INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDY
RASHTRAPATI
NIVAS, SHIMLA - 171005
Seminar on
 ‘Reflection on Emotions in Indian
Thought-Systems’
(September 4-6,
2012)
Day I, 4 September 2012 (Tuesday)
Opening
session: (9.30-11.45 am)
 9.30-10.00            Registration
10.00-11.15           Opening
remarks: Peter Ronald deSouza, Director IIAS
                             Keynote address: T.R.S. Sharma, Fellow, IIAS
                             Inaugural speech: Purushottama Bilimoria, University
of 
                                                        California, Berkeley.
                             Introduction of Participants 
11.15-11.45           Tea Break/Group Photo
11.45-01.15           Multi-dimensionality of Emotions in Indian
Thought-Systems
                             Towards a
Metaphysics of Emotions in Indian Thought-Systems:
                             S.E. Bhelke, University of Pune
                             Moha Kāla:
Aporias of Emotions,
D. Venkat Rao, University of
                             Hyderabad 
                             Chair: T.R.S. Sharma
01.15-02.15           Lunch
Break
Session II:             Emotions in the Construction of the Sacred Feminine
(02.15-03.45)
                             Conceptualizing
Emotions in Indian Thought-Systems from a 
                                         Feminist Perspective, Emily Sharma, Tripura University
                             Maternal
Emotions in Art, Ambalicka Sood Jacob, Fellow, IIAS
                             Chair: Rukmini Bhaya Nair
03.45-04.00            Tea
Session III:          
 Emotional Encounter? What Happens When Darwin and 
(5.30-7.00)             Bharata Converse, Rukmini Bhaya Nair,
IIT, Delhi. 
Venue:                   Pool
Theatre
8.00 p.m.             
 Director’s Dinner
Day II,
5 September 2012 (Wednesday)
Session IV:            Emotions
in Classical Indian Philosophy and in Buddhism
(9.30-11.30)   
                     
       Emotions vs Rationality: Some Reflections from Purvamimamsa, 
                              Ujjwala Jha, University of Pune
Positive and Negative Emotions: Some Reflections on
their Treatment in Nyaya, V.N. Jha, University of Pune
                     
       Emotions in Buddhism, Varun Tripathi, University of Jammu   
                             Chair: Purushottama Bilimoria 
Session V:             Conceptualizing
“Negative” Emotions                
(11.30-01.30)  
Abhinivesh (The Fear of Death): From Anxiety to
Authenticity, Pankaj Basotia, Himachal University, Shimla 
Between Fear and Heroism: Tantric Path to Liberation, Aleksandra Wenta, Fellow, IIAS. 
Grief and Mourning: theorizing on the troubled bhāvas cross-culturally,
                                  Purushottama Bilimoria,
University of California, Berkeley 
                       
     Chair: Advaitavadini Kaul 
01.30-02.30           Lunch Break 
Session VI:     
      The Role of Emotions in Bhakti, Part I 
(02.30-4.30)    
                      
      Emotions and their Transformations in Indian Psychology: A Path 
                              to Oneness? Suneet Varma, University
of Delhi
Understanding the Relationship of Emotions and
Objectivity in the Context of Bhakti Surbhi
Vohra, IIT, Indore
Principal Emotions Contributing to the Supreme Love of
Śiva: Study of Early Śaiva
Hymnal Corpus, T. Ganeshan, French Institute of Pondicherry. 
                       
     Chair: Amitranjan Basu 
04.00.04.30           Tea
Day
III, 6 September 2012 (Thursday) 
Session VII:           The
nature of Bhava and Rasa 
(9.30-11.30)                     
                             The Concept of Bhāva and Bhāvana in
Kashmir  
                 
           Shaivism, Advaitavadini Kaul, IGNCA, Delhi 
                      
      Emotions in Sanskrit Poetics, Hari Dutt Sharma, University of 
                      
      Allahabad 
                      
      Rasa in Javanese Tradition, Andrea Acri, National University of 
                      
      Singapore 
                      
      Chair: V.N.Jha  
Session VIII:          Aesthetics
of Emotions in Dance and Song  
(11.30-01.00)  
                    
        The Concept of ‘Hasyam’ According to the Natyaśastra and as 
                              Expressed in Dance Today, Biliana
Mueller, University of Delhi
                             Songs of the Bauls of Bengal: Emotive Basis
for Religious and 
                               Philosophic Symmetry, Ujjwal
Jana, University of Pondicherry
                             Chair: D. Venkat Rao
                    
        Closing Remarks: Aleksandra Wenta, Fellow, IIAS
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