| December
2009
Conference
and School:
Special
Lectures
- The Large Hadron Collider - the World's Largest
Microscope by Professor Rahul Basu, The Institute
of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, 14 December 2009.
- The Physicist in Chains by Professor Biswarup
Mukhopadhyaya, Harish Chandra Research Institute,
Allahabad, 14 December 2009.
Thursday Seminars:
- The Devas and the Asuras: Interpretative
Adventures of Indian Nationalism by Dr.
Sanjay Palshikar, Fellow IIAS, 3 December 2009.
November 2009
Conferences,
Seminars and Study Week:
Lecture by Visiting Scholars:
- Ethnicity, Ethnic Conflicts and Terrorism
by Professor S.R. Mehta, Former Professor of Sociology,
Panjab University, Chandigarh, 3 November 2009.
- Revisiting "Heidegger's Comportment Toward
East-West Dialogue" by Professor Archana
Barua, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
IIT, Guwahati, 4 November 2009.
Thursday Seminars:
- Not in My Name : Who Benefits from Copyright
? by Dr. Arjun Ghosh, Fellow IIAS, 5 November
2009.
- The Demand for a Separate State as an Identity
and Existence (A Study on the Movement for the Greater
Coochbehar State in North Bengal) by Professor
Ichhimuddin Sarkar, Fellow IIAS, 12 November 2009.
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- Verrier Elwin and Gandhi by Professor Shashi
Joshi, Fellow IIAS, 19 November 2009.
- From Temple - State's Temple Secularization
of the State in Medieval Kerala by Professor
P. Narayanan, Fellow IIAS, 26 November 2009.
October 2009
Conferences,
Seminars and Workshops:
Lecture by Visiting Scholars:
- Gendering ‘Transitons’ in History:
Some Conceptual Issues by Professor Uma Chakarvati,
Former Professor of History, University of Delhi,
14 October 2009.
- Community Failures by Professor Errol D'
Souza, IIM, Ahmadabad, 21 October 2009.
- Textual Translations: A Gendered Reading of
the Mahabharata by Professor Uma Chakarvati,
Former Professor of History, University of Delhi,
22 October 2009.
- The Impossible Exit by Professor Ranabir
Samaddar, Director, Mahanirban Kolkata Research Group,
Kolkata, 27 October 2009. Click
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- Democracy and Violence by Dr. Ramachandra
Guha, eminent Historian, Banglore, 28 October 2009.,,
Thursday Seminars:
- Enigmatic Hidimba by Dr. Saroj Thakur,
Fellow IIAS, 1 October 2009.
- Interrogating “The East”,“Culture”
and “Nostalgia” in Abdul Halim Sharar’s
“Lucknow of the Past by Professor C.M.
Naim, National Fellow IIAS, 8 October 2009.
- Tagore ke Rajnitik Upannyas: Bharat ke Yatharth
path ki Sandhan Yatra by Dr. Pramod Kumar, Fellow
IIAS, 15 October 2009.
- Levels of Code Mixing by Professor S.C.
Chaudhary, Fellow IIAS, 29 October 2009.
September 2009
Conferences, Seminars
and Workshops:
- The Muslim League in Barabanki: A Sentimental
Suite of Three Scenes by Professor C.M. Naim,
National Fellow, 5 September 2009.
- A Discussion on Jaswant Singh's Book Jinnah:
India- Partition Independence, 7 September
2009.
- Traning Programme on Library Automation and
Networking (IRTPLA), 7-11 September 2009.
- A Study Week on Hindi Ksheter: Aadhunik Sandarbh,
23- 29 September 2009. Click
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Lectures by Visiting
Professors:
- Philosophy as Samvada and
Svaraj by Professor Shail Mayaram, CSDS,
Delhi, 8 September 2009.
