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.
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
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
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 ,
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
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
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Publication Name: Financial Times
Publication Date: 2003-02-06
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Spring Semester 2017-18 | Swimming for Beginners | 1702 |
Spring Semester 2017-18 | Senior Project | 1702 |
Spring Semester 2017-18 | Independent Study | 1702 |
Spring Semester 2017-18 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 1702 |
Fall Semester 2017-18 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 1701 |
Fall Semester 2017-18 | Senior Project | 1701 |
Fall Semester 2017-18 | Independent Study | 1701 |
Fall Semester 2017-18 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 1701 |
Summer Semester 2016-17 | Living Theory | 1603 |
Summer Semester 2016-17 | Directed Research Project | 1603 |
Spring Semester 2016-17 | Senior Project II | 1602 |
Spring Semester 2016-17 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 1602 |
Fall Semester 2016-17 | Senior Project I | 1601 |
Fall Semester 2016-17 | Qualitative Research Methods | 1601 |
Spring Semester 2015-16 | Senior Project II | 1502 |
Spring Semester 2015-16 | Senior Project II | 1502 |
Spring Semester 2015-16 | Introduction to Development Studies | 1502 |
Spring Semester 2015-16 | Independent Study | 1502 |
Fall Semester 2015-16 | Senior Project I | 1501 |
Fall Semester 2015-16 | Senior Project I | 1501 |
Fall Semester 2015-16 | Qualitative Research Methods | 1501 |
Spring Semester 2014-15 | Senior Project II | 1402 |
Spring Semester 2014-15 | Independent Study | 1402 |
Spring Semester 2014-15 | Independent Study | 1402 |
Spring Semester 2014-15 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 1402 |
Fall Semester 2014-15 | Senior Project II | 1401 |
Fall Semester 2014-15 | Senior Project I | 1401 |
Fall Semester 2014-15 | Independent Study | 1401 |
Fall Semester 2014-15 | Qualitative Research Methods | 1401 |
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Summer Semester 2013-14 | Senior Project II | 1303 |
Spring Semester 2013-14 | Senior Project II | 1302 |
Spring Semester 2013-14 | Senior Project I | 1302 |
Spring Semester 2013-14 | Independent Study | 1302 |
Spring Semester 2013-14 | Independent Study | 1302 |
Spring Semester 2013-14 | Qualitative Research Methods | 1302 |
Fall Semester 2013-14 | Anthropology of Globalization | 1301 |
Fall Semester 2013-14 | Senior Project I | 1301 |
Fall Semester 2013-14 | Independent Study | 1301 |
Spring Semester 2012-13 | Anthropology of Globalization | 1202 |
Spring Semester 2012-13 | Senior Project II | 1202 |
Spring Semester 2012-13 | Senior Project I | 1202 |
Spring Semester 2012-13 | Independent Study | 1202 |
Spring Semester 2012-13 | Independent Study | 1202 |
Spring Semester 2012-13 | Independent Study | 1202 |
Fall Semester 2012-13 | Senior Project I | 1201 |
Fall Semester 2012-13 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 1201 |
Spring Semester 2011-12 | Senior Project II | 1102 |
Spring Semester 2011-12 | Independent Study | 1102 |
Spring Semester 2011-12 | Independent Study | 1102 |
Spring Semester 2011-12 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 1102 |
Fall Semester 2011-12 | Introduction to Development Studies | 1101 |
Fall Semester 2011-12 | Senior Project I | 1101 |
Spring Semester 2010-11 | Cinema & Society: A History of Pakistani Cinema | 1002 |
Spring Semester 2010-11 | Senior Project I | 1002 |
Fall Semester 2010-11 | Independent Study | 1001 |
Fall Semester 2010-11 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 1001 |
Summer Semester 2009-10 | Independent Study | 903 |
Summer Semester 2009-10 | Independent Study | 903 |
Spring Semester 2009-10 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 902 |
Fall Semester 2009-10 | Introduction to Cultural Anthropology | 901 |
Summer Qtr 2008-09 | Senior Project | 804 |
Summer Qtr 2008-09 | Independent Study | 804 |
Spring Qtr 2008-2009 | Senior Project | 803 |
Spring Qtr 2008-2009 | Independent Study | 803 |
Spring Qtr 2008-2009 | Independent Study | 803 |
Winter Qtr 2008-09 | Independent Study | 802 |
Winter Qtr 2008-09 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 802 |
Autumn Qtr 2008-09 | SS Independent Study I | 801 |
Autumn Qtr 2008-09 | Anthropology of Bonded Labour | 801 |
Summer Qtr 2007-08 | SS Independent Study I | 704 |
Spring Qtr 2007-08 | Qualitative Research Methods | 703 |
Spring Qtr 2007-08 | Independent Study II | 703 |
Spring Qtr 2007-08 | SS Independent Study I | 703 |
Winter Qtr 2007-08 | Social Sciences Senior Project II | 702 |
Winter Qtr 2007-08 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 702 |
Autumn Qtr 2007-08 | Independent Study II | 701 |
Autumn Qtr 2007-08 | SS Independent Study I | 701 |
Autumn Qtr 2007-08 | Anthropology of Bonded Labour | 701 |
Spring Qtr 2006-07 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 603 |
Winter Qtr 2006-07 | Social Sciences Senior Project II | 602 |
Winter Qtr 2006-07 | Social Sciences Senior Project | 602 |
Winter Qtr 2006-07 | Applied Research Methods | 602 |
Autumn Qtr 2006-07 | Anthropology of Bonded Labour | 601 |
Summer Qtr 2005-06 | Social Sciences Senior Project II | 504 |
Spring Qtr 2005-06 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 503 |
Winter Qtr 2005-06 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 502 |
Autumn Qtr 2005-06 | Anthropology of Bonded Labour | 501 |
Summer Qtr 2004-05 | Community Based Learning | 404 |
Spring Qtr 2004-05 | Ritual & Belief: Witchcraft, Magic and Religion | 403 |
Winter Qtr 2004-05 | Anthropological Perspective on Child & Bonded Labour | 402 |