Hans Harder (Indologist)
Hans Harder (* 1966 in Braunschweig ) is a German Indologist .
Life
From 1986 to 1988 he studied Indology, Philosophy and Journalism at the University of Hamburg and from 1988 to 1992 Indology and Ethnology at the University of Heidelberg (1992 Master's degree from the South Asia Institute). From 1995 to 2004 he was a research assistant , since 1999 assistant at the Institute for Indology and South Asian Studies, University of Halle-Wittenberg . After receiving his doctorate in 1997 at the Institute for Indology in Halle an der Saale (Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's Srimadbhagabadgita: Translation and Analysis), he was project manager of the research group Nationalist Ideology and the Historiography of Literature in South Asian Cultures at the Institute for Indology from 2004 to 2007 and South Asian Studies, University of Halle-Wittenberg. After completing his habilitation in 2006 at the University of Halle-Wittenberg on the subject of The Maijbhandaris of Chittagong: Sufism, Saint Veneration and Bengali Islam, he has been teaching as Professor for New Language South Asian Studies (Modern Indology) at the South Asia Institute in Heidelberg since 2007 .
His main research interests are newer South Asian literatures (especially Bengali and Hindi, but also Marathi, Urdu and Tamil), the intellectual history of colonial and independent South Asia, religious currents, especially Bengali Islam and modern Hinduism and satirical traditions in South Asia.
Fonts (selection)
- Fictional dreams in selected prose works by ten authors of Bengali and Hindi literature . Halle an der Saale 2001, ISBN 3-86010-636-8 .
- Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay's Śrīmadbhagabadgītā: Translation and Analysis . Delhi 2001, ISBN 81-7304-376-0 .
- Crazy Gofur speaks. Mystical songs from East Bengal . Heidelberg 2004, ISBN 3-937603-01-8 .
- Sufism and Saint Veneration in Contemporary Bangladesh: The Maijbhandaris of Chittagong . London 2011, ISBN 0-415-58170-2 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harder, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Indologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Braunschweig |