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Syed Ali Mehdi Zaidi is a Fulbright Fellow pursuing a Master's degree in South Asian Studies at the University of Washington. He received his BA from Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan, graduating with highest honors. His research interests include colonial and postcolonial history, marginalized groups, and the Hazara refugee community. He has held several research and teaching positions in Pakistan and received numerous scholarships and awards.

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Syed Ali Mehdi Zaidi is a Fulbright Fellow pursuing a Master's degree in South Asian Studies at the University of Washington. He received his BA from Lahore University of Management Sciences in Pakistan, graduating with highest honors. His research interests include colonial and postcolonial history, marginalized groups, and the Hazara refugee community. He has held several research and teaching positions in Pakistan and received numerous scholarships and awards.

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Syed Ali Mehdi Zaidi

827 B NE 66th St, 206 536 9974


98115, Seattle, WA. [email protected]

Education
M. A. (2020 - expected) Jackson School of International Studies, ​University of Washington,
Seattle
Masters in South Asian Studies (enrolled) - Current CGPA 4
B.A. (2017) Lahore University of Management Sciences, ​Pakistan
History, Political Sciences (Minor) - SCGPA: 3.87
Graduated with award of distinction top of the class - gold medalist
66% merit-based scholarship for all four years

Research and Teaching interests


Colonial and postcolonial historiography, anthropology of social marginalization, ethnic and sectarian
divides, mobility and migration, place-making, deserts, nomadism, Quetta, Hazara refugees, death and
dying, social protest, emotions

Professional Positions
08/2016 - 05/2018 A’ Level Teacher​ ​- L​ ahore College of Arts and Sciences, Pakistan
History, Government and Politics
01/2016 - 05/2018 Research Assistant​ ​- ​LUMS Digital Archive, Lahore University of
Management Sciences under supervision of Dr. Ali Raza
Focus: Recording testimonies of survivors of terrorism and preparing
them for online presentation
02/2017 - 05/2017 Research Assistant​ - ​Lahore Biennale 2018, Pakistan
Mapping Project under supervision of novelist Mr. Bilal Tanweer
Focus: Creating emotive maps of Lahore
08/2017 - 12/2017 Research Assistant - ​Sociology Department, Lahore University of
Management Sciences, under supervision of Dr. Nida Kirmani
Focus: Historical Analysis of Lyari, Karachi
01/2016 - 05/2017 Teaching Assistant​ - Department of History​, ​Lahore University of
Management Sciences
Silk Roads and Trade Winds: Transnational Asia, World History,
Imperialism and its Discontents in South Asia
08/2015 - 12/2015 Teaching Assistant​ - ​Mushtaq Gurmani School of Humanities and
Social Sciences ​- ​Lahore University of Management Sciences
Writing and Communication

Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards


2017 - 2020 Fulbright Fellow, Foreign Student Program for Masters at University of Washington
Summer 2019 American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) Short-term Research Grant
Summer 2019 JSIS Diversity and Equity Committee Grant for Summer Research
2018 - 2019 Vicky Noon Cambridge Scholarship for M.Phil in South Asian Studies (declined)
Summer 2017 Center for South Asian Studies (CSAS) Fellowship for Senior Thesis writing at
CSAS, University of Cambridge
2016 - 2017 Saida Waheed Gender Initiative Travel Grant for Senior thesis
2013 - 2017 Fatimiyah Education Network Merit Scholarship

Conferences and Presentations


05/2019 Paper title: ​Tareeqa-e-Tabligh​: ​Propaganda, Performance and the
‘Pakistan Movement’
South Asia Conference of the Pacific NorthWest (SACPAN), University of Washington
09/2018 Discussant in Roundtable Book Review: ​Imagining Pakistan: ​Modernism, State, and
the Politics of Islamic Revival​, ​Lahore University of Management Sciences
04/2017 Paper title: ​Roohi mai hamai Azadi milti hai​; Masculine Performances &
Place-Making in Cholistan Desert
Saida Waheed Gender Initiative Student Colloquium 2017, Lahore University of
Management Sciences
04/2016 Paper title: ​Recovery and Restoration Act; the Patriarchal Creation of the Indian
and Pakistani States
Saida Waheed Gender Initiative Student Colloquium 2016, Lahore University of
Management Sciences

Field Research and Training


06/2017 Quetta, Pakistan ​(2 weeks): Assisted University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
PhD student, Faizaan Qayyum with fieldwork on Urban policy vis-a-vis Hazara
community
07/2017 - 12/2017 Archival Research​ (4 months): Assisted Dr. Nida Kirmani with historical
analysis of Lyari, Karachi
02/2017 - 05/2017 Lahore, Pakistan ​(2 months): Created 10 emotive maps from the perspective of
lower-class men in Lahore
08/2016 - 05/2017 Cholistan Desert, Pakistan (​1 month): Conducted independent research with
Formerly nomadic, Hindu community for senior thesis: four trips of a week each
06/2016 - 07/2016 Karakorum, Pakistan ​(1 month): Attended summer course in Northern Pakistan
and assisted Dr. Hassan Karrar and Dr. Till Mostowlansky with field research

Professional Affiliations
American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)

Language proficiencies
Urdu (native)
Hindi (fluent in speaking and listening)
Punjabi, Saraiki (basic comprehension)
Farsi (Beginner)

Additional experience
08/2016 - 05/2018 Lahore College of Arts and Sciences, ​Pakistan
A’ Level teacher​ - ​History, Government and Politics
08/2016 - 05/2017 Feminist Society at LUMS, ​Lahore, Pakistan
General Secretary -​ Incharge of coordinating various events, conferences,
protests, study circles
01/2015 - 05/2017 Democratic Students Alliance, ​Lahore, Pakistan
A coalition of progressive students operating across 5 campuses in Lahore

Skills
Podcasting

References
Cabeiri Robinson Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies,​ University of
Washington
Email: [email protected] Phone: (206) 221 4210
Sunila Kale Associate Professor, Chair and Director South Asia Studies,​ University of
Washington
Email: [email protected] Phone: (206) 221 4852
Radhika Govindrajan Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology,​ University of Washington
Email: [email protected] Phone: (203) 444 4676
Priti Ramamurthy Professor in and Director of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies,
University of Washington
Email: [email protected] Phone: (206) 543 6984
Christian Novetzke College of Arts and Sciences Professor, ​Jackson School Associate Director,
University of Washington
Email: [email protected] Phone: (206) 543 6142

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