Immersia 2023:Kabir Poems in Transformation: Roundtable & Book Launch

Explore. Learn. Engage.That is our motto for each and everyone associated with the ANU School of Culture, History & Language (CHL).Our community of researchers and academics are dedicated to investigating and learning with and about the people, languages and lands of Asia and the Pacific. As a community, we take pride in our dedication to collaborative, interdisciplinary learning and teaching in an environment that encourages diversity, inclusiveness and openmindedness in its culture and thinking. This is our differentiating factor.

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Join us for the book launch of ‘Kabir Poems in Transformation: A fountain of Creativity’ by Peter Friedlander (Primus Books, Delhi: 2023)!

McDonald Room (Menzies Library) RG Menzies Building - Australian National University

Immersia 2023: Engaging with Asia and the Pacific

Check out the lineup at the 2023 edition of Immersia: Engaging with Asia and the Pacific, a culturally immersive flagship program hosted by the ANU School of Culture, History & Language.

Join us for the book launch and roundtable discussion of Kabir Poems in Transformation: A fountain of Creativity by Associate Professor Peter Friedlander (Primus Books, Delhi: 2023). This book explores the issues in studying Kabir, such as: who was he, why are his verses important and what were his spiritual practices. It also focuses on the key role that Rabindranath Tagore and others at the start of the twentieth century played in developing images of Kabir to appeal to global audiences and how this has impacted perceptions of Kabir in India and around the world today.This event will also be a discussion about Kabir (ca. 1400-1518) and why his works are important today. Kabir, is remembered today as a Muslim weaver from Varanasi who taught of the oneness of God in ways which went beyond the boundaries which now separate Muslim, Hindu, Sikh and Sant communities in India and around the world. He is revered by diverse audiences, ranging from Dalit Ambedkarite activists, to Western readers of the verses of the American Beat poet Robert Bly. Kabir’s works have now been translated into more than seventy different world languages. However, along with Kabir being considered important by an incredibly wide range of audiences there is an equally wide range of views on why Kabir and his works are significant. This round table will discuss Kabir and cast light on multiple perspectives on why Kabir matters today. R﻿oundtable Participants: Associate Professor Peter Friedlander, Professor Emerita Kirin Narayan, Dr Christopher Diamond and Associate Professor Chaitanya Sambrani

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