PAUL TITUS, Ph.D.
Fellow, Department of Sociology
University of Canterbury
Research And Teaching
The Middle East, South Asia,
Ethnicity, Nationalism, Transnationalism
Anthropology of Organizations		 Social Organisation
Tribal Societies
Historical Anthropology

Scholastic And University Record
Education
1991 Doctorate in Socio-Cultural Anthropology, University of California, Riverside. Dissertation Title: Tribalism, Ethnicity, and the State in Pakistani Balochistan.
1983 Bachelor of Science. University of California, Riverside. Graduation with Honours in two subjects, Anthropology and Economics.
Post Doctoral Positions
2000-2002 Research Fellow, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Canterbury.
1999 Visiting Scholar, Center for South Asia Studies, University of California, Berkeley, California.
1998-1999 Visiting Lecturer, Center for Development Studies, Department of Geography, Free University of Berlin
1996-1998 Research Associate, Sociology Department, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
1995 Fulbright Scholar, affiliated with the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.
1994 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle.
1991-1994 Adjunct Lecturer, California State University San Bernardino; University of California, Riverside; University of La Verne; Whittier College; and Riverside Community College.
Recent Courses Taught
2002 Ethnography, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Canterbury.
2000 Tribal People in the Contemporary World, University of Canterbury, Continuing Education.
1998 Human Evolution, University of Canterbury Continuing Ed.
1998 Culture, Kinship and Class: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, University of Canterbury Continuing Education.
1996 Peoples of the Middle East and Central Asia, University of Canterbury Continuing Education.
1994 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Washington, Seattle. Courses taught: a graduate seminar entitled Islam and Ethnicity and an undergraduate course on the Anthropology of South Asia.
Publications
Edited Volume
1996 Marginality and Modernity: Ethnicity and Change in Post-colonial Balochistan. Oxford University Press, Karachi.
Articles and Essays.
Forthcoming Linguistic Contact in the Baloch-Pushtun Boundary Zone. In Proceedings of the Symposium on Linguistic Contact in Balochistan in Historical and Modern Times. Uppsala University, Sweden, Aug, 2000.
2000 Knights, Not Pawns: Ethnic-Nationalism and Regional Dynamics in Post-Colonial Balochistan. The International Journal of Middle East Studies 32(1). Co-authored with Nina Swidler.
1998 Honor the Baloch, Buy the Pushtun: Stereotypes, Social Organization, and History in Western Pakistan. Modern Asian Studies 32(3):657-688.
1997 Negotiating an Ethnic Landscape: Competition and Co-operation in Balochistan's Transport Industry. Die Erde (Berlin) 128(4):311-327.
1996 Routes to Ethnicity: Roads, Buses, and Differential Ethnic Relations in Pakistani Balochistan. In P. Titus, ed. Marginality and Modernity.
1995 Islam and the Evil Demon. Film review essay on Living Islam by Akbar S. Ahmed. American Anthropologist 97(3):543-548.
Field Research
1995 Ten months post-doctoral research in Pakistan. Fieldwork with Afghan refugees, research in provincial archives, and a month-long village study. Affiliated with the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics.
1987-88 Sixteen months doctoral research in Balochistan, Pakistan. Field research on the economics and politics of ethnicity in the city of Quetta. Affiliated with the Sociology Department of the University of Balochistan, Quetta.
Language Training
1986, 1987 Berkeley Urdu Program in Lahore, Pakistan (two ten week quarters).
1984, 1985 Beginning and intermediate summer intensive language programs in Hindi-Urdu. University of Wisconsin, Madison.
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