Alessandra Consolaro

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	Italy
Title	Lecturer in Hindi Language and Literature
Affiliation	University of Turin, Italy
Email	alessandra.consolaro@unito.it
Mailing Address	Department of Oriental Studies University of Turin via Giulia di Barolo 3/a 10123 Torino ITALY
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: +39/11-67-03-846 fax: +39/11-67-03-858
Countries of Specialization	India
Research Interests	My field of research include the following: a) Hindi Language and Literature: 19th and 20th centuries: journalism, novel, poetry b) The standardization of Hindi language and literature and Hindu nationalism c) Bhagvaticharan Varma: short stories and novels d) Applied linguistics and sociolinguistics
Teaching Interests	In terms of my teaching responsibilities, I have taught courses in Hindi and Hindi literature at the elementary through advanced levels.
Publications	My PhD dissertation's title (University of Pisa, Italy) was: Madre India e la Parola. La definizione della hindi come lingua e letteratura nazionale nelle universita' "nazionali" di Varanasi (1860-1940). [Mother India and the Word. The definition of Hindi as national language and literature in the "national" universities of Varanasi (1860-1940)] A revised edition of it is published in Italian : Madre India e la Parola. La lingua hindi nelle universita' "nazionali" di Varanasi.
Keywords	Hindi ; language ; literature ; poetry ; nationalism ; Bhagvaticharan Varma ; applied linguistics ;