Haḷagannaḍa Workshop Würzburg 2025 (8.-9.5.2025)
| Datum: | 08.05.2025, 09:03 - 09.05.2025, 09:03 Uhr |
Tiṟuḷgannaḍaṁ – The Heart of Early Kannaḍa. In this workshop we will examine a diverse range of textual and inscriptional materials to understand the intersections of place, polity, poetry and piety that undergird the cultural and literary idioms of early Kannada.
Tiṟuḷgannaḍaṁ – The Heart of Early Kannaḍa
The earliest available text in Kannada, the Ways of High Poetry (Kavirājamārgaṁ, ca. 850 CE) identifies the territory of the best kind of Kannada (Tiṟuḷgannaḍaṁ). Predictably, the boundaries of this area lie very close to the Rāṣṭrakūṭa capital at Malkhed. Using this provocative if transparent formulation as a vantage point, we would like to delineate the habitat and habitus of early Kannaḍa (pre-1200 CE).
In this workshop we will examine a diverse range of textual and inscriptional materials to understand the intersections of place, polity, poetry and piety that undergird the cultural and literary idioms of early Kannada.
The workshop will be held in the hybrid mode (in person plus online) on 8 and 9 May 2025 at the University of Würzburg. To participate in person or online please contact Anna Aurelia Esposito (anna.esposito@uni-wuerzburg.de).
