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Dr. Tariq Rahman is presently National Distinguished Professor of Linguistics and South Asian Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. He has an MA, M.Litt., and Ph.D degrees from British universities. He has been a Fulbright scholar and a guest speaker in several American universities. He has also been a Guest Professor at the University of Aarhus in Denmark. Dr. Rahman has published about eighty research papers and nine books. One of his books, Language and Politics in Pakistan (OUP 1996) has been given two awards by the Government of Pakistan. His next book, Language, Ideology, and Power (OUP 2002), was on language-teaching and he is writing increasingly on education in Pakistan. He is also a reviewer of books and contributes articles to the press. He has lectured and contributed seminar papers in Pakistan and abroad. His most recent book is titled Denizens of Alien Worlds: A Study of Education, Inequality and Polarization in Pakistan (2004). At the Center for South Asia Studies, Dr. Rahman is Quaid-i-Azam Chair on Pakistan Studies, and can be contacted at trahman@berkeley.edu. |
