Schedule: Urdu Popular Culture Conference, 8-10 Sept. 2017

3-days International Conference:
Exploring the Popular Culture of Urdu Language
8, 9, 10th September 2017
Venue: Room 128 and 129, First floor, School of International Studies-New Building,
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

DAY 1: 8^th September 2017, Friday (If you need the printed brochure of the conference, kindly write to us).

09:30-09:40 am	Welcome and Introduction by Yousuf Saeed
09:40-09:50	Introduction from the Centre for Indian Languages, JNU Introduction from the India Foundation for the Arts
	Panel 1: Popular Urdu in pre-modern times Discussant: Mazhar Hussain
09:50-10:15 am	Ufaque Paikar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Taming the untamable: debates around the Urdu language in nineteenth century Patna
10:15-10:40	Qaisar Shamim, scholar, New Delhi Urdu popular kalchar aur istelahat ki bazigari اردو کا پاپولر کلچر اور اصطلاحات کی بازیگری
10:40-11:05	Moinuddin A. Jinabade: Centre for Indian Languages, JNU Mughale Azam: Narrating the Nation in Mainstream Cinema
11:05-11:20	Q&A
11:20-11:35	Tea break
	Panel 2: Poetry of protest in Urdu Discussant: Atmaram Bhakal
11:35-12:00	Carla Petievich, University of Texas, Austin From Romance to Outrage: Urdu Poetry as The Voice of Public Protest
12:00-12:25 pm	Krupa Shandilya, Amherst College, MA, US The Poetics of Revolution: Contesting Hindu Right Wing Politics in Haider
12:25-01:00	Akshay Manwani, author, Mumbai Cinematic Conscience: The songwriting of Sahir Ludhianvi
01:00-01:15	Q&A
01:15-02:00	Lunch
	Panel 3: Urdu in traditional performance Discussant: Irfanullah Farooqi
02:00-02:25	M. Viitamäki, University of Helsinki, Finland Literary creativity in Urdu and the popular appeal of qawwali
02:25-02:50	Anab Naiyer, JMI, New Delhi Living through Poetry: The Indomitable Spirit of Warrior Saint Ghazi Miyan
02:50-03:15	Khalid Alvi, Zakir Husain Delhi College Urdu ka awami adab
03:15-03:35	Q&A
03:35-03:50	Tea break
03:50-04:15	Screening of short videos: 'Jannat ki Rail' and 'Hindu religious books in Urdu script'
	Panel 4: A language the cinema speaks (Discussion). Watch video 1 and 2 Discussant: Rana Safvi
04:15-04:25	Mukul Kesavan, Historian, JMI, New Delhi
04:25-04:40	Kausar Munir, Screenplay writer, Mumbai
04:40-05:00	Discussion

Day 2: 9^th September 2017, Saturday:

