Peter Knapczyk

Education

Ph.D., Asian Cultures and Languages, University of Texas Austin
M.A., Asian Cultures and Languages, University of Texas Austin
M.A., Music/Ethnomusicology, Brown University
B.A., Folklore/Ethnomusicology, Indiana University

Research Interests

Hindi-Urdu literature; Islam in South Asian, Hindu devotional traditions; early modern South Asian history, music, and religion

Regional and Thematic Interests

South Asia
Language

Profile

Peter Knapczyk received a BA in Folklore/Ethnomusicology from Indiana University, an MA in Music/Ethnomusicology from Brown University, and an MA and PhD in Asian Cultures and Languages from the University of Texas at Austin. His PhD dissertation, “Crafting the Cosmopolitan Elegy in North India: Poets, Patrons, and the Urdu Marsiyah, 1707-1857,” is a socio-political history of Shi’i elegiac poetry and the rise of Urdu literary culture during India’s transition from Mughal to British rule. He teaches courses in Hindi-Urdu and South Asian Studies, and is advisor for ALC’s Certificate in South Asian Languages and Civilizations.