In some form or another, South Asia and the Urdu language have been studied at McGill at least since 1952, the year of the founding of the Institute of Islamic Studies by Wilfred Cantwell Smith, who had formerly taught at Forman Christian College in Lahore (then part of British India). More than 60 years have now passed since the founding of the Institute. But it has been only three years since I came here—and yet I have already discovered that there is a great deal here to share in terms of archival documents, teaching resources, and Urdu/South Asia-related happenings at McGill.
Some part of this is already covered by the new blog highlighting the amazing N. M. Rashed Archive donated by Yasmin Hassan, highlights from which will be shared here as well. But I realized after looking through the papers of Prof. Abdul Qavi Zia, the Urdu lithographs and more recent books at the Islamic Studies Library, and some items in my own collection, that I would need a wider-ranging academic blog. Hence Tilism.
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