COSAL Program (tentative)

All events in Classics 110 unless otherwise noted.

Friday, May 8

• 2:30 Welcome and introductory remarks--Steve Collins
• 2:45 Introduction to the featured author and response by Manzoor Ahtesham--Ulrike Stark, Manzoor Ahtesham
• 3:30 Keynote Address: Shamim Hanfi (to be delivered by C.M. Naim)
  "The Post-1950 Urdu Novel--Some Reflections on the Historical Experience of Indian Muslims"
• 5:00 Tea Break
• 5:45 Bilingual reading by Manzoor Ahtesham, with Jason Grunebaum and Ulrike Stark, moderated by Nisha Kommattam
• 6:30 Reception
• 8:00 Conference dinner (participants only)

Saturday, May 9

• 9:00 Coffee
• 9:30 Presentation by Manzoor Ahtesham, followed by Q&A
  Paper session 1 - Chair: Ulrike Stark
• 10:30 Francesca Orsini,
  "Narratives of Mobility in Contemporary Hindi Literature"
• 11:20 M. Asaduddin,
  "Hindu-Muslim Relations in the Fiction of Abdul Bismillah"
• 12:30 Conference Lunch (held in Foster Hall room 103)
  Paper session 2 - Chair: Muzaffar Alam
• 2:00 Frances Pritchett,
  "'An Honest Exposition of Native Ideas': Muslims and Hindus in Asbab-e baghavat-e hind"
• 2:50 Kathryn Hansen,
  "Who Wants To Be a Cosmopolitan? Readings from the Composite Culture"
• 3:40 Tea break
• 4:00-4:40 Roundtable Discussion