User:Dr Ejaz Hussain

Dr Ejaz Hussain

Ejaz Hussain was born on 2nd April, 1981 in Pakistan.

'''Education & Career He holds a PhD in Political Science from Heidelberg University (2010). In addition, he obtained M.Sc in International Relations from Quaid-i-Azam University (2003) and an M.A. in Asian Studies from Lund University, Sweden (2006). Moreover, as a former DAAD fellow he was affiliated with South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, where his research focused on politics and the state in Pakistan. In addition, Hussain has contributed to Pakistan’s domestic politics and its impact on the foreign policy in State and Foreign Policy in South Asia (2010). Besides, Hussain was on the panel of IP-Euroculture held in 2007 at Marc Bloch University Strasbourg, France. Last but not the least, Dr Ejaz has served at COMSATS and Iqra University Islamabad and Forman Christian College Lahore, as assistant professor of political science.

Research Interests

▪ Civil-Military Relations (CMR)

▪ Comparative Politics

▪ Politics and Foreign Policy of Pakistan

▪ Political Islam

▪ Political Science/IR Theory

▪ Social Science Methodology

Courses Taught

Introduction to Political Science (PLSC101)

Pakistan Government: National (PLSC102)

Pakistan Studies (HUM111)

International Relations (HUM221)

Foreign Policy Analysis (PLSC412)

Islam and Modernity (PLSC402)

Islam and International Relations (DS391/IR606)

IR264/IR502 Global Issues

Publications

Hussain, Ejaz. 2013. Military Agency, Politics and the State in Pakistan. New Delhi: Samskriti.

Hussain, Ejaz. 2013. ‘Explaining the Authority Structure in Pakistan: The Military Matters ’, Journal of Asian Studies (32). Department of Government and Politics, Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka.

Hussain, Ejaz. 2010. ‘Politics and Foreign Policy in Pakistan’, in Jivanta Schöttli and Siegfried O. Wolf (ed.) State and Foreign Policy in South Asia, pp.271-301. New Delhi: Samskriti.

Fellowship and Grants

▪ DAAD Fellow, 2006-2010 (PKZ: A/05/52760). Financial worth (ca. 65,000 euro)

▪ Travel Grant by the DAAD for a field-visit to Pakistan, February-April, 2008. (2,000 euro)

▪ Travel and Accommodation Grant by Marc Bloch University, Strasbourg, France, 12-13 of June, 2007. (500 euro)

Languages

Ejaz knows English, Urdu, Punjabi and German well, and Swedish to a basic level!