Maisam Hyder Ali

Maisam Hyder Ali

Class of 2019
BSc (Honors) Social Development & Policy

Aspiration Statement

My aim is to complete my PhD in Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages from UoC, Riverside, USA.

Academic Awards / Achievements

  • Dean’s List, Habib University, Spring 2016
  • Habib University Yohsin Scholarship
  • Stanford Summer IHP Full Scholarship, 2017
  • Impact Challenge Winner
  • Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations, 2018

Experience

Leadership / Meta-curricular

  • Habib University Student Government, Treasurer
  • OMICRON, Habib University Science Olympiad, Treasurer
  • Habib University Student Funding Committee, Chair
  • Library Advisory Board, President
  • Habib Reading Circle Club, Co-founder

Internship / Volunteer Work

  • Indus Earth Trust, Intern, 2016
  • Pakistan Society for Training and Development, Volunteer, 2017
  • Aga Khan University, Intern, 2017
  • The History Project, Trainer, 2018-2019

Final Year Project

Project Title

Jam Vs Qazi: Mapping Out the Historical Contribution and Contemporary Influence of Sacred and Royal Authority of Bela, Baluchistan

Description

My research is on the evolution of authority in Bela using historical, ethnographic, and network analysis research methods. I have created a narrative to understand the historical contributions and contemporary influence of the two families – Jam and Qazi- to show the contributions of sacred and royal authority in Baluchistan.

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