Events
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Skills & Informational
Whose Punjab? Writing Region, Memory, and History
Join the Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature for a discussion with author Aamir Riaz and historian Dr. Khola Iftikhar Cheema. Taking Punjab Di Vel as its starting point, the…
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5:00 PM
Venue:
Auditorium A-11, Academic Block, LUMS
Skills & Informational
Becoming a ‘Good’ Teacher: Policy, Practice and Norms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Join the Mahbub Ul Haq Research Centre and the School of Education for an EduTalk with Dr. Soufia Anis Siddiqui, Mr. Ahmad Ayub, and Mr. Muhammad Shehbaz. Explore how education policy shapes…
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Time:
6:30PM
Venue:
Faculty Lounge, VC Office, Academic Block
Skills & Informational
CSO:CSS Preparation: Choosing Your Optional Subjects
Preparing for CSS? Join the Career Services Office for a session with Syed M. Wamiq Tirmazi (SDSB’21), currently serving in the Pakistan Customs Service. Learn how to choose optional…
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6:30PM
Venue:
Academic Block A-14, MGSHSS
Skills & Informational
CSO: Career Reflections: Can a Master’s Help You Build a Career Abroad?
Considering a master’s abroad? Join the Career Services Office for a conversation with Ali Imran, a Germany-based international business development professional pursuing a master’s at Ruhr…
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6:30PM
Venue:
Online, MS Teams
Skills & Informational
Beyond the National Narrative: Regional Accounts of Partition Violence
Join the Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature for a discussion on how regional and local perspectives reshape our understanding of Partition violence. Drawing on their recent books, …
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5:00PM
Venue:
SAHSOL SBACR 0-01, LUMS
Skills & Informational
Book Launch: Kinnow Country
Join author and final-year LUMS BA-LLB student Muhammad Jalal Yousaf Tarar for the launch of Kinnow Country: The Making of Oranges in Punjab, moderated by Hasan Kamal Wattoo. Explore…
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6:30PM
Venue:
SAHSOL SBACR 0-01, LUMS
Skills & Informational
CSO: Applying for a Master’s or PhD in the U.S.
Join the Career Services Office for a practical session with Shehrbano Pittafi, EducationUSA Advisor and Fulbright Scholar. Explore how to shortlist universities and programmes, understand…
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Time:
6:30PM
Venue:
In person; venue details will be shared
Skills & Informational
Living with the Dead: Hauntology, Ontology and the ‘Politics of Death’
Join Dr. Salman Hussain, Research Fellow at York University, Canada, for an HSS Seminar Series talk exploring death, grief, and the afterlife in contexts of political violence. Drawing on…
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5:15PM
Venue:
VC Faculty Lounge, LUMS
Skills & Informational
Book Launch: Janūb Ā’shiyā’ī Musalmānōṅ kī Gharb Shināsī: Nau-ābādiyātī ‘Ahd meṅ Yūrap kē Safarnāme
The Gurmani Centre for Languages and Literature invites the LUMS community to the launch of Dr. Najeeba Arif’s latest book, followed by a panel discussion exploring its central themes.Drawing on Urdu…
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5:00 PM
Venue:
A-11, Academic Block
Skills & Informational
CSO: Career, But Make It Global
What if your next career opportunity were not limited by where you live or by the traditional model of working for one organisation in one location?The Career Services Office invites students to…
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6:30 PM
Venue:
In person (details will be shared with registered participants)
Skills & Informational
Brown Bag Talk: Prosperity Under Pressure—Unpacking Pakistan’s Poverty Reversal and Labor Market Dynamics
The Chaudhry Nazar Muhammad Department of Economics invites the LUMS community to a Brown Bag Talk by World Bank economists Maria Qazi and Ibrahim Khan. The speakers will examine Pakistan’s rising…
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4:00 PM
Venue:
LUMS Learning Institute (LLI), Academic Block, Ground Floor
Skills & Informational
Online Session: Exploring Library Resources
This online session is designed to strengthen students’ ability to search for and access the resources available through the LUMS Library. It will help students become more confident in exploring…
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12:00 PM
Skills & Informational
LUMS Students’ Math Society Orientation 2026
The LUMS Students’ Mathematics Society (LSMS) invites you to an exciting orientation featuring games, brain-teasing puzzles, voucher giveaways, exclusive student discounts, and an engaging guest-…
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Time:
6:30PM
Venue:
SDSB B-3
