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@article{ART002085250},
author={Hawon Ku},
title={The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University},
journal={Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University},
issn={1598-3021},
year={2016},
volume={73},
number={1},
pages={233-269},
doi={10.17326/jhsnu.73.1.201602.233}

TY - JOUR
AU - Hawon Ku
TI - The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University
JO - Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University
PY - 2016
VL - 73
IS - 1
PB - Institute of Humanities, Seoul National University
SP - 233
EP - 269
SN - 1598-3021
AB - Institutions of western higher education in India, including colleges and universities, have provided the South Asian subcontinent with major figures in Indian political and social history, as well as a large class of educated persons who have acted as the main force of modernization. However, since 1857 British rule endeavored to control Indian education through the establishment of colonial universities and the affiliation system, which remains a problematic issue even in present day India. Following such changes and challenges, two universities were established by Indians with religious education as a substantial part of their identity. Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University share several similarities, such as their dates and processes of establishment, as well as their common goals in the education of a modern as well as religious citizen. In this paper I compare the methods in which the two universities brought together a religious identity and the idea of modern education, as well as the driving ideas and manners in which the universities were established. During a period in which colonial rule had fully assumed power over the institutions of producing and distributing modern knowledge, the two universities suggested a modernity differentiated with the West through a process of negotiation, adaptation, acknowledgement and resistance. However, this struggle to produce a modern “Indian” citizen with a religious identity was stymied due to several reasons, including the role of religion as well as language in their curriculum and education.
KW - Modernity;Modernization;Higher Education;College;University;Hinduism;Islam;Benares;Varanasi
DO - 10.17326/jhsnu.73.1.201602.233
ER -

Hawon Ku. (2016). The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 73(1), 233-269.

Hawon Ku. 2016, "The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University", Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, vol.73, no.1 pp.233-269. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.73.1.201602.233

Hawon Ku "The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 73.1 pp.233-269 (2016) : 233.

Hawon Ku. The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University. 2016; 73(1), 233-269. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.73.1.201602.233

Hawon Ku. "The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 73, no.1 (2016) : 233-269.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.73.1.201602.233

Hawon Ku. The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University, 73(1), 233-269. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.73.1.201602.233

Hawon Ku. The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University. Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University. 2016; 73(1) 233-269. doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.73.1.201602.233

Hawon Ku. The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University. 2016; 73(1), 233-269. Available from: doi:10.17326/jhsnu.73.1.201602.233

Hawon Ku. "The Significance and Limits of ‘Religious’ Universities in Colonial India - Aligarh Muslim University and Banaras Hindu University" Journal of Humanities, Seoul National University 73, no.1 (2016) : 233-269.doi: 10.17326/jhsnu.73.1.201602.233