghahn
Khan, A. Perceptions, Views and Images . Oriental Anthropologist ,
- Journal Articles
- Other research works
- Report
Khan, A. .(2004). The opium trade in Afghanistan . South Asia Vice-President’s Office, World Bank , World Bank
Khan, A. .(2002). Bonded Labour in Selected Sectors of Pakistan . Working Paper for the International Labour Organisation, Geneva, 2002 , ILO
- Report
- Published Papers
- Research Paper
Khan, A. .(2004). Wordl Bank Working Paper . incorporation of forced and child labour concerns in to the World Bank’s Social Development Strategy for South Asia. , World Bank
- Research Paper
- Case Study
Publication title: Child Stitchers in Sialkot’s Football Industry
Publisher:
Publication Name: Financial Times
Publication Date: 2003-02-06
| Title | Semester | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Qualitative Research Methods | Fall Semester 2014-15 | 1401 |
| Independent Study | Fall Semester 2014-15 | 1401 |
| Senior Project I | Fall Semester 2014-15 | 1401 |
| Senior Project II | Fall Semester 2014-15 | 1401 |
| Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | Spring Semester 2014-15 | 1402 |
| Independent Study | Spring Semester 2014-15 | 1402 |
| Independent Study | Spring Semester 2014-15 | 1402 |
| Senior Project II | Spring Semester 2014-15 | 1402 |
| Qualitative Research Methods | Fall Semester 2015-16 | 1501 |
| Senior Project I | Fall Semester 2015-16 | 1501 |
| Senior Project I | Fall Semester 2015-16 | 1501 |
| Independent Study | Spring Semester 2015-16 | 1502 |
| Introduction to Development Studies | Spring Semester 2015-16 | 1502 |
| Senior Project II | Spring Semester 2015-16 | 1502 |
| Senior Project II | Spring Semester 2015-16 | 1502 |
| Qualitative Research Methods | Fall Semester 2016-17 | 1601 |
| Senior Project I | Fall Semester 2016-17 | 1601 |
| Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | Spring Semester 2016-17 | 1602 |
| Senior Project II | Spring Semester 2016-17 | 1602 |
| Directed Research Project | Summer Semester 2016-17 | 1603 |
| Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | Fall Semester 2017-18 | 1701 |
| Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | Fall Semester 2017-18 | 1701 |
- Past Courses
Title Semester Code Anthropological Perspective on Child & Bonded Labour Winter Qtr 2004-05 402 Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion Spring Qtr 2004-05 403 Community Based Learning Summer Qtr 2004-05 404 Anthropology of Bonded Labour Autumn Qtr 2005-06 501 Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion Winter Qtr 2005-06 502 Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion Spring Qtr 2005-06 503 Social Sciences Senior Project II Summer Qtr 2005-06 504 Anthropology of Bonded Labour Autumn Qtr 2006-07 601 Applied Research Methods Winter Qtr 2006-07 602 Social Sciences Senior Project Winter Qtr 2006-07 602 Social Sciences Senior Project II Winter Qtr 2006-07 602 Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion Spring Qtr 2006-07 603 Anthropology of Bonded Labour Autumn Qtr 2007-08 701 SS Independent Study I Autumn Qtr 2007-08 701 Independent Study II Autumn Qtr 2007-08 701 Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion Winter Qtr 2007-08 702 Social Sciences Senior Project II Winter Qtr 2007-08 702 SS Independent Study I Spring Qtr 2007-08 703 Independent Study II Spring Qtr 2007-08 703 Qualitative Research Methods Spring Qtr 2007-08 703 SS Independent Study I Summer Qtr 2007-08 704 Anthropology of Bonded Labour Autumn Qtr 2008-09 801 SS Independent Study I Autumn Qtr 2008-09 801 Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion Winter Qtr 2008-09 802 Independent Study Winter Qtr 2008-09 802 Independent Study Spring Qtr 2008-2009 803 Independent Study Spring Qtr 2008-2009 803 Senior Project Spring Qtr 2008-2009 803 Independent Study Summer Qtr 2008-09 804 Senior Project Summer Qtr 2008-09 804 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Fall Semester 2009-10 901 Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion Spring Semester 2009-10 902 Independent Study Summer Semester 2009-10 903 Independent Study Summer Semester 2009-10 903 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Fall Semester 2010-11 1001 Independent Study Fall Semester 2010-11 1001 Senior Project I Spring Semester 2010-11 1002 Cinema & Society: A History of Pakistani Cinema Spring Semester 2010-11 1002 Senior Project I Fall Semester 2011-12 1101 Introduction to Development Studies Fall Semester 2011-12 1101 Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion Spring Semester 2011-12 1102 Independent Study Spring Semester 2011-12 1102 Independent Study Spring Semester 2011-12 1102 Senior Project II Spring Semester 2011-12 1102 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Fall Semester 2012-13 1201 Senior Project I Fall Semester 2012-13 1201 Independent Study Spring Semester 2012-13 1202 Independent Study Spring Semester 2012-13 1202 Independent Study Spring Semester 2012-13 1202 Senior Project I Spring Semester 2012-13 1202 Senior Project II Spring Semester 2012-13 1202 Anthropology of Globalization Spring Semester 2012-13 1202 Independent Study Fall Semester 2013-14 1301 Senior Project I Fall Semester 2013-14 1301 Anthropology of Globalization Fall Semester 2013-14 1301 Qualitative Research Methods Spring Semester 2013-14 1302 Independent Study Spring Semester 2013-14 1302 Independent Study Spring Semester 2013-14 1302 Senior Project I Spring Semester 2013-14 1302 Senior Project II Spring Semester 2013-14 1302 Senior Project II Summer Semester 2013-14 1303