TALK "From Ideas to Identity: Language, Culture, and Politics in Medieval India" at Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), Lodhi Estate > 6:30pm on 10th January 2017

Time : 6:30 pm Add to Calendar 10/01/2017 18:30 10/01/2017 20:00 Asia/Kolkata TALK "From Ideas to Identity: Language, Culture, and Politics in Medieval India" Event Page : http://www.delhievents.com/2017/01/talk-from-ideas-to-identity-language.html Seminar Rooms 2 & 3, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003 DD/MM/YYYY

Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served Basis)

Venue : Seminar Rooms 2 & 3, Kamaladevi Complex, Main Building, India International Centre (IIC), 40 Max Mueller Marg, Lodhi Estate, New Delhi-110003
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Event Description : TALK "From Ideas to Identity: Language, Culture, and Politics in Medieval India".

A discussion on two books: The Millennial Sovereign: Sacred Kingship and Sainthood in Islam by A. Azfar Moin and Negotiating Languages: Urdu, Hindi, and the Definition of Modern South Asia by Walter N. Hakala

Chief Guest: Professor Robert P. Goldman, Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor in South and Southeast Asian Studies, The University of California at Berkeley

Discussants: Professor Farhat Hasan, Department of History, University of Delhi, and Professor Hilal Ahmed, Associate Professor, CSDS, (The Millennial Sovereign); and Professor Sunil Kumar, Professor in the History of Medieval India, Department of History, University of Delhi, and Professor Shahid Amin, Professor of History, University of Delhi (Negotiating Languages)

Collaboration: Primus Books

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