Keywords:
hindi language and literature, ethnomusicology, Indian music, gender studies
Languages and literature of North India with a special focus on Hindi and a specific interest in the innovative aspect of foreign language and script education. North Indian medieval and modern literature especially that relating to mystic poetry and lyrics of Hindustani art music. Hindi poetry and language in art music as resistance. The role of women in Indian music and dance, history of music from Mughal times until today, colonial and post-colonial history, the modern cultural reform of the 20th Century, marginalisation of hereditary professional musicians, social activism through music and poetic forms in North India. Genres and genders, liminality in Hindustani music. The art music tradition of Benares.