Skills & Informational
CSO:Data, AI & Emerging Tech Careers
This session of the Summer Development Programme 2026 will introduce participants to career opportunities in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, and emerging technologies. Led by Muhammad Mudassir…
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6:00 PM
Venue:
Online (MS Teams)
Skills & Informational
CSO: Rhodes Scholarship
This workshop will guide LUMS students and graduates on how to build a competitive Rhodes Scholarship application. Led by Jovera Shakeel, a LUMS alumna and Rhodes Scholar currently studying at the…
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6:00 PM
Venue:
Online (MS Teams)
Skills & Informational
GRE: What Every Applicant Should Know
Considering graduate school but unsure whether the GRE should be part of your application strategy? Join us for GRE Essentials: Format, Scores & Preparation, an introductory workshop designed to…
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3:30 PM
Venue:
Online (Microsoft Teams)
Skills & Informational
CSO Office Visit: Go Motive
Through this visit, students will have the opportunity to attend a company presentation, interact with leadership, participate in a career guidance session, and explore networking opportunities. This…
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11:00 AM
Venue:
Go Motive Lahore & Islamabad Office
Skills & Informational
How to Launch a Food Brand
Launching a food business requires more than having a good recipe or product idea. It involves understanding customer needs, identifying market gaps, developing a viable offering, testing the concept…
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6:30 PM
Venue:
Online (Microsoft Teams)
Skills & Informational
CSO: CSS 2026: The Real Roadmap
Preparing for the CSS examination requires more than academic knowledge. This workshop is designed for students and graduates who are considering CSS and want practical guidance on where to start and…
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Time:
6:30 PM
Venue:
Online (Microsoft Teams)
Skills & Informational
CSO: Product, UX & Design Careers in Canada and USA
This session is designed to help students explore alternative career pathways in tech, understand what Product and UX professionals actually do, and learn how to build skills and portfolios that are…
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6:00 PM
Venue:
Online (Microsoft Teams)
Skills & Informational
CSO: Inside Pakistan's Corporate & Regulatory Ecosystem
Legal careers today extend far beyond litigation and traditional law firm practice. Lawyers increasingly work alongside regulators, businesses, and policymakers to shape corporate governance, ensure…
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5:30 PM
Venue:
Online (Microsoft Teams)
Academic & Scholarly
Talent Management and Transgenerational Succession in Family-owned Firms
This thesis examines the multilayered factors of talent management (TM) and transgenerational succession (TS) in family-owned firms (FOFs). TM and TS, as individual research streams, have garnered…
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10:00 AM
Venue:
Faculty Lounge, SDSB 4th floor
Academic & Scholarly
A Multilevel, Contextual and Intersectional Perspective of Religious Diversity Management
Previous literature on religious diversity has generally focused on challenges facing religious minority employees in organisational spaces of the Global North. With rising immigration and…
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2:30 PM
Venue:
Faculty Lounge, SDSB 4th floor
Academic & Scholarly
Exploring Women Engineers' Experiences in the Pakistani Engineering Industry
SDSB is organising a PhD Management Dissertation Defence by Zainab Amir, Candidate, PhD Management. This dissertation explores the experiences of women engineers in Pakistan, focusing on how…
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2:00 PM
Venue:
Faculty Lounge, SDSB 4th floor
Academic & Scholarly
CPEC at the Crossroads: Governance, Regional Politics, and Sustainable Development
This series will bring together senior stakeholders from government, diplomacy, academia, policy research, and early-career researchers to engage in focused discussions on the evolving challenges and…
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10:00 PM
Venue:
LUMS Learning Institute (LLI) Class Room
Academic & Scholarly
Gender and the Economy
The CNM Department of Economics will be hosting a two-day conference, titled “Gender and the Economy.” Building on the CNM department’s long-standing engagement with research on gender, development,…
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9:00 AM
Venue:
SS Auditorium, Academic Block
Skills & Informational
CSO: Renaissance Advisers Recruitment Drive
Renaissance Advisers is a boutique corporate advisory firm founded by former McKinsey leadership and senior principals from leading private equity firms, with over USD 800 million under mandate…
