My talk attends to one aspect of a broader project to make sense of a hermeneutic project of self-professed universal scope: the commentary on the Vedas undertaken by the matha (monastery) of Śṛṅgeri in the latter half of the 14th century, with the support of the Sangama kings of…

Dr. Suhail Yusuf Khan earned his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University in 2024. He is a renowned hereditary musician of the Sarangi, a traditional North Indian bowed instrument, and the first Ph.D. recipient from the Mirasi community of underrepresented musicians from…

Dr. Patel and Sajiwan Naicker will be hosting the final Kalidasa seminar on Dec. 16th from 5pm at Harrison College (meet in lobby). For the fourth and final session, we will be discussing the Abhijnana Shakuntala. The Sanskrit and English texts alongside a pdf outlining…