U of C South Asian Languages & Civilizations

Official account of the University of Chicago's South Asian Languages and Civilizations Department

[U of C South Asian Languages & Civilizations @UChicagoSALC]

The Mirror of Ornaments (Alaṅkāradappaṇō): A Prakrit Work of Poetics
https://t.co/HRIgG3kzXL

[U of C South Asian Languages & Civilizations @UChicagoSALC]

Listen to Prof. Andrew Ollett discuss his new book "The Mirror of Ornaments" with @DrRajBalkaran
https://t.co/XLK56bSCYw

[Keshav Bansal @ketchupbansal]

📋 The Archive is Dead, Long Live the Archive;
Hindi Archives, and the History of Writing

🎙️Tyler Williams @Pravasi101

🗓️ December 4, 3pm IST

📍Room no. 326, CHS JNU @jnu_chs

#SouthAsia #Languages #Histories #Hindi #Writing #Archive

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

Now Available! IF ALL THE WORLD WERE PAPER sets out a novel program for engaging with the archive of Hindi and of South Asian languages more broadly at a moment when much of that archive faces existential threats. . https://t.co/pLsfQl7bwv @Pravasi101 #HindiLiterature

[U of C South Asian Languages & Civilizations @UChicagoSALC]

Congratulations to our faculty member, Tyler Williams (@Pravasi101) for the publication of his book "If All The World Were Paper."
https://t.co/HsBHhZ81Wd

[U of C South Asian Languages & Civilizations @UChicagoSALC]

Congratulations to our Chair Rochona Majumdar!

[UChicago Arts & Humanities @UChicagoAHD]

Congratulations to all faculty members who received distinguished service or named professorships! From the Division of the Humanities: Clifford Ando, Christopher Faraone, Anthony Kaldellis, Gabriel Richardson Lear, Rochona Majumdar, and Sarah Nooter >> https://t.co/r5slOqZsZU.

[U of C South Asian Languages & Civilizations @UChicagoSALC]

Congratulations to Prof. Dipesh Chakrabarty!

[UChicago Arts & Humanities @UChicagoAHD]

Congratulations to South Ancient Languages and Civilizations scholar Dipesh Chakrabarty on being awarded the 46th European Essay Prize for the French translation of his latest essay, "Après le changement climatique, penser l’histoire." Learn more >> https://t.co/xhmDxh6Ai9.

[Rochona Majumdar @RochonaMajumdar]

Congratulations @titasdesarkar on successfully defending a pioneering and creative dissertation on the figure of the "Dada" in Bengali culture and history. Look forward to the book. @UChicagoSALC

[U of C South Asian Languages & Civilizations @UChicagoSALC]

Please join us this Wednesday to attend Prof. Starks' talk!

[Rochona Majumdar @RochonaMajumdar]

This Wednesday in Classics 110, 5.00 PM is the Nicholson Center faculty lecture by Ulrike Stark entitled "Majestic Patronage: Muslim and Christian Printing at the Lucknow Royal Press (1819-1849).

[Rochona Majumdar @RochonaMajumdar]

We are delighted to welcome two fantastic scholars, Amanda Lanzillo @LanzilloAmanda and Gregory Maxwell Bruce to the faculty of South Asian Languages and Civilizations @UChicagoSALC. I look forward to working together with you both.

[UChicagoHK @UChicagoHK]

Prof Dipesh Chakrabarty shares his life experience and talks about his #careerpath to becoming a @UChicagoHistory and @UChicagoSALC professor. Listen to his journey and every step inspiring his #research work. https://t.co/QtijO6UXCk

@UChicago #UChicagoHK #TheCoursePodcast

[Rochona Majumdar @RochonaMajumdar]

Join us to listen to Kartik Nair @cinewallah , author of Seeing Things present on "An Archive of Failures" March 28, Cobb 307

[Tyler Williams @Pravasi101]

South Asia Graduate Student Conference
University of Chicago
March 7-8 2024
Swift Hall

[Rochona Majumdar @RochonaMajumdar]

Do come if you are in the area

[U of C South Asian Languages & Civilizations @UChicagoSALC]

Congratulations to SALC's @RochonaMajumdar for Receiving the Chidananda Dasgupta Award for Best Writing on Cinema. Follow the link to read more.
https://t.co/MvckHU0seK

[UNESCO @UNESCO]

How should the commons be thought of and protected in the context of the major disruptions the world is currently experiencing?

Dipesh Chakrabarty, historian and professor at @UChicago, gives us some food for thoughts.

Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/m7FiglBoRa