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Huma Pervaiz

Huma Pervaiz

Assistant Professor
Department: History
Email: humapervaiz@gcu.edu.pk
Research Interests: Religious Conversion in Colonial Punjab, History of Christianity , Gender and History.
Office Location: Lahore
Contact Number: 03351412646
Biography

I am Dr. Huma Pervaiz, an Assistant Professor of History with a research focus on marginalized communities, religious conversion, gender, and minority experiences in colonial Punjab. I completed my PhD in History at GC University Lahore on “Socio-Economic Changes Among Natives Converted to Christianity in Colonial Punjab (1849–1947),” and my MPhil thesis titled “Marginalized Being: An Anthropological Gaze on Eunuchs of Lahore.” Both projects reflect my commitment to studying overlooked and silenced social groups.

I teach courses on gender history, minority studies, religious transformation, and South Asian colonial history. I have also introduced an innovative new course, Religious Conversion and in Colonial India. Over the years, I have served as PhD Coordinator (2020–2022) and BS Coordinator (2023–2025), and I am an active member of the PhD, MPhil, and BS thesis review committees. Since September 2025, I have also served as Advisor to the Undergraduate History Society.

Education
2019  PhD in History, Department Of History Lahore

Teaching Areas

Gender History, Religious Conversion, World Religions, Modern China studies, South Asian history, and Minority studies.
Experience
From To Designation Firm/Institution
Nov 2019 Continue Assistant Professor Institute Of Global And Historical Studies, GC University Lahore
Nov 2016 Oct 2019 Lecturer Institute Of Global And Historical Studies, GC University Lahore

Conference Papers

South Asia @ 75 (2022), Dr Mahboob Hassan. Lahore. Huma Pervaiz. , Paper: "Socio-economic Changes and Christian Converts in Colonial Punjab(1849-1947)"
Colonial and Post Colonial Punjab (2014), Dr Muhammad Ibrahim. Lahore. Huma Pervaiz. , Paper: "Eunuchs as others: Living at the Margin in Center of Lahore"

Awards/Achievements

IRSIP (2015), HEC. Research Fellow(IRSIP) for Royal Holloway University of London, HEC Pakistan
Summer School (2014), Erfut University Germany. Summer School on Political Communication, University of Erfurt, Germany.

Thesis/Research Supervisions

Ojo Olusola Bamidele (2024), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Social Spac of Allopathic Medicine in Punjab and West Nigeria 1900-1935" (Completed)
Azqa Sajjad (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Abbotabad under British Rule and Role of James Abbot(1849-1853)" (Completed)
Muhammad Irfan Kaker (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "The Sectarian Violence in Pakistan:A Case Study of Quetta City from 1979 to 2013 y" (Completed)