Polyvocal Hindustan: Literatures, Languages, and Publics will be held at Stanford University March 6-7, 2015. All are welcome. See the full conference line-up and register (for free) here:

http://southasia.stanford.edu/Polyvocal_Hindustan

A brief description of the conference:
The early modern period in India, roughly the 15th-18th centuries, witnessed an explosion of textual production in vernacular languages alongside the ongoing vibrancy of cosmopolitan traditions. These literary trends were accompanied by a wide range of changes concerning readership communities, circulation patterns, and social identities. This conference focuses on some of the major literary developments during this dynamic period and highlights fresh avenues of research for investigating relationships between linguistic traditions and reading communities.

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