Universal Religion: Persianate Genealogies of Modern Hinduism

Thursday, September 22, 2022 - 12:00pm

Speaker/Performer:  Supriya Gandhi, Religious Studies, Yale University
Hosted by Sam Hodgkin

Supriya Gandhi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies and works on Islam and Hinduism in South Asia. She completed her doctorate at Harvard University, and has also studied in Delhi, Tehran, London, and Damascus. She is the author of The Emperor Who Never Was: Dara Shukoh in Mughal India (Harvard University Press, 2020). Her current book project explores the role of the Persianate cultural and intellectual ecumene in the formation of modern Hinduism.

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