Lecture series "Linguistic Identity in the Making: Classical Hindi Poetry and the Evolution of Hindustani before the Modern Divide"

Lecture series by Professor Imre Bangha, University of Oxford

Linguistic Identity in the Making: Classical Hindi Poetry and the Evolution of Hindustani before the Modern Divide

Monday, October 20, 2025
12:00 Antisala degli specchi
My mother Gunavati held me in her womb’ - Madhyadeshi and the early evolution of Hindi

Wednesday, October 22, 2025
10:30 - 12:00 Salone delle conferenze
‘I haven’t had any desire for jewels and pearls’ - Hindustani, the Mughal lingua franca

Wednesday, November 5, 2025
10:30 - 12:00 Antisala degli specchi
‘Either kill me or make me live in a healthy body’ - Tulsidas, the person and the poet

Thursday, November 6, 2025
10:00 AM Antisala degli specchi
‘I am created by my poetry’ - Anandghan and the universalisation of the Krishna tradition

Monday, November 10, 2025
10:00 AM Antisala degli specchi
Text Readings / The global reception of Rabindranath Tagore (tbc)