“What the Women Said: On Joys and Sorrows in Old Tamil Poetry”
Wednesday, August 28, 2024
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Speaker:
Prof.
Martha
Ann
Selby,
Harvard
University.
Sangam
Professor
of
South
Asian
Studies
and
Comparative
Literature.
Research
Interests:
Representations
of
women,
birth,
and
disease
in
classical
Indian
medicine.
Sanskrit
poetry
and
poetics,
Prakrit
and
Old
Tamil
poetry,
modern
Tamil
fiction,
and
Sanskrit
medical
literature.
Date
-
August
28,
2024.
3:30-5:00
PM.
Venue
-
Flamingo
Room
–
Hilton
Hotel.
Light
Reception.
The
event
is
supported
by
the
Houston
Tamil
Studies
Chair
Inc.
Research
Endowment.
- Location
- Venue - Flamingo Room – Hilton Hotel. Light Reception. Open to public.
- Cost
- Free
- Contact
Bhavya Tiwari
832-728-0275
btiwari@uh.edu