{"id":2525,"date":"2026-07-24T07:56:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T07:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/?page_id=2525"},"modified":"2026-09-05T04:00:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T04:00:18","slug":"qualification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/?page_id=2525","title":{"rendered":"QUALIFICATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2525\" class=\"elementor elementor-2525\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-wqc2ztr elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"wqc2ztr\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #758398;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><b>Georg Forster Research Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h5><p>Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany<br \/><b>Project:<\/b> Researching Caste-Based Discrimination in Pakistan: Denial of the Problem, Epistemic Blind Spots, and Pathways toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d711614\" data-id=\"2d711614\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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alt=\"qau\"\/>\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78170e50 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"78170e50\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><b style=\"font-size: 19px; font-style: inherit; color: #758398;\">Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Anthropology<\/b><\/h5><p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan \/ Bielefeld University, Germany (Bi-nationally Supervised Doctoral Programme) Dissertation: Identity Politics in Pakistan: An Ethnographic Study of Dalit Activism in Sindh Supervised jointly under a bi-national DAAD doctoral programme between Quaid-i-Azam University and Bielefeld University Resident Fellow, Bielefeld University, Germany (2016\u20132017)<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2ab48bdb\" data-id=\"2ab48bdb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27dfd31 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27dfd31\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2016-2017<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-bielefeld.de\/einrichtungen\/bghs\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"e-image-link-base\" data-interaction-id=\"4f9c0bd6\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" id=\"1815\" src=\"https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-123820.jpg\" width=\"423\" height=\"114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-123820.jpg 423w, https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-123820-300x81.jpg 300w\" alt=\"screenshot 2026 07 10 123820\"\/>\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7be54e42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7be54e42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #758398;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><b>Doctoral Resident Fellow<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h5><p>Bielefeld Graduate School of History and Sociology, Bielefeld University, Germany DAAD-funded doctoral fellowship under the bi-nationally supervised PhD programme Supervised by Prof. Dr. Joanna Pfaff-Czarnecka Conducted doctoral research on caste, identity politics, and Dalit activism in Pakistan<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c4d2553\" data-id=\"4c4d2553\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a46e917 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a46e917\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2012-2014<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/anth.qau.edu.pk\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"e-image-link-base\" data-interaction-id=\"14d16b98\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" id=\"1543\" src=\"https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/qau.jpg\" width=\"931\" height=\"303\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/qau.jpg 931w, https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/qau-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/qau-768x250.jpg 768w\" alt=\"qau\"\/>\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26033cd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26033cd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #758398;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><b>Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in Social and Cultural Anthropology<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-20 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4889fd\" data-id=\"c4889fd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-583cad2c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"583cad2c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">2012-2013<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/pakistan.hss.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"e-image-link-base\" data-interaction-id=\"5471b4a6\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"e-image-base \" id=\"1817\" src=\"https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-124134.jpg\" width=\"484\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-124134.jpg 484w, https:\/\/drghulamhussain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-10-124134-300x149.jpg 300w\" alt=\"screenshot 2026 07 10 124134\"\/>\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fbcf5e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fbcf5e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #758398;\"><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\"><b>Research Fellow<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h5><p>Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad, Pakistan Research fellow under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andrea Fleschenberg, Humboldt University of Berlin Assisted and participated in research and seminar activities on nation-building, citizenship, and governance in Pakistan MPhil research project: Peasant Identities and Activism: Creating Space for the Marginalized<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qualification 2025-Present Georg Forster Research Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation) Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, GermanyProject: Researching Caste-Based Discrimination in Pakistan: Denial of the Problem, Epistemic Blind Spots, and Pathways toward the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.\u00a0 2014-2018 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 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