Liberal Arts in the 21st Century: Modern Questions, Ancient Answers

17 March 2017, 05:30 am
Liberal Arts in the 21st Century: Modern Questions, Ancient Answers
Programme Type
Talks
FRIDAY 17
 
TALK  ? SEMINAR ROOMS II& III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 17:30
 
Speaker: Professor Tamar Szabó Gendler, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Yale University and Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and also Professor Psychology and Cognitive Science, Yale
 
(Collaboration: Ashoka University)

Sitar Recital

16 March 2017, 05:30 am
Sitar Recital
Programme Type
Cultural
 
 
By Mehtab Ali Niazi from Delhi, son and disciple of   Ustad Mohsin Ali Khan

The WISCOMP Saahas Awards

16 March 2017, 05:30 am
The WISCOMP Saahas Awards
Programme Type
Cultural
 
 
 
 
The Awards for Heroes of Courage and Women Change Agents recognizes the exemplary work of young Indians who chose to act against violence that women experience in both public and private spaces. The women, men and  transgenders, who will be felicitated, come from diverse contexts but they are all committed to one cause: an India where girls and women have access to equal rights and where there is zero tolerance for gender-based violence
 
(Collaboration WISCOMP)
 

Indonesia, the Fulcrum of South East Asia: In which Direction is it Moving?

15 March 2017, 05:30 am
Indonesia, the Fulcrum of South East Asia: In which Direction is it Moving?
Programme Type
Talks
 
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Speaker: Dr. Dewi Fortuna Anwar, a leading Indonesian scholar and Secretary to the Vice-President of Indonesia
 
Chair: Prof. Baladas Ghoshal
 
(Collaboration: Society for Indian Ocean Studies and ICCR)

CREEDS OF OUR TIMES

15 March 2017, 05:30 am
CREEDS OF OUR TIMES
WEDNESDAY 15
 
FILM  ? C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM AT 18:30
 
Curated by Rajiv Mehrotra
 
Lost Horizon(USA)
134 min; 1937; dvd; b/w; English)
Director: Frank Capra
 
Recipient of the Oscar Award for Best Art Direction & Best Film, Academy Awards 1938; and National Film Registry, National Film Preservation Board 2016
 
Classic film based on James Hilton’s best-selling novel about the enchanted paradise of Shangri-la, where time stands still
 
(Collaboration: Foundation for Universal Responsibility of His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 
 
 

Across the Threshold of India: Women, Art and Culture

14 March 2017, 05:30 am
Across the Threshold of India: Women, Art and Culture
Programme Type
Talks
 
 
TALK  ? SEMINAR ROOMS II & III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX AT 18:30
 
Speaker: Dr. Martha Strawn is a Fulbright Scholar and photographer who has worked for thirty-five years on the practice, and the history and meaning of the threshold diagrams of India. Since 1977 she has revisited areas seven times, visually tracking variations in the practice as the Indian culture changed. She worked with women in neighbourhoods and villages, as well as, with Indian scholars in North and South India to create a visual and textual testament to the importance of the threshold diagrams as is chronicled in her book, Across the Threshold of India: Women, Art and Culture
 
Chair: Dr Sharada Nayak
 
(Organised by the IIC International Research Division)

ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SERIES

14 March 2017, 05:30 am
ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH SERIES
Programme Type
Talks
TALK  ? CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30
 
 
Air Travel and My Health
Series Moderator: Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director-Professor, Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi
 
Keynote Speaker: Shri J.S. Rawat, Joint Director General, Directorate General of Civil Aviation
 
Panelists: Dr. Jyotsna Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Army Medical College; Dr. Neeraj Gupta, Senior Medical Officer, DGHS, GNCTD; Dr. T.K. Joshi, Consultant and Expert in Occupational Health and Safety; and Dr. Naresh Gupta, Director Professor, MAMC 
 
(Collaboration: Health Environment Foundation in association with Consumers India)

True Friends – Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók

14 March 2017, 05:30 am
True Friends – Zoltán Kodály and Béla Bartók
Programme Type
Cultural
 
 
A Piano recital by Prof. Balazs Fueleii on the occasion of the 50th death anniversary of Zoltan Kodaly
 
The programme includes works by Kodaly and Bela Bartok
  
(Collaboration: Hungarian Information and Cultural Centre)
 

Of Flesh and Fog

11 March 2017, 05:30 am
Of Flesh and Fog
 
An exhibition of works in pen & ink and watercolours and shadow puppets
By Tarini Sethi from Delhi
 
Inauguration on Friday, 10 March 2017 at 18:30 

An Evening of Haiku Poetry

10 March 2017, 05:30 am
An Evening of Haiku Poetry
Programme Type
Cultural
READINGS  ? CONFERENCE ROOM I AT 18:30
 
Release of Prof. N.K. Singh's book Haiku View followed by readings
 
Dr. Unita Sachidanand, Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi will speak on The Concept of Minimalism and Haiku in Japan
 
Mr.  Kousuke Noguchi, Director, Japanese Language & Japanese Studies, Japan Foundation, New Delhi will also speak
Chair: Prof G.J.V. Prasad, Professor, Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
 
(Collaboration: The Poetry Society, India)