THIRD MIDDLE EUROPEAN STUDENT INDOLOGY CONFERENCE
19 - 21 May 2011, Wrocław
19.05.2011 – THURSDAY (University of Wrocław, Institute of History, ul. Szewska 49, Auditorium).
9.00 – 11.00 – Registration.
10.00 – 11.00 – Opening ceremony.
11.00 – 11.30 – Opening lecture: prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Biliński (University of Wrocław):
The Indian Motifs in the Poetry of Bogusław Butrymowicz.
11.30 – 12.30 – PANEL 1: INDIAN LITERATURE.
11.30 – 12.00 – Maria Jawłowska (University of Warsaw):
The Concept of Tinai in Classical Tamil Poetry.
12.00 – 12.30– Vedrana Pavlak (University of Zagreb)
Chayavad.
12.30 – 13.00 – Péter Sági (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest):
Female Characters in the Short Stories of Mohan Rakesh.
13.00 – 13.30 – COFFEE/TEA BREAK
13.30 – 15.00 –PANEL 2: LINGUISTICS.
13.30 – 14.00 – Krystian Kosowski (Jagiellonian University, Cracow):
Philosophy of Language in the Works of Bhartrhari.
14.00 – 14.30 – Maria Woźniak (University of Wrocław):
Managing Multilingual India.
14.30 – 15.00 – Daniel Stender (Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études IV, Paris):
XML in Indology.
15.00 – 17.00 – LUNCH, BREAK
17.00 – 18.30 – PANEL 3: POLITICAL ISSUES IN MODERN INDIA.
17.00 – 17.30 – Joanna Malec (Pontifical University of John Paul II in Cracow):
Ideology of Hindutva Movement.
17.30 – 18.00 – Layli Uddin (University of Oxford):
Pir, Peasant and Politician: The Making of Maulana Bhashani in Colonial Assam 1930-47.
18.00 – 18.30 – Jayaraj Manepalli (University of Vienna):
The Hidden War in India: The Left-Wing Extremism. Between People’s Issues and Ideological Goals?
20.00 – Kalarippayattu Workshop
20.05.2011 – FRIDAY
9.00 – 10.30 – PANEL 4: INDIAN ART.
9.00 – 9.30 – Barbara Banasik (University of Warsaw):
Women in Indian Ancient World – an Analysis of the Paintings of Ajanta.
9.30 – 10.00 – Alicja Łozowska (University of Wrocław):
“These are the gardens of Eden, enter them and live forever.” About the Paradisical Imagery of the Funeral Imperial Architecture in Mughal India – From Humayun’s Tomb to Taj Mahal.
10.00 – 10.30 – Katarzyna Ochman (University of Warsaw):
Henna in India.
10.30 – 11.00 – COFFEE/TEA BREAK
11.00 – 12.30 – PANEL 5: SOCIAL ISSUES IN INDIA.
11.00 – 11.30 – Sylwia Kwaterska (University of Wrocław):
India’s Third Gender – The Issue of Hijras in Modern Indian Society.
11.30 – 12.00 – Agnieszka Ibupoto (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań):
“Babies Made in India” – The Problem of Surrogate Motherhood.
12.00 – 12.30 – Megan Robb (University of Oxford):
Debating Faith and Reason in Islam: Hakīm al-Ummat and the Correspondence of Ashraf ‘Ali Thanawi and Abdul Majid Daryabadi.
12.30 – 13.00 –COFFEE/TEA BREAK
13.00 – 14.00 –PANEL 6: CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA.
13.00 – 13.30 – Branka Dimitrieva (University of Wrocław):
Blessed Mother Teresa. From Skopje to Calcutta.
13.30 – 14.00 – Aneta Krejczy (University of Wrocław):
Laddu Gopal or the Infant Jesus? On Acculturation in the Indian Catholic Church.
14.00 – 16.00 – LUNCH
16.00 – 18.00 – ORGANIZED CITY TOUR
19.00 – 22.00 – DINNER AND PARTY
21.05.2011 – SATURDAY
9.30 – 11.00 – PANEL 7: INDIAN RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY.
9.30 – 10.00 – Stanisław Kania (University of Warsaw):
Gods vs. gods. Some Thoughts on the Nature of Hindu Deva-Asura and Norse Æsir-Vanir Conflicts.
10.00 – 10.30 – Krzysztof Szokalski (University of Wrocław)
Concept of the Absolute in Bhagavadgita.
10.30 – 11.00 – Rafał Kłeczek (University of Warsaw):
An Attempt at Reconstructing the Original Pāśupata Doctrine.
11.00 – 11.30 – Richard Williams (University of Oxford):
“Radiance Spills Out When She Walks”: Footprints and Theology in the Radhavallabh Sampraday.
11.30-12.00 COFFEE/TEA BREAK
12.00 – 14.00 – PANEL 8: INDIA TODAY.
12.00 – 12.30 – Leon Ciechanowski, Judyta Latymowicz, Luiza Działowska, Amadeusz Just (University of Warsaw):
Establishment of New Administrative Units in India.
12.30 – 13.00 – Antonina Małowiecka (University of Wrocław):
Unprotected Areas: Dilemmas of Managing Environmental Conflicts in Indian Himalayan Region.
13.00 – 13.30 – Agnieszka Skulicz (University of Wrocław)
The Relationship between Indian and Chinese Mythology in Relation to the Monkey King.
13.30 – 14.00 - Lukas Guttek (University of Vienna)
Changing Institutional Framework and Multinational Corporations: Case Study of Indian Pharmaceutical Industry.
14.00 – 15.00 – OFFICIAL CLOSING OF THE CONFERENCE
15.00 – 17.00 – LUNCH