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Prof Robb interviewed for New Books in Islam Podcast 12 March 2021
She talked with Prof SherAli Tareen about her book Print and the Urdu Public published with Oxford University Press
Listen to the Podcast interview with Prof. Robb here.
"What is the relationship between print culture, religious identity, and formations of social consciousness in the modern period? In her brilliant new book, Print and the Urdu Public: Muslims, Newspapers, and Urban Life (Oxford UP, 2020), Megan Robb explores this question through a vigorous and exciting micro-history of a major 20th century Urdu newspaper Madinah that was at the center of critical political, theological, and sociological currents in Muslim South Asia." Read the rest of the short review by Prof SherAli Tareen and listen to the conversation on the New Book in Islamic Studies website.