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Dr

Ian Woolford

Lecturer, Hindi Studies

Hindi

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  • Lecturer, Hindi Studies
    Hindi
  • +61 3 9479 1400 (Work)
  • La Trobe University, Department of Languages and Linguistics, Bundoora, VIC, 3086, Australia

BIO

Ian Woolford is Lecturer and Discipline Lead in Hindi Language in the Department of Languages and Cultures at La Trobe University. He teaches all levels of Hindi as well as subjects in Asian Studies.

 

Ian’s research interests span Hindi and regional north-Indian literature, oral traditions, and popular culture in North India. He is also active in public scholarship, contributing to media and community initiatives that promote langauge diversity in India and South Asian languages and cultural understanding in Australia.

 

His current projects include a Hindi poetry reader for language learners and an English translation and study of the nineteenth-century Bhojpuri lyric text Badmash Darpaṇ (1885), attributed to a Banaras hooligan (gunda) named Teg Ali. Ian also works with sources in Persian and Urdu languages.

 

Ian is the La Trobe Branch President of the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU).

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY APPOINTMENTS

  • Lecturer
    La Trobe University, Languages and Linguistics, Melbourne, Australia4 Jan 2014 - present

MEDIA

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NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Branch President
    NTEU La Trobe Branch, Melbourne, Australia2 Dec 2024 - present

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Texas at Austin
  • M.A.
    University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
  • B.A>
    Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

LANGUAGES

  • Hindi
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Urdu
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Sanskrit
    Can read and write
  • Persian
    Can read, write and speak
  • Bhojpuri
    Can understand
  • Maithili
    Can understand

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries
  • Collaborative projects
  • Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Membership of an advisory committee

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 10 Reduced Inequalities
  • 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • 4 Quality Education

EXPERTISE