Lectures & Performances
In keeping with its mission to enhance Hindi-Urdu education at the undergraduate level, the Hindi Urdu Flagship at The University of Texas at Austin frequently invites leading scholars and artists working in the Hindi-Urdu medium to speak and interact with Flagship students. In addition to seminars and performances, the series also features various workshops and classroom sessions with the speakers. We film each seminar and share each recording with the general public with the hope that students of Hindi-Urdu nationwide can benefit from these unique events.
You can also receive our lectures and performances via our Hindi Urdu Talks podcast which is available in video and audio-only formats on iTunes, RSS, and email. Visit our Podcasts page for the relevant links.
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Tipanya sings Kabir
- An Ensemble Performance of Kabir Songs
- Prahlad Singh Tipanya, Shabnam Virmani
- Topics: Culture, Folk Music, Kabir, Music
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Rupert Snell: Autobiographies
- Autobiography is Another Story: “Lives” in Hindi
- Rupert Snell, The University of Texas at Austin
- Topics: Dalit Movement, Hindi, Hindustani, History, Language, Literature, Modern Standard Hindi, Non-Fiction, Pre-Modern Hindi
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Ali Mir: Bollywood
- Romance and Revolution in Bollywood Songs: Politics, Language, and Religion in Hindi-Urdu Cinema
- Ali Husain Mir, William Paterson University
- Topics: Activism, Bollywood, Culture, Film, Hindustani, Hinglish, History, Independent Cinema, Modern Popular Music, Music, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Society, Urdu
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Frances Pritchett: Ghalib
- How to Read Ghalib
- Frances Pritchett, Columbia University
- Topics: History, Language, Literature, Mughal India, Poetry, Rekhta, Urdu
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Ali Asani: Sufi Rock
- From Qawwali to Sufi Rock: Contemporary Expressions of Muslim Devotional Literature
- Ali A. Asani, Harvard University
- Topics: Activism, Culture, Folk Music, Literature, Modern Popular Music, Music, Poetry, Politics, Religion, Society
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Mehr Farooqi: Urdu’s Origins
- Quranic Exegesis and the Development of Urdu in the 18th Century
- Mehr Farooqi, University of Virginia
- Topics: Colonialism, Hindustani, History, Islam, Language, Rekhta, Religion, Urdu
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Shamim Hanfi: Urdu-Hindi
- On Urdu and Hindi
- Shamim Hanfi, Jamia Millia Islamia
- Topics: Culture, Hindi, Hindustani, History, Language, Literature, Modern Standard Hindi, Nationalism, Politics, Society, Urdu
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Shamim Hanfi: Manto
- Celebrating the Manto Centenary
- Shamim Hanfi, Jamia Millia Islamia
- Topics: Censorship, Culture, Fiction, Hindustani, Language, Literature, Manto, Politics, Society, Urdu
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Rupert Snell: Social Discourse
- Social Discourse Aboard the Hindi Urdu Flagship
- Rupert Snell, The University of Texas at Austin
- Topics: Hindi, Hindustani, Language, Language Teaching, Modern Standard Hindi, Urdu
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K. Hansen: Cosmopolitanism
- Composite Culture and Cosmopolitanism in Manzoor Ehtesham's Sukha Bargad, Arvind Adiga's White Tiger, and Slumdog Millionaire
- Kathryn Hansen, The University of Texas at Austin
- Topics: Culture, Fiction, Film, Globalization, Independent Cinema, Literature, Society, Urban South Asia
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Kavita Datla: Hyderabad
- Urdu Language Politics in Hyderabad
- Kavita Datla, Mount Holyoke College
- Topics: Activism, Central India, Deccani Urdu, Geography, History, Language, Nationalism, Politics, Society, Urban South Asia, Urdu
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Michael Shapiro: Hindi Poetry
- Why Meter Matters: Reading 20th Century Hindi Poetry from the Perspective of Metrical Structure
- Michael Shapiro, University of Washington
- Topics: Hindi, Language, Literature, Modern Standard Hindi, Poetry
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Mujtaba Hussain: Urdu Satire
- A Reading of Urdu Satire
- Mujtaba Hussain, The Siasat Daily
- Topics: Deccani Urdu, Hindustani, Hyderabad, Journalism, Language, Non-Fiction, Politics, Society, Urdu
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Abul Naghmi: Malihabadi
- Josh Malihabadi: Devotion and Doubt
- Abul Hasan Naghmi, Radio Pakistan
- Topics: History, Language, Literature, Nationalism, Pakistan, Poetry, Society, Urdu
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Harish Trivedi: Translation
- A Translation Roundtable: Premchand's Rangbhumi
- Harish Trivedi, University of Delhi
- Topics: Dalit Movement, Fiction, Hindi, Hindustani, Literature, Modern Standard Hindi, Nationalism, Politics, Premchand, Religion, Urban South Asia, Urdu, Varanasi