Lectures by Visiting
Scholars:
- Poet and Folklorist on Folk Traditions in
Ramayana Mahakabya, by Professor Manorama Biswal
Mohapatra, Acharya Vihar,Bhubaneswar, 3 September
2009. Click here to
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- Happy ever after: Hindi films and the 'happy
ending' by Professor Rachel Dwyer, Professor
of the Indian Cultures and Cinema, Department of
South Asia, SOAS, University of London, Russell
Square, London, 11 September 2009. Click
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- The Aesthetics of Poetic Form by Professor
J.N. Patnaik, Baramunda, Bhubaneswar, 18 September
2009. Click here
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- From Pluralism to Diversity: Modulating Conceptions
of Politics and Agency by Professor Sasheej
Hegde, University of Hyderabad, 22- 30 September
2009. Click
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Thursday Seminars:
- Translations of Songs of Avudai Akka by
Dr. Kanchan C.V. Natrajan, Fellow IIAS, 3 September
2009.
- The Open by Dr. Saitya Brata Das, Fellow
IIAS, 10 September 2009.
- Across the Strait: Facets of Portuguese
Presence in South-Eastern India and Ceylon in
16th -17th Centuries by Dr. Smarika Nawani,
Fellow IIAS, 17 September 2009.
- The Biographical Process of A Saint: Ramanuja,
Hagiographies and the Srivaisnava Community by
Ranjeeta Dutta, Fellow IIAS, 24 September 2009.
August 2009
Conferences,
Seminars and Workshops:
Lectures by Visiting
Scholars:
- Contextualizing the Kashmir Politics, by
Professor Noor Ahmad Baba, Department of Political
Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 10 August
2009 . Click
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- Kashmir Special Status: Myth and Reality,
by Professor Noor Ahmad Baba, Department
of Political Science, University of Kashmir, Srinagar
14 August 2009.
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- State Nation and Cultural Nation, by
Professor Bharat Wariavwalla, Delhi, 13 August
2009. Click
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Thursday Seminars:
- Literary Creativity of Punjabi Dalits and
its Exclusion from the Historiographical Praxis
by Dr. Raj Kumar Hans, Fellow IIAS, 6 August
2009.
- A Group Discussion on History and Memory,
20 August 2009.
- Naam Mein Kya Rakha Hai” Navjagran,
Renesaan aur British Oritentilism: Ek Prarambhik
Vichar by Professor Vir Bharat Talwar, Fellow
IIAS, 27 August 2009.
- Problematizing Exclusion: Issues of Theory
and Policy by Professor D.L.Sheth, National
Fellow IIAS, 28 August 2009. Click
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July 2009
Conferences,
Seminars and Workshops:
- Workshop on Narrating and Translating Women's
Cultural Heritage in Chamba Region of Himachal
Pradesh, in Collaboration with Sahitya Akademi,
2-3 July 2009.Click
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- International Conference on 50 Years of
Indian Television: Contemporary Issues, 14
and 15 July. Click
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- Making Sense of Gujarat by Dr. Raj
Kumar Hans and Dr. Tridip Suhrud, Fellows, 20
July 2009.
Lectures by Visiting
Professors:
Lectures by Visiting
Scholars:
- Television, Citizenship and Publicness:
Re-reading Doordarshan's History by Sh. Abhijit
Roy, Reader Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur
University, Calcutta, 10 July 2009. Click
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- Algebra in Antiquity by Professor
G.S. Pandey, President, Indian Society for History
of Mathematics, Ujjain, 17 July 2009. Click
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Thursday
Seminars:
- Reading Hind Swaraj in two Languages by
Professor Tridip Suhrud, Fellow IIAS, 2 July 2009.
- Talal Asad and the Critique of Liberal Secularism
by Dr. Manas Ray, Fellow IIAS, 9 July 2009.
- Tagore and Revolutionary Violence: Why the
Sanction to "burn" is not given
by Dr. Gangeya Mukherji, Fellow IIAS, 16 July
2009. Click
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- Hindi aur Marathi Dalit Rang Manch by
Sh. Mohan Dass Namishray, Fellow IIAS, 23 July
2009.
- Fostering Fealty: Kinship and Clientage
by Dr. Balkrishan Shivram, Fellow IIAS, 30
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 here
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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 .
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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.
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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. Click
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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.
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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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