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INDIA LECTURE SERIES AT QUEEN’S
“Changing Interpretations of Early Indian History”
Professor Emeritus Romila Thapar
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Wednesday 29 April at 6pm
in the Council Chamber, Lanyon Building
Queen’s University
Romila Thapar has been described as “the preeminent interpreter of ancient Indian history” and “virtually the only living historian of ancient and pre-modern India who has risen to the rank of world-class historians”. In 2008 the US Library of Congress awarded her the prestigious Kluge Prize which has a focus on disciplines not recognised by Nobel prizes. In awarding the international prize, for Lifetime Achievement in the Study of Humanity, the Library noted that her approach was not without controversy but that her cutting edge research has profoundly changed the way India’s past is understood both at home and across the world. Elsewhere she has been hailed as “a courageous champion, fighting against the poiliticization of history by various ideological parties – both from the extreme left and the extreme right”. Another scholarly reviewer said that “Thapar’s relentless striving for historical truth – independent of the superimposition of vacillating, fashionable theories of current socio-political conditions – is a landmark in the global writing of history”.
This lecture is taking place on Wednesday 29 April at 6pm in the Council Chamber, Lanyon Building, Queen’s University. Refreshments from 5.30pm
To register to attend please contact Carol at carol.ferguson@qub.ac.uk or on 028 9097 1139
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