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Nayyar Abbas

Nayyar Abbas

Assistant Professor
Department: History
Email: nayyerabbas@gcu.edu.pk
Research Interests: Socio-economic impact of the Partition of India, refugee studies, colonial Punjab, the construction of refugee identity in Pakistan
Biography

Nayyer Abbas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan. He earned his PhD from the same institution. His doctoral thesis, titled ‘Socio-Economic Rehabilitation of Refugees in Toba Tek Singh, 1947–1961’, examined the causes of violence, migration, and refugee rehabilitation, as well as their broader implications following the Partition of Punjab, with a specific focus on the Toba Tek Singh District. More broadly, his current research interests include the socio-economic impact of the Partition of India, refugee studies, colonial Punjab and the construction of refugee identity in Pakistan.

Education
2019  PhD in History, Government College University Lahore Lahore

Teaching Areas

History of Citizenship and Forced Migration in The Twentieth Century, Philosophy of History, History of Americas, History of Modern Europe 1789-1945, Global History, History of the Middle East
Experience
From To Designation Firm/Institution
Feb 2019 Continue Assistant Professor Government College University Lahore
May 2016 Feb 2019 Lecturer Government College University Lahore
Sep 2015 Feb 2016 Research Fellow Royal Holloway, University Of London
Oct 2013 Sep 2015 Visiting Faculty Government College University Lahore
Oct 2012 Oct 2013 Lecturer Government College University Lahore
Apr 2012 Oct 2012 Research Assistant Government College University Lahore

Awards/Achievements

Research Fellowship (IRSIP) for Royal Holloway University of London (2015), Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.
PhD Indigenous Scholarship (2013), Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

Thesis/Research Supervisions

Razia Yasmin (2024), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Muslim Reform Movements in British India: A Case Study of Anjuman Himayat-e-Islam" (Completed)
Nimra Nisar Cheema (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Punjab Under The British Rule: Socio-economic Transformation and Political Control in the Gujrat District (1849-1947)" (Completed)
Wazir Ali (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "’Shiromani Akali Dal and Sikh Politics in Punjab (1920-1947)" (Completed)
Abdul Salam (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Colonial Legacy and Baloch Nationalism: A Critical Analysis" (Completed)
Umer Ameen (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Remotely Colonial: Socio-Political Transformation in Northern Baluchistan during Nineteenth Century" (Completed)