Prashant Keshavmurthy is Associate Professor, Institute of Islamic Studies, MacGill University (Montreal).

His research interests focus on literary canon formation and conceptions of authorship in pre-colonial Persian and Urdu literary traditions; commentarial practices in pre-19th century Persian literary cultures; translation theory, especially as it relates to inter-semiotic translations between Islamic and Indic traditions; and ethical and political thought in late Mughal India.

Conferences

Sharḥ: Two Kinds of Sociality and Two Ways of Reading in Three Mughal Commentaries on Sa‘dī’s Gulistān

• Friday 11 May 2018, 11:00-13:00, EHESS (room A651) - 54, boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris

Translating Rāma as a Proto-Muhammadan Prophet: Masih's Masnavi-i Rām va Sitā

• Tuesday 15 May 2018, 13:30-16:30, EHESS (room A737) - 54, boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris

A Hindu Allegory of the Islamic Philosopher King: the Tale of Madan and Kāmdi in Bedil’s Masnavi-yi ‘Irfān

• Tuesday 22 May 2018, 15:00-17:00, EHESS (room A737) - 54, boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris

Khushgū’s Dream of Ḥāfiż: Building an Ark with Ārzū and Bedil

• Tuesday 29 May 2018, 15:00-17:00, EHESS (room A737) - 54, boulevard Raspail 75006 Paris