Collaborators and collaborating institutions

The PAK-UK Pushkalavati Archaeological Research Project (PARP) is a collaborative venture co-directed by M. Nasim Khan and Cameron Petrie, which involves scholars and students from the Department of Archaeology at the University of Peshawar and the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge.

M. Nasim Khan is Assistant Professor in Archaeology, Epigraphy and Numismatics (Department of Archaeology at the University of Peshawar). 

Cameron Petrie is the Research Councils UK Fellow in South Asian and Iranian Archaeology (Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge).

In late 2006 this collaborative project was selected for sponsorship by the JOINT HIGHER EDUCATION LINKS PROGRAMME, which is a joint initiative of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Government of Pakistan, and the British Council.

This funding is designed to facilitate staff and student exchange between the University of Peshawar and the University of Cambridge, to encourage the use of new teaching methodologies and provide a mechanism for expanding the curriculum that is currently offered by the Department of Archaeology, University of Peshawar. Its particular focus will be on introducing students to developments in scientific and environmental archaeology, and provide training for staff so that they will be able to establish teaching programmes in these areas.

 Copyright © M. Nasim Khan and Cameron Petrie, 2007