Christina Oesterheld (University of Heidelberg)

submitted: Thu, 22 May 1997 15:01:53 +0200 (METDST)

Christina Oesterheld
Academic Counsel
South Asia Institute
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
University of Heidelberg

Mailing address: 
Im Neuenheimer Feld 330
D-69120 Heidelberg   
GERMANY

phone: 06221-548915
FAX:   06221-544998
email: n40@ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de

Description of work:

Teaching: basic courses in Urdu and Hindi; advanced Urdu courses; 
seminars on the history of Urdu language and literature and on modern Urdu
prose and poetry. 
   
Research and other interests: history of Urdu language and literature; 
contemporary Urdu literature; Muslim identity in India; lexicography;
teaching Urdu as a foreign language; literary translation