09:30 am	Panel 5: ‘Urdu characters’ in Indian cinema Discussant: Krupa Shandilya
09:30-09:55	Irfanullah Farooqi, Aligarh Muslim University Popular Imagery of Urdu Speaker in Hindi Cinema
09:55-10:20	Nadim Ahmed, JMI, New Delhi Bambai mein Urdu shu’ra aur musannifeen
10:20-10:45	Rana Safvi, writer, scholar and translator, New Delhi Dialogue as a Character in Mughal e Azam
10:45-11:00	Q&A
11:00-11:15	Tea break
	Panel 6: Contemporary Urdu print culture Discussant: Rahman Abbas
11:15-11:40	Ghazala Fatma, JMI, New Delhi Urdu mein bachchon ka adab
11:40-12:05	Jahangir Ahmed, New Delhi Maqbool-e aam Urdu mein Ibn Safi ke jasoosi navilon ka kirdar
12:05-12:30 pm	Shabnam Hameed, Allahabad University Ibn Safi ke navilon mein akhlaqi iqdar
12:30-12:45	Q&A
12:45-01:30	Lunch
	Panel 7: Urdu for New Media, New Generation Discussant: Saba Bashir
01:30-01:55	Ghulam Abbas, GIFT University, Gujranwala, Pakistan (via skype) The Impact of Modern Technology on Nastaliq
01:55-02:20	A. Sean Pue, Michigan State University, US Towards a Media Archaeology of the Middlebrow Aesthetics of Urdu Poetry on the Internet
02:20-02:45	Irshad Alam, SDI College, Howrah Urdu popular culture aur nai Urdu tehreer Urdish ki maqbooliyat
02:45-03:00	Q&A
03:00-03:20	Tea break
	Panel 8: Urdu Performative arts Discussant: Khalid Alvi
03:20-03:45	Kathryn Hansen, University of Texas, Austin From Indar Sabha to Agha Hashr: Parsi-Urdu Theatre and the Early Indian Cinema
03:45-04:10	Shehpar Rasool, JMI, New Delhi Urdu mushaira: Riwayat aur maujooda soorat-e haal
04:10-04:35	Sirajuddin Ajmali, AMU, Aligarh Awami saqafat aur aaj ke mushaire
04:35-04:50	Q&A
	Panel 9: Popular Urdu in Practice Discussant: Nadim Ahmed
04:50-05:15	Quamrul Hooda Faridi, AMU, Aligarh Urdu mein Zarbul Misl/Kahawat (Idioms in Urdu)
05:15-05:45	Mohammad Kazim, Delhi University Dastan, dastan go aur nazereen
05:45-05:55	Q&A
06:00 pm	Dastan goi performance - Ankit Chadha

Day 3: 10^th September 2017, Sunday:

09:30 am	Panel 10: Early print culture, magazines Discussant: Kathryn Hansen
09:30-09:55	Maryam Sikandar, SOAS, University of London ‘Upstart Punches’ and ‘Petty Libelers’: Munshi Sajjad Husain’s Oudh Punch (1877-1936)
09:55-10:20	Sultana Wahidi, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Awadh Akhbar aur uske ishteharat
10:20-10:45	Yousuf Saeed, Independent scholar, New Delhi Jadooi ilaj: medical and magical advertisements in early Urdu magazines
10:45-11:00	Q&A
11:00-11:20	Tea break
	Panel 11: Cultures of Cinema Discussant: Nadim Ahmed
11:20-11:45	Saba Bashir, Independent scholar, Delhi Dil dhoondta hai phir wohi fursat ke raat din: Popularizing the classical
11:45-12:10	Sarah Rahman Niazi, University of Westminster, UK Cinema and Urdu Public Sphere in India (1920-1950)
12:10-12:35 pm	Aneela Z. Babar, New Delhi/Australia/Pakistan Usi Ko Dhek K Jeete Hain Jis Kaafir Pe Dum Nikle: When Love and Hate for Urdu Collide
12:35-12:50	Q&A
12:50-01:40	Lunch
	Panel 12: Urdu in folk and popular performance Discussant: Yousuf Saeed
01:40-02:05	Rahman Abbas, Author, Mumbai Shadi biyah ke geet: Kokan ki saqafat ke pas manzar mein
02:05-02:30	Shazia Umair, Delhi University Urdu lok geet aur khawateen
02:30-02:55	Francesca Orsini, SOAS, University of London (via skype) A question about the Muslim “Urdu popular”
02:55-03:10	Q&A
03:10-03:30	Tea break
	Panel 13: Readers and patrons of popular Urdu Discussant: A. Sean Pue
03:30-03:55	Kiran Ahmed, Quaid-i Azam University, Islamabad (via Skype) In Search of Stories - Writers, Readers, and Fiction
03:55-04:20	Razak Khan, Göttingen University, Germany Camp Urdu: Men, Women and Transvestic Speech of Popular Culture
04:20-04:45	Muhammad Ashraf T., University of Hyderabad Mapping the history and context of Urdu press in the Princely/Sovereign Hyderabad
04:45-05:00	Q&A
05:00 pm	Vote of thanks

Please register to attend the conference by sending an email to conference@tasveereurdu.in
Let us know if you would like to buy lunch at the conference venue. Tea and cookies during tea-breaks are complimentary.
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