Abdul Aijaz

Abdul Aijaz is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington. His work bridges geography, literature, and environmental studies, with a focus on South Asia, particularly Pakistan’s Punjab region.

His research explores the intersections of political ecology, environmental humanities, and literary geographies. Aijaz investigates how scientific and fictional narratives shape material realities, especially in the context of climate change and water infrastructure in colonial and postcolonial settings. He employs an interdisciplinary methodology combining archival research, ethnography, and literary analysis.

The thematic trends in his publications reveal a sustained engagement with water, power, identity, and narrative. His work traces the socio-political and aesthetic dimensions of irrigation systems in Punjab, highlighting how colonial modernization continues to shape contemporary struggles over water and survival. He also examines the emergence of new poetic forms in Urdu literature as responses to ecological crisis.

Abdul Aijaz has not received any mentioned scientific awards.

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