GCU Faculty/Staff Profile
Biography
As an interdisciplinary scholar, I examine global policies and discourses shaping everyday lives of Pakistani people. My academic journey is an intersection of philosophy, history, anthropology, gender and cultural studies. This path began in Karachi while studying & teaching Philosophy that was further shaped in Lahore during my MPhil in History. Eventually, my study about the impact of Global Discourses about Education on identity and representation of Pakistani women (and Men) after 9/11 in Tokyo, Japan, and later my fellowship in Higher Education from the US, added a new layer to how I understand identity, culture, and global belonging of Pakistanis.
My research examines the global construction of Pakistani femininities/masculinities across public, private, and digital spaces. Drawing on digital and field ethnographic methodologies, I study how these identities and representations take shape in their everyday life — on the streets, in homes, and across digital worlds. I use both fieldwork and online ethnography to understand how people craft their worlds.
I have extensive teaching experience of two decades in institutions across Pakistan - from its northern tip to southern toe. I teach students to read these glocal (global-cum-local) stories critically through the lens of feminist theories, global perspectives, cultural discourses, postcolonial debates, and ethnography, to ask how do our stories fit into the global narrative?
Education
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PhD in
Global Studies,
Sophia University (Tokyo, Japan)
2022
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MS/MPhil in
Global Studies,
Sophia University (Tokyo, Japan.)
2016
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MS/MPhil in
History,
Government College University Lahore. (Lahore, Pakistan.)
2012
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Masters in
Philosophy,
University Of Karachi (Karachi, Pakistan.)
2004
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BA/BSc(Hons) in
Botany, Zoology, Chemistry.,
Kinnaird College, University Of Punjab. (Lahore, Pakistan.)
2002
2023 Visiting Fellowship (Hacking Higher Education), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Teaching Areas
My teaching spans a wide range of interdisciplinary themes within Global Studies and Philosophy; including Feminist Theories, Globalization and its impacts, global discourses on women’s empowerment through education, digital and field ethnography, colonial and postcolonial theories, and identities and representation in Global Age. Together, these subjects equip students with the analytical tools to understand how power, culture, and global forces shape everyday life, enabling them to think critically about the world and their place within it.
Experience
| From |
To |
Designation |
Firm/Institution |
| Oct 2023 |
Continue |
Assistant Professor/ In-Charge |
Global Studies Department, Institute Of Global And Historical Studies, GC University, Lahore. |
| Jan 2023 |
Sep 2023 |
Visiting Faculty (Remote) |
Institute Of History, GC University Lahore. |
| Sep 2020 |
Aug 2022 |
Visiting Faculty |
Department Of Philosophy, GC University, Lahore. |
| Feb 2017 |
Jun 2017 |
Visiting Faculty |
Department Of Educational Development, Karakorum International University, Gilgit. |
| Feb 2017 |
Jul 2020 |
Field And Digital Ethnographer As A PhD Scholar |
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. |
| Sep 2016 |
Jan 2017 |
Teaching And Research Assistant |
Graduate School Of Global Studies, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan. |
| Oct 2014 |
Feb 2015 |
Gender Consultant |
AKRSP, Gilgit. |
| Sep 2010 |
Jun 2014 |
Senior Lecturer |
Bahira University, Islamabad |
| Sep 2009 |
Jun 2010 |
Visiting Lecturer |
University Of Punjab, Lahore. |
| Nov 2008 |
Jul 2009 |
Lecturer |
Punjab Public Service Commission. |
| Jul 2005 |
Nov 2008 |
Lecturer |
University Of Karachi, Karachi. |
Book Chapters
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Saima Khan
(2024).
All Women Are Equal, but Begum Sahibas Are More Equal than Others: Exploring Opinions of Upper-Middle-Class Pakistani Women about Education , Chapter
#5.
In Frontier Ethnographies: Deconstructing Research Experiences in Afghanistan and Pakistan
(pp.128-148).
Nafay Choudhury and Annika Schmeding Berghahn Books.
ISBN:
9781805397618
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Saima Khan
(2024).
In the shell of layered identities: PHD experience in Japan as a Pakistani Muslim woman and mother , Chapter
#24.
In Internationalization of the Doctoral Experience Models, Opportunities and Outcomes
.
Elspeth Jones, Björn Norlin, Carina Rönnqvist, Kirk P. H. Sullivan Routledge.
ISBN:
9781032329680
