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MADIHA AKHTAR
Aspiration Statement
“Being a comparative humanities major, I think there are many avenues I can take when it comes to a career. I'm interested in pursuing either journalism, advertising/marketing or branding/PR.”
Core Skills
- Adobe Creative Cloud [Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, InDesign]
- Editing & Proofreading
- Qualitative Research
- Script-writing
Academic Awards / Achievements
- Dean's List Fall 2024
- Dean's List Spring 2022
Experience
Leadership / Meta-curricular
- HUCon organizing member 2024
- Top Performing Student Employee Fall 2023
Internship / Volunteer Work
- Research Assistant, Office of Research, Habib University (Oct 2023 – Aug2024)
- Marketing Intern, Office of Marketing-Communication, Habib University (Sep – Dec 2023)
- Strategy Intern, IAL Saatchi & Saatchi (July – Aug 2023)
- Special Projects Intern, Office of Career Services, Habib University
Publications / Creative Projects
- "Learning Beyond the Textbook: Reflections on the Lady Fatima Inaugural Lecture" published on Habib University blog.:
- Prose contribution 'Heart to the City' in Arzu Anthology Vol-7.:
Final Year Project
Project Title
Apocalypse in Modern Time
Description
My thesis investigates the forms of apocalypticism and end-times thinking as they existed in history, and the implications of its shifting meaning in contemporary times. I look at questions pertaining to an imagined end and its meaning for life’s relation with time? The apokalypsis of the past denoted revelation. It was also intrinsically tied to concepts of cosmic order, the truth and the right. The truth was an active participant, a doing, a noun, a verb and an adjective altogether. It pervaded daily existence and provided an intertwined perspective between the world (the immanent) and notions of higher powers or the higher realm (the transcendent). This study explores how disconnection between the two, or secularization of the apokalypsis from its revelatory nature takes away from its potential for transformation.