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CMRS Co-Sponsored Workshop | Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720)

Friday, Nov 20, 2020 @ 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
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Session 3 of the multidisciplinary workshop series on Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d. 1720)

Friday, November 20, 2020
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (Pacific Time)

Register to attend here.

This is Session 3 of the multidisciplinary workshop, Steadfast Imagining: Lyric Meditation, Islamic Philosophy, and Comparative Religion in the Works of Bidel of Delhi (d.1720) organized and led by Prof. Domenico Ingenito (UCLA, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) and Dr. Jane Mikkelson (University of Virginia) in cooperation with scholars working in Persian Studies, Islamic Studies, South Asian, Near Eastern, and Central Asian Studies, English, Anthropology, and Comparative Literature. All sessions will be held in English, and all reading materials (both primary and secondary sources) will be circulated and presented in English translation.

In the 1660s, Bidel engaged in a friendly debate with a Hindu friend about imagination, time, and experience in Islam and Hinduism. By transcribing this debate in his autobiography, Bidel acquaints readers with his critical concept of “crossings”—a method of practical comparative religion that draws on the resources of the imagination and lyric poetry. Prashant Keshavmurthy and Hajnalka Kovacs join us to discuss some of the other ways that Bidel encounters, absorbs, appropriates, and transforms Indic ideas, and the broader role of comparative religion in Bidel’s system of thought.

In conversation with Prashant Keshavmurthy (McGill) and Hajnalka Kovacs (Harvard)


For more information about the workshop as a whole, including the complete schedule of meetings, please see the announcement here.
https://www.international.ucla.edu/apc/centralasia/article/229203

The workshop is sponsored and organized by UCLA Program on Central Asia (in collaboration with Iranian Studies), and co-sponsored by the Center for India and South Asia, the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, and the Center for Near Eastern Studies.

Sponsor(s): Program on Central AsiaCenter for India and South AsiaCenter for Near Eastern StudiesCenter for Medieval and Renaissance StudiesIranian Studies

For questions about the event, please contact caw@international.ucla.edu

 

Details

Date:
Friday, Nov 20, 2020
Time:
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Website:
https://www.international.ucla.edu/apc/centralasia/event/14680

Venue

Zoom Meeting
Online

Organizer

UCLA Program on Central Asia
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