by Dr. Tariq Rahman
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Tariq Rahman Ph.D is a Tenured Distinguished National Professor of Sociolinguistic History at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Since June 2007 he is also Director of NIPS. He is a highly published scholar with over 90 articles in scholarly journals; 9 books; 4 encyclopedia articles; 22 contributions to books and several book reviews. His most famous book Language and Politics in Pakistan, published by Oxford (Pakistan) in 1996, remains in print and has recently (2007) been published by Orient Longman in India. His history of language-learning among the Muslims of South Asia, Language, Ideology and Power (OUP 2002), remains a landmark in the field. His latest book, Denizens of Alien Worlds (OUP 2004), connects the medium of instruction with world view, poverty and politics in Pakistan. He now intends to write a social history of Urdu. Dr. Rahman has been a guest professor in Denmark and Spain. He has been a Fulbright research scholar (1995-96) at U. T. Austin. He was also the first incumbent of the Pakistan Chair at U.C Berkeley (2004-05). He has lectured or contributed conference papers in the U. K. where he obtained his M. A and Ph. Das well as the U. S. A, Germany, France, China, Korea, India and Nepal. He also contributes columns and book reviews to the English language press in Pakistan.
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Tariq Rahman Ph.D is a Tenured Distinguished National Professor of Sociolinguistic History at the National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Since June 2007 he is also Director of NIPS. He is a highly published scholar with over 90 articles in scholarly journals; 9 books; 4 encyclopedia articles; 22 contributions to books and several book reviews. His most famous book Language and Politics in Pakistan, published by Oxford (Pakistan) in 1996, remains in print and has recently (2007) been published by Orient Longman in India. His history of language-learning among the Muslims of South Asia, Language, Ideology and Power (OUP 2002), remains a landmark in the field. His latest book, Denizens of Alien Worlds (OUP 2004), connects the medium of instruction with world view, poverty and politics in Pakistan. He now intends to write a social history of Urdu. Dr. Rahman has been a guest professor in Denmark and Spain. He has been a Fulbright research scholar (1995-96) at U. T. Austin. He was also the first incumbent of the Pakistan Chair at U.C Berkeley (2004-05). He has lectured or contributed conference papers in the U. K. where he obtained his M. A and Ph. Das well as the U. S. A, Germany, France, China, Korea, India and Nepal. He also contributes columns and book reviews to the English language press in Pakistan.
