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Urdu Ethics, Literature & the Diversity of Muslim Thought in Colonial India

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 04:30pm

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In the late-19th and early-20th centuries, a range of Urdu texts were published in India within the genre of Akhlāq, ethical texts of immense variation in style and content. This talk examines Urdu akhlāq literature, with a focus on how this genre helps us elaborate a history of Muslim South Asia.

Dr. Farina Mir is a historian of late-colonial north India. Her first book, The Social Space of Language: Vernacular Culture in British Colonial Punjab (UC Press, 2010) is a study of Punjabi language and literature under colonialism, with a focus on qisse, or epic romances. Her talk stems from her current project, "Producing Modern Muslims: EverydayEthics in Late Colonial North India.”

 

Sponsored by: South Asian Studies & History with support from the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum

 

Farina Mir 2020 Talk

Location: 301 Van Dyck Hall, College Ave Campus