Bruce teaches an Advanced Urdu course on a special topic in Urdu studies. Gregory Maxwell Bruce teaches all levels of Urdu at Berkeley. Berkeley’s Urdu program is among the few in North America that do not combine Urdu and Hindi instruction.ĭr. Currently, Urdu instruction is offered at three levels, beginning, intermediate, and advanced. Urdu has been part of Berkeley’s South Asian language curriculum since the late 1950s. Key components of the Urdu program at UC Berkeley include formal Urdu language instruction, informal reading groups and seminars, the Berkeley Urdu Language Program in Pakistan, substantial collections of Urdu materials housed in UC Berkeley’s archives, and the regular academic and cultural events organized by ISAS. The Urdu program draws from the rich resources provided by the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies and the Institute for South Asia Studies (ISAS).

The Urdu Initiative is committed to strengthening our engagement with this subject in the years ahead. As an integral part of the South Asia curriculum, interest in the study of Urdu is growing rapidly. UC Berkeley is a global leader in the study of South Asia, and one of very few institutions in the United States to offer both undergraduate and graduate degree programs focusing on numerous aspects of this vital region. The Berkeley Urdu Initiative was officially launched in September 2011 to sustain, enrich, and expand the Urdu Studies program at the University of California, Berkeley.

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