Position University Administrative Fellow Bio/Description Amna Qayyum is a historian of modern South Asia with intersecting research and teaching interests in global economic history and modern Islamic thought. She is also interested in comparative and connected approaches towards studying decolonization and the Cold War. Her current project is titled "The Knotty Problem of Numbers: Population Control and Politics of the Family in Pakistan, 1947-71". It draws on debates between bureaucrats, social scientists, housewives, and Islamic modernists, and places the post-colonial family at the center of a multi-scalar project of global development. Her work for this project has been supported by the Society of Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR), the American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS), the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Foundation, and the Joint Center for Economics and History at Harvard University. Prior to attending Princeton, she received a M.A in History from Tufts University and a B.A summa cum laude in Economics and History from Connecticut College. She also worked on USAID and State Department programs on governance and education in Pakistan. For the 2019-20 academic year, Amna is a Graduate Fellow at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS). Upcoming Professional Development Events Jul 14 Scientific Publishing: From Pre-Submission to Behind the Editor’s Desk Jul 16 Effective Research Mentorship for Graduate Students: Rematch+ (Session 7) Jul 16 From Ph.D. to Future Success: Master LinkedIn & AI to Unlock Your Next Chapter Jul 16 How to Write a Journal Article in the Humanities Jul 18 International STEM Faculty Careers: Grad Alum Panel Jul 18 Tour of Firestone Library Jul 21 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (In Person) Jul 23 Floating Point Numbers Aren't Real Jul 23 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (Virtual) Jul 23 Random Numbers Aren’t Random Jul 24 Introduction to Parallel Programming Jul 25 Office Hours for Humanities and Social Sciences Graduate Students (Virtual)