Archaeology and Heritage
Archaeology and Heritage
National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome (40 min)
A virtual tour of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome conducted by Angelina Jimbo
The museum, located on the edge of the magnificent park of Villa Borghese, houses the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Italy.
An initiative of the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi and Bell’Italia 88
Botanical Paintings of Indian Flowering Plants
Botanical Paintings of Indian Flowering Plants
An online exhibition by Siddhartha Das Studio
Two centuries ago, the British botanists began a visual study of Indian flora. Indian artists were commissioned to make botanical paintings which were sent back to Britain where it survives in collections at some of the Royal botanical gardens.
Siddhartha Das Studio has recently commissioned skilled miniature artists to create a series of botanical paintings of Indian flowering plants to celebrate this legacy
From India to Auschwitz – Remembering the Roma and Sinti lost in the Holocaust
From India to Auschwitz – Remembering the Roma and Sinti lost in the Holocaust
Panelists: Prof. Dr. Hristo Kyuchukov, linguist and educator, specialist on Romani language and education of Roma, he is Professor of Intercultural Education and Psycholinguistics, University of Silesia; Ms Karolina Mirga Danek, Roma activist working on the issues of Roma youth, Roma women and empowerment and one of the founders of Ternype International Roma Youth Network and Dikh He Na Bister (Look and Don’t Forget) – Roma Genocide Initiative and of the Ride of Happiness organisation
Moderator: Dr. Punita Singh, communication scientist, musicologist and Educator based in Delhi. She has worked with the Romani community for several decades and currently serves as a Vice President of International Romani Union
India is considered to be the original home of the Roma and Sinti. Multiple reasons, routes and timelines have been proposed for their migration and their retention of Indian linguistic and cultural traits. Their long journey out of India did not always lead to hospitable new lands. Some roads led to Auschwitz-Birkenau where on 2nd August 1944, several thousand Roma and Sinti perished in the ‘liquidation’ of the ‘Zigeunerfamilienlager’ (Gypsy family camp). It is estimated that over half a million Roma and Sinti were lost in the mass murder (Samudaripen) and brutal devouring (Porrajmos) organised by the Nazi regime and their World War II allies
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How Modi Won India
How Modi Won India
Sardesai documents how this was a truly TIMO — There Is Modi Only — election. The Opposition just did not have anyone who could match Modi in the public imagination. Voters saw in the PM a man committed to India’s development, or a messiah for the poor, or a nationalist securing India against enemies, or all of the above. More than in 2014, this election was truly presidential in nature. It exposed the limits of the Congress strategy of turning it into 543 local contests. And if the current trend holds, the Opposition may well have to think whether it can present a single, credible face for 2024, and build the person’s image accordingly. Sardesai’s work is an examination of many factors and elements that led to BJPs victory.
Age cannot wither Shakespeare 400
Age cannot wither Shakespeare 400
Sonnets: Recitation and Song (68 min)
Recitations: Sunit Tandon; Sabina Mehta Jaitly; Shormistha Panja; and Anhad Anand
Songs: Justin McCarthy (harpsichord) and Sunanda Rao Erdem and others (vocal)
Introduction: Prof. Shormistha Panja
Coordinator: Bhaskar Ghose
Webcast recording of the IIC programme held on 9th December 2016
The Science and Technology Lectures What is Mathematics?
.The Science and Technology Lectures
What is Mathematics? (80 min)
Speaker: Shri Balkrishna Shetty, IFS (Retd.), former Indian Ambassador and currently Guest Faculty at IIT, Delhi who is teaching Number Theory and is the author of What is Mathematics (National Book Trust India, 2013)
Introduction: Prof. Shobhit Mahajan
Chair: Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Director, NCERT
Webcast recording of the IIC programme held on 7th March 2014
IIC Double Bill: Dance and Music Recitals
IIC Double Bill: Dance and Music Recitals
Bharatanatyam Recital
By Anannya Chatterjee from Delhi, disciple of Guru Jayalakshmi Eshwar
The artist will present three items choreographed by Guru Jayalakshmi Eshwar – Ananda Narthana Ganapatim; Keerthanam – Shankara Shri Giri; and Thilanna
Followed by
Hindustani Vocal Recital
By Nishant Panicker from Bengaluru, disciple of Vidushi Lalith J. Rao
Accompanists: Shashibhushan Gurjar (tabla); Surya Upadhyaya (harmonium); and Krishnendra Samarth (tanpura)
Mental Health: Perceiving Challenge as Opportunity
Mental Health: Perceiving Challenge as Opportunity
Speaker: Dr. Meetu Khosla, Associate Professor, Psychology Department, Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi
Moderator: Prof. Chandra Mohan, Chair, ICLA Standing Research Committee for South Asian Literature, Culture and Environment
Video recording of a talk on Webinar for IIC
Archaeology and Heritage
Archaeology and Heritage
Brescia – A Roman City in Northern Italy
An illustrated lecture by Dr. Francesca Morandini, archaeologist and Director, Santa Giulia Museum in Brescia
Dr. Morandini will take viewers on a virtual tour of the Roman city of Brescia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Founded over 3,200 years ago, Brescia (in antiquity Brixia) has been an important regional centre since pre-Roman times. Its old town contains the best-preserved Roman public buildings in northern Italy and numerous monuments. One of the cities in Italy most severely impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, the talk is also a tribute to the city and its inhabitants
An initiative of the Italian Embassy Cultural Centre, New Delhi and Bell’Italia 88
Archaeology and HeritageLive webcast on 5th IIC/Open Health Systems Colloquium
Live webcast on 21st August 2020 at 7:30 pm
Applications of AI in Cancer research – Preparations, Progress and Predictions
Applications of AI in Cancer research – Preparations, Progress and Predictions
By Eric Stahlberg, Ph.D., Director, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research (FNLCR)
Chair: Prof. Phil Bourne, Stephenson Chair of Data Science and Director of the School of Data Science and Professor, University of Virginia
Eric Stahlberg has played a leadership role in many key partnerships, including a major collaboration between the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Department of Energy (DOE), USA. Under the Joint Design of Advanced Computing Systems for Cancer (JDACS4C), NCI and DOE are accelerating progress in precision oncology and computing. The collaboration is rooted in three major national initiatives; the Precision Medicine Initiative, the National Strategic Computing Initiative, and the Cancer Moonshot
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