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6:30 PM
Venue:
Online (Zoom)
Academic & Scholarly
The Mughals: Their Past, Our Present
Co-convened by Dr Ali Usman Qasmi and Dr Saman Tariq Malik, the conference marks 500 years of Mughal history—not as a closed chapter, but as a living archive whose echoes continue to shape the…
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6:00 PM
Venue:
A-16, Academic Block
Academic & Scholarly
Cities Without Citizens: Land, Shelter, and the Politics of Demolition in Urban Pakistan
The recent anti-encroachment operation in Islamabad, where bulldozers razed low-income housing settlements in the name of urban "beautification" and “retrieval of state land” marks the latest chapter…
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6:00 PM
Venue:
A-15, Academic Block
Academic & Scholarly
CLCA Film Competition & Student Exhibition
Join us for an evening of celebrating student work, learning more about CLCA courses, and meeting the community behind the program! Explore a vibrant showcase of student work-including animated reels…
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5:30 PM
Venue:
A-10, Academic Block
Academic & Scholarly
Devices, Circuits and Quantum Computing
Research in quantum information processing technologies has grown exponentially in the last several years. Superconducting devices and circuits have emerged as the most promising candidates for large…
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3:00 PM
Venue:
LCE Auditorium, SBASSE Basement
Academic & Scholarly
Against Empire: History, Politics, and the Future of Anti-Imperialist Thought
Join this insightful session led by Gabriel Rockhill (Professor of Philosophy and Global Interdisciplinary Studies at Villanova University), Radhika Desai (Professor of Political Studies at the…
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6:00 PM
Venue:
A-16, Academic Block
Skills & Informational
Free Eye Camp: Vision Screening Opportunity
Campus Health is organizing a free eye camp on campus in collaboration with Al-Ehsan Welfare Eye Hospital, aimed at promoting awareness about eye health and early detection of vision-related issues.…
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11:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Venue:
SDSB Basement
Academic & Scholarly
Leadership Summit on Blockchain & Digital Assets (Technology & Policy) 2026
This two-day workshop will convene distinguished professionals, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and decision-makers to examine the transformative potential of blockchain and digital assets for economic…
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9:00 AM
Venue:
SDSB, B3 LUMS
Skills & Informational
Book Launch: Rogue Planet by Mina Malik
Mina Malik is a poet, writer and editor at The Peepul Press, which she co-founded in 2023. Rogue Planet is Mina Malik’s debut chapbook of poems. The poems are an exploration of love, partnership and…
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6:00 PM
Venue:
VC Lounge, Academic Block
Skills & Informational
CSO: From Idea to Startup | Opportunities with NIC Lahore
NIC Lahore supports early-stage founders through structured incubation and acceleration programmes, mentorship, funding opportunities, and global exposure, helping transform ideas into scalable…
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6:30 PM
Venue:
Online (Microsoft Teams)
Academic & Scholarly
Using Turnitin: Interpreting Similarity and AI Reports
Learn how to effectively use Turnitin for academic integrity and assessment. This session will cover accessing and updating your account, creating classes and assignments, setting up standard…
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12:00 PM
Venue:
Research & Scholar’s Commons (Library First Floor)
Academic & Scholarly
From "Co-operative" to Militarized Federalism: An Institutional Analysis
This paper examines Pakistan’s shift from “cooperative” to militarized federalism following the passage of the 18th Constitutional Amendment in 2010. Drawing on constitutional debates, policy…
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5:30 PM
Venue:
Faculty Lounge, VC Office
Academic & Scholarly
Addressing Risk through Adaptive Social Protection: Lessons Learned and Good Practices
Johanna Knoess heads the Adaptive Social Protection project in Pakistan. On behalf of BMZ and the European Commission, she is working with colleagues to improve the institutional, financial, and…
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2:00 PM
Venue:
SDSB Faculty Lounge
Skills & Informational
Kids Fight Screening + Q&A
KIDS FIGHT is a coming of age docufilm about street kids in the underbelly of Lahore who fight to find their identity with the backdrop of an MMA gym in an impoverished neighbourhood riddled with…
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5:30 PM
Venue:
Room 0-06, SAHSOL