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C.M. Naim, pioneer of Urdu studies and beloved mentor, 1936–2025
Choudhri Mohammed Naim, better known as C.M. Naim, passed away in Hyde Park, Chicago, on July 9, 2025. Naim—called Naim Sahib by his students and ...
UChicago Humanities Scholars Expand Digital Dictionaries of South Asia, Middle East
The following was published in UChicago News on November 24, 2020.
For decades, scholars at the University of Chicago have sought to preserve and sha...
Inaugural Vivekananda Visiting Professors Announced
Sir Christopher Bayly of Cambridge University and David Shulman of Hebrew University have been appointed as the first recipients of the Indian Ministr...
Jason Grunebaum Shortlisted For South Asian Literature Award
The Walls of Delhi, written by Uday Prakash and translated by Jason Grunebaum, Senior Lecturer in South Asian Languages and Civilizations, has been sh...
Grant Awarded to UChicago to Preserve Endangered Urdu Periodicals
The University of Chicago recently received a £52,247 grant from the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme to preserve sixty rare and endang...