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A new year begins for the HUF family
Students, faculty, and staff began a new academic year with an in-depth orientation session on August 23. With the 2007 cohort recently returned from HUF’s Year in India, students from each stage of the four-year HUF curriculum were present in one room for the first-time ever. Students heard from HUF Director, Rupert Snell; HUF Student [...]
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HUF welcomes 2010 cohort
The new 2010 HUF cohort joined faculty and staff for a welcome brunch August 22 at the Hindi Urdu Resource Center. HUF Director, Rupert Snell, gave our new students a warm welcome, introducing them to faculty, staff, and HUF’s favorite samosa caterer. New students were able to introduce themselves to the group and get a [...]
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Shan Khan, the first official HUF graduate
The Hindi Urdu Flagship had the immense privilege of honoring its very first graduate, Shan Khan, during UT’s College of Liberal Arts commencement ceremony on May 21st, 2010 at the Frank Erwin Center. As Shan’s achievement was announced to the audience, HUF Associate Director, Syed Akbar Hyder, greeted Shan on stage and presented him with [...]
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Video: HUF hosts popular seminar on Urdu language politics
Students and faculty packed the Meyerson Conference Room to hear Kavita Datla’s wonderful presentation on Urdu language politics in early 20th century Hyderabad. Datla’s talk provided a nuanced take on the political struggles over India’s multiple linguistic traditions and enlisted a lively and informative question and answer session. Here’s the full video of the seminar: [...]
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HUF students and staff promote foreign language learning at Liberal Arts fair
In a sunny courtyard of the UT six-pack, HUF students and staff joined other UT programs to promote undergraduate registration for foreign language courses. The event, entitled “Around the World: A Foreign Language Fair”, was sponsored by the student-run Liberal Arts Council. Ishita Paul, a member of the 2008 HUF cohort and the Liberal Arts [...]
Kavita Datla to speak on Urdu language politics in Hyderabad
Kavita Datla, Assistant Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College will be speaking on Urdu language politics in Hyderabad at 5 pm on April 26 in WCH 4.118. The talk is sponsored by the Hindi Urdu Flagship. Admission is free and open to the public. Datla’s research interests include the political, social, and cultural history [...]
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Video: Kathryn Hansen’s talk on ‘Cosmopolitanism’ in the Hindi-Urdu cultural sphere
Here is the full video of Kathryn Hansen’s talk from the Hindi Urdu Flagship’s recently concluded symposium, Hindi in Texas and Beyond. The presentation is entitled Composite Culture and Cosmopolitanism in Manzoor Ehtesham’s Sukha Bargad, Arvind Adiga’s White Tiger, and Slumdog Millionaire: WPFP(document).ready(function() { //load player $f("saiweb_066e6cfc493e4a158309fd20006aca21", "/blog/wp-content/plugins/word-press-flow-player/flowplayer/commercial/flowplayer.commercial-3.1.5.swf", { plugins: { controls: { sliderGradient: 'none', [...]
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Video: Michael Shapiro’s talk on Metrical Structure in 20th Century Hindi Poetry
Here is the full video of Michael Shapiro’s talk from the Hindi Urdu Flagship’s recently concluded symposium, Hindi in Texas and Beyond. The presentation is entitled Why Meter Matters: Reading 20th Century Hindi Poetry from the Perspective of Metrical Structure: WPFP(document).ready(function() { //load player $f("saiweb_141e25297083062fe535d0cacb38d907", "/blog/wp-content/plugins/word-press-flow-player/flowplayer/commercial/flowplayer.commercial-3.1.5.swf", { plugins: { controls: { sliderGradient: 'none', progressGradient: 'medium', [...]
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HUF hosts national symposium on Hindi
Kathryn Hansen discusses the concept of cosmopolitanism in recent Hindi-Urdu novels In honor of Asian Studies professor Herman van Olphen and his long-serving career in Hindi pedagogy, HUF hosted a symposium entitled Hindi in Texas and Beyond on Saturday, April 10 in the Meyerson Conference Room. The day-long event featured presentations from both Austin-based and [...]
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