South Asia Research and
Information Institute, Dallas, &
The Asian Studies Program,
Southern Methodist University
present a one-day conference on
Cities, Courts, and Saints:
Muslim Cultures of South Asia
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, September 22, 2012
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall, Southern Methodist University
Featuring
Bengal, Gujarat, and the Deccan:
New Indo-Muslim Courts of the 14th-15th Centuries
Dr. Richard M. Eaton, University of Arizona
Mughal Letters and Mughal Lives: A Brahman Munshi at Shah Jahan’s Court
Dr. Rajeev Kinra, Northwestern University
Sufism and Kingship in the
Mughal Empire: From Babur (d. 1530) to Jahangir (d. 1627)
Dr. Azfar Moin, Southern Methodist University
The Begum of Bhopal: A Muslim “Queen”
Holds Court in Colonial India
Dr. Barbara D. Metcalf, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (emerita)
From One Empire
to Another: The City of Delhi, 1707-1858
Dr. Thomas Metcalf, University of California, Berkeley (emeritus)
The Social History of Song Collections: Awadh, Delhi, and Hyderabad (circa 1800)
Dr. Katherine Schofield, King’s College, London
Chaired by
Dr. Azfar Moin, Southern Methodist University
Conference registration is now closed.
Conference parking is free in the lot north of Dallas Hall on Daniel Avenue. For Directions to Southern
Methodist University, see http://sarii.org/directions.html
For more information, visit www.sarii.org or email muslimculture@sarii.org.
Special thanks to Southern Methodist University's
The Clements Department of History &
The Department of Religious Studies
