Office: WCH 4.110

Office Hours: SPRING 2009 W 3-5 and by appointment

Phone: 475-6031

shyder@mail.utexas.edu

Education: Ph.D., Harvard University

Specialization(s): Language

Research interests:
Islam in South Asia, Urdu language and literature, Aesthetics in South Asian and the Middle East.

Courses taught:
Sufism; Introduction to India and South Asia, Urdu language (all levels, including Hindi-Urdu Flagship classes); Progressive Urdu Literature; Female Voices in Urdu Literature; Urdu Aesthetics; Poetry and Philosophy of Muhammad Iqbal; Afghanistan: Religion, History, and Politics; Visions and Revisions of India: India through Bollywood; Flagship Urdu; Aesthetics of Genre in Urdu Literature; Urdu Satire and Humor

Geographic Area(s): South Asia