The Great Lakes Adiban hosted a two-part panel at the 2024 International Congress on Medieval Studies, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The following papers were presented:

2. Language, Power, Geography (1)

  • Chinese, Mongolian, and Hebrew: The Multilingual World of a Fourteenth-Century Persianate Vizier: Jonathan Zev Brack, Northwestern Univ.
  • A Collection of Tales: Ibn ‘Arabshah as a Bridge across Transcultural Worlds: Mustafa Banister, Utah State Univ.
  • The Power of Language in Uncertain Geographies: Persian Malfūz̤āt from Delhi to the Deccan: Pia Maria Malik, Univ. of Delhi

102. Language, Power, Geography (2)

  • Sufi Literary Pathways: Cosmopolitanism and Regionalism in the Premakathās of Islamicate India: Annalisa Bocchetti, Univ. Gent
  • Poetics of Place: Landscape, Identity, and Politics in Sanskrit’s Construction of Early Medieval Kashmir: Shonaleeka Kaul, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ. Congress Travel Award Winner
  • Construction of a Linguistic Tradition: The Rise of the Rajasthani Cosmopolitan in Medieval Western India: Bhavyansh Mathur, Jawaharlal Nehru Univ.