भारतीय उच्च अध्ययन केंद्र (IIAS) शिमला में ‘Reflection on Emotions in Indian
Thought-Systems’ इस विषय पे आयोजित दो दिवसीय
अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सेमिनार में त्रिपुरा विश्वविद्यालय की पीएच.डी. शोध छात्रा येमली शर्मा
ने महत्वपूर्ण शोध पत्र प्रस्तुत किया । अँग्रेजी भाषा में शोधकार्य कर रही येमिली
इस सेमिनार में शामिल सबसे युवा प्रतिनिधि थी । आप के शोध आलेख का विषय था Conceptualizing
Emotions in Indian Thought-Systems from a Feminist Perspective, (Emily Sharma,
Tripura University)
आप ने स्त्री विमर्श के विभिन्न और अछूते पहलुओं
पर सभी का ध्यान आकर्षित कराया । पूरी संगोस्ठी की रूपरेखा इसप्रकार थी –
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
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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