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Academic
Events Thirteenth Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Memorial Lecture on The Intellectual
and Society: Role and Responsibility by His Excellency
Shri M. Hamid Ansari, the Vice-President of India, 16 April
2009. Click
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July 2009
Conferences, Seminars
and Workshops:
Lectures by Visiting Scholars:
- Democracy and Violence: In South Asia and Beyond,
by Professor Ramachandra Guha, Eminent Historian and Writer,
Bangalore. Click
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- Television, Citizenship and Publicness: Re-reading
Doordarshan's History by Dr. Abhijit Roy, Reader Department
of Film Studies, Jadavpur University, Calcutta. Click
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- Algebra in Antiquity by Professor G.S. Pandey,
President, Indian Society for History of Mathematics, Ujjain.
- The Impossible Exit by Professor Ranabir Samaddar,
Director, Mahanirban Kolkata Research Group, Kolkata. Click
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- Two Lectures by: Professor Noor Ahmad Baba, Department
of Political Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar:
Thursday Seminars:
- Reading Hind Swaraj in two Languages by Professor
Tridip Suhrud, Fellow IIAS, 2 July 2009.
June 2009
Summer School
and Workshop:
- Summer School on Research Methodology: Analyzing
Quantitative Data on Indian Politics in collaboration
with CSDS at IIAS Shimla, 15 to 27 June 2009.
- Seminar on Thinking Democracy, 24-26 June 2009.
Cancelled
Lectures by Visiting Professors:
Three Lectures By:
Professor Arun Patnaik, Department
of Political Science, University of Hyderabad:
(i) A Critique of Crony Secularism in India: Towards
Rebuilding India after Mumbai 26/11, 3 June 2009. Click
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(ii) The Need for "Discovery of India":
Towards an Indian Political Theory of India,
5 June 2009. Click
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(iii) Ambedkar's Method: Towards an Immanent Critique
of Egalitarian . Click
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Thursday Seminars:
- Traditional Wisdom of Plants consumed by Man as subsidiary
food in the Himalayas by Dr. B.D.Sharma, Fellow IIAS,
4 June 2009.
- Hindi Dalit Sahitya Ka Samajik Pacshh: Vishesh
Sandharbh Tatkalin Dalit Sahitya by Dr. Sheoraj Singh,
Fellow IIAS, 11 June 2009.
- Poltical Praxis of Gandhian 'Basic' Education and
Post-Colonial Ripples, 1904-1964 by Dr. Joseph Bara,
Fellow IIAS, 18 June 2009.
- Women in Popular Theatre: Nautanki and Tamasha
by Dr. Lata Singh, Fellow IIAS, 25 June 2009.)
May 2009
Conferences, Seminars, Workshops
and Meetings:
- Conference on Commemorating Hind Swaraj in collaboration
with CSDS, at IIC New Delhi, 16-19 May 2009. Click
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- Customary Governance and Democracy-Building Exploring
the Linkages (Expert Consultation Meeting) in collaboration
with International IDEA, Stromsborg, Stockholm, at IIAS
Shimla, 22-23 May 2009.
- Workshop on Miniature Paintings, 26-31 May 2009.
Lectures by Visiting Scholars:
- Three Lectures on Is Modern Cosmology a Scientific
Theory? by Professor Jayant V. Narlikar,
Former Director, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and
Astro-Physics, Pune, 25 and 29 May 2009. Click
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- One Lecture on Philosophy in Colonial India,
by Professor Sharad Deshpande, University of Pune, 21 May
2009. Click
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- Two Lectures on (i) Subcontinental Ethnicity, Nationalism,
and Citizenship in Overseas Contexts and (ii) Contemporary
Religious Conversions in Tamil Nadu: Meenakshipurm and Beyond
by Professor M.A. Kalam, Department of Anthropology, University
of Madras, 22 and 23 May 2009. Click
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Thursday Seminars:
- The Language of Literature by Professor Bhalchandra
Nemade, Fellow IIAS, 7 May 2009
- Molecular Epidemiology of Parasitics in HIV/AIDS Patients
of North East India, by Professor L.A. Anand, Fellow
IIAS, 14 May 2009
- Revisiting the CFSI: Santosh Sivan's Malli (1998),
by Dr. Ajanta Sircar, Fellow IIAS, 21 May 2009
April 2009
Conferences,
Seminars and Workshops:
- Workshop on Charting the Future of the Classics in
India, 25-26 April 2009. Click
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- Seminar on Violence in the Home, 23-25
April 2009. Click here
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- Seminar on Cultural Flows Across the Western Himalaya,
in collaboration with the University of Vienna, at IIAS
Shimla, 15-18 April 2009.
Lectures by Visiting Professors:
- Crisis In the Classics? by Professor Sheldon
Pollock, The William B. Ransford Professor of Sanskrit and
Indian Studies, Columbia University, New York and General
Editor of Clay Sanskrit Library, 25 April 2009.
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- Hindi Before the Nation by Dr. Allison Busch,
Professor of Hindi and Indian Literature, Columbia University,
New York, 21 April 2009. Click
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Lectures by Visiting Scholars:
- Philosophy, Education and the Arts, by Professor
Mrinal Miri, Former Vice Chancellor, North-Eastern Hill
University, Shillong, 17 April 2009
- Some Aspects of V.R.Shinde's Thought by Professor
Ram Bapat, Former Professor of Poltical Science, University
of Pune, 27 April 2009
Thursday Seminars:
- Postcolonial Theory: Promise and Performance
by Professor Satish C. Aikant, Fellow IIAS, 9 April 2009
- The Artist, Obscenity and Freedom of Expression by
Professor Peter Ronald deSouza, Director, IIAS, 23
April 2009
- Conceptualization of the Social in Colonial North
India: A Conceptual Historical Analysis of Hindi
Vernacular Discourse by Dr. Mohinder Singh, Fellow
IIAS, 30 April 2009
March 2009
Conferences, Seminars and Workshops:
- Seminar on The Construction of the Idea
of Evil, in collaboration with ICSSR-NERC, at Kohima,
31 March-1 April 2009. Click
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- Workshop on National Integration and Identity Violence,
in collaboration with ICPR, New Delhi at Shillong,
20-23 March 2009
- Seminar on The Dynamics of Culture, Society and Identity:
Emerging Literature from North-East India, at Aizal,
10-11 March 2009. Click
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January 2009
- Winter School on: Classroom Introduction to Philosophy:
Understanding the Nature of Reality, Knowledge and
Value, in collaboration with IIT Guwahati, at Guwahati,
30 December-10 January 2009. Click
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Forthcoming
Events
October 2009
Conferences, Seminars
and Workshops:
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