Reservation Id:79621
Event Name: Flexner Seminar: Reflections on "Courtly Competition between 'Muslim' & 'Hindu' States in 16th Century South Asia" with Sanjay Subrahmanyam
Date:Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Time:12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
Group:President's Office
Event Type:Special Event
1st Contact Name:Beth Shepard-Rabadam
1st Contact Phone:610-526-5164
Event Description:
The Flexner Seminar is an opportunity for advanced discussion with Sanjay Subrahmanyam about his November 2nd Flexner Lecture: “Courtly Competition.”
Given on Monday, November 2, “Courtly Competition.” will deal with how Muslim and non-Muslim states in South Asia dealt with one other as court-systems in a situation of mutual borrowing as well as intense competition, which sometimes became violent conflict.
When taken together, Subrahmanyam’s three lectures will attempt to provide a broad-ranging reflection on the worlds of early modern Islam, Counter-Reformation Catholicism, Protestantism and a newly emergent ‘Hindu’ sphere.
Lunch will be provided. RSVP to Flexner@brynmawr.edu or 610-526-5167.