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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