| Description | Vali Dakhani and Early Rekhtah Networks: Sharing Poetry’s Pleasures (2025) by Purnima Dhavan and Heidi Pauwels reexamines the emergence of Rekhtah (now called Urdu) as a literary and poetic language in the eighteenth century. They reframe the history of Urdu within the diverse contexts from which it emerged, placing the earliest Urdu-Rekhtah poets and their craft in the lively social gatherings, bazaars, shrines, and courts of this period in South Asia. In their translations, Dhavan and Pauwels center the performative and interactive connections that created a salon culture which popularized poetic exchanges and responses.
Purnima Dhavan is Associate Professor of History at the University of Washington, USA. She is the author of When Sparrows Became Hawks: The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition (2011).
Heidi Pauwels is Professor Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington, USA. She is the author of The Voice of the Indian Mona Lisa: Gender and Culture in Rajasthan (2023).A Translation Studies Hub Event. Accommodation requests related to a disability or health condition should be made by January 24, 2025 to the Simpson Center, 206.543.3920, schadmin@uw.edu |
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