CONF ANN: Cities, Courts, and Saints: Muslim Cultures of South Asia, SMU, Dallas, Sept. 22nd

Lindquist, Steven slindqui at MAIL.SMU.EDU
Fri Jul 27 23:18:37 UTC 2012


Sorry — resent with format glitches fixed.

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Dear all,

Please pardon the cross-posting.  This is a followup to a posting from the beginning of the summer, now including talk titles and links to the poster, abstracts, etc.

Best,

Steven

STEVEN LINDQUIST, PH.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DIRECTOR OF ASIAN STUDIES
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Department of Religious Studies
Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750202 | Dallas | TX | 75275
http://faculty.smu.edu/slindqui


CITIES, COURTS, AND SAINTS: MUSLIM CULTURES OF SOUTH ASIA

A conference jointly presented by Asian Studies (SMU) and SARII with special thanks to the Department of Religious Studies and the Clements Department of History

Saturday, September 22, 2012
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall, Southern Methodist University

Conference is free, but registration is required by Sept. 15th (please email: muslimculture at sarii.org)
For poster, abstracts, and further info please see www.smu.edu/asianstudies or www.sarii.org

Topics and Speakers:

Bengal, Gujarat, and the Deccan: New Indo-Muslim Courts of the 14th-15th Centuries
Dr. Richard M. Eaton, University of Arizona

Mughal Letters and Mughal Lives: A Brahman Munshi at Shah Jahan’s Court
Dr. Rajiv Kinra, Northwestern University

Sufism and Kingship in the Mughal Empire: From Babur (d. 1530) to Jahangir (d. 1627)
Dr. Azfar Moin, Southern Methodist University

The Begum of Bhopal: A Muslim “Queen” Holds Court in Colonial India
Dr. Barbara D. Metcalf, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (emerita)

> From One Empire to Another: The City of Delhi, 1707-1858
Dr. Thomas Metcalf, University of California, Berkeley (emeritus)

The Social History of Song Collections: Awadh, Delhi, and Hyderabad (circa 1800)
Dr. Katherine Schofield, King’s College, London

Chair: Dr. Azfar Moin (Southern Methodist University)





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