"Although I had completed 18 months of field stay and written up my results, there was an important piece of research that occurred to me in the midst of turning my dissertation into a book manuscript.  The APS Franklin Grant provided me just the resources I needed to return to Pakistan to do additional research.  My book has benefited enormously from this rare opportunity."  Naveeda Khan's manuscript is titled The Promise of Pakistan: Locating Muslim Aspiration, Skepticism and the Ordinary.  Her central claims are that, contrary to standing scholarship, Pakistan had a founding vision of inaugurating Islamic modernity.  Her book attempts to draw out the contours of this aspiration, suggesting how the violence of skepticism and an enduring commitment to ordinary life also arise from this founding desire.  Dr. Khan is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University.  (Franklin Grant)