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Sarapa and Nakh-Shikh Varnan: a workshop
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Saturday April 15, 2006
10:30-3:30
Columbia University,
School of International Affairs
Room 1134
(enter from 118th St.)
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The workshop is sponsored by the Southern Asian Institute, Columbia University. It is free and open to the public, but registration is required: 

*REGISTRATION FORM*

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Workshop schedule:
10:00-10:30 coffee
10:30-12:30: Earlier examples
12:30-1:30: lunch
1:30-3:30: Later Contexts and Comparisons
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further inquiries: <fp7@columbia.edu>
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TEXTS FOR THE WORKSHOP
(hard copies will also be available at the workshop itself):

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*Three Sanskrit examples by Bana (c.600's)*
provided by Robert Hueckstedt

*A Sanskrit example by Shriharsha (c.1100's)*
provided by Deven Patel

*Two Apabhramsha examples by Shridhara (1132) and Abdur Rahman (1200's)*
provided by Rich Cohen

*An Avadhi example from Qutban (1503)*
provided by Aditya Behl

*A Braj example from Surdas (c.1483-c.1573)*
provided by Jack Hawley

*Four Braj examples from Keshavdas (fl.1600)*
provided by Allison Busch

*An Urdu example by Iswi Khan Bahadur (mid-1700's)*
provided by Ryan Perkins

*An Urdu example by Jur'at (1748-1809)*
provided by Mehr Afshan Farooqi

*A Hindi example by Pant (1900-1977)*
provided by Susham Bedi

*A dancer's vision*
provided by Janaki Patrik

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*Some thoughts on Persian sarapa* by Sunil Sharma

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Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), "Astrophel and Stella": [site]

John Donne (1572-1631), "Elegy XVIII: Love's Progress": [site]

Robert Herrick (1591-1674), "Delight in Disorder": [site]

"The Uncanny Stranger on Display: the Female Body in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century [English] Love Poetry," by Moira P. Baker: [site]

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*list of other workshop topics*
*fwp's main page*