At a neza-bazi competition, Gujarat, Pakistan 2013
About My Research
Dr. Kirk is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at LUMS. Her research centers on language ideologies and popular culture in Pakistan. Kirk’s current book project addresses questions of language, performance, and aesthetics in
Lahore’s Punjabi film industry. It explores theoretical flows and exchanges between linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies. Her other interests include semantics and performative genres in South Asian literature as well as links between global politics and South Asian librarianship. A founding member of the Punjabi Boliyan Research Initiative, her work also addresses language shift and dialect variation in Punjab, as well as the film, television, and screen cultures of Pakistan. In 2020, with film scholar Dr. Zebunnisa Hamid, she co-founded the open-access online journal Reel Pakistan: A Screen Studies Forum.
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metafactory.ca (my wonderful advisor Craig Campbell's website)
Lahore’s Punjabi film industry. It explores theoretical flows and exchanges between linguistic anthropology, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies. Her other interests include semantics and performative genres in South Asian literature as well as links between global politics and South Asian librarianship. A founding member of the Punjabi Boliyan Research Initiative, her work also addresses language shift and dialect variation in Punjab, as well as the film, television, and screen cultures of Pakistan. In 2020, with film scholar Dr. Zebunnisa Hamid, she co-founded the open-access online journal Reel Pakistan: A Screen Studies Forum.
Download CV
Additional Links:
Reel Pakistan: A Screen Studies Forum
Academia.edu homepage
metafactory.ca (my wonderful advisor Craig Campbell's website)