nehru memorial library seminars 2012

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02.01.12

NEHRU MEMORIAL MUSEUM AND LIBRARY

CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO

THE NMML PUBLIC EVENTS

[2012]

Date Day Type of Programme

Time Speaker Title Place

6-Jan-12 Friday Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Mr. Shyam Saran, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

'India's Climate change strategy after Durban' Seminar Room

9-Jan-12 Monday Public Lecture 3:00 p.m. Professor Kathleen D. Morrison, University of Chicago, USA

‘Archaeology of Forest and Field in South India: Past practices, contemporary consequences’

Seminar Room

10-Jan-12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3:00 p.m. Dr. V.K. Jain, Motilal Nehru College, University of Delhi

'Profiling Trade and Trade Networks in the economy of early medieval India'

Seminar Room

11-Jan-12 Wednesday Seminar 3.00 p.m. Prof. Linda Mahood, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

'Eglantyne Jebb and the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of the Child'

Seminar Room

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12-Jan-12 Thursday Public Lecture 3:00 p.m. Professor Ananya Jahanara Kabir, Leeds University, UK

'Village Communities and Sacred Groves: Reading Tacitus in British India'

Seminar Room

13-Jan-12 Friday Weekly Seminar

3:00 p.m. Dr. Ruby Lal, Emory University, Atlanta, USA

‘In pursuit of playfulness: Girlchild/woman in the colonial encounter, 1800-1900’

Seminar Room

14-Jan-12 Saturday Workshop 9:30 a.m. Dr. Anirudh Deshpande, Department of History, University of Delhi.

Workshop on: ‘New perspectives on Indian military history’

Seminar Room

16-Jan-12 Monday Public Lecture 3:00 p.m. Dr. Uma Chakravarty, Eminent Historian and Author, Retired Associate Professor in History, Miranda House, University of Delhi

'Film: 'A Quiet Little Entry' and Discussion' Seminar Room


3:00 p.m. Dr. Santosh Kumar Rai, Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi

'Community Capital: A Production-Network in the early 20th century handloom industry of the United Provinces'

Seminar Room

20-22-Jan-12

Friday to Sunday

Workshop 9:30 a.m. Dr. G. Arunima, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, and in association with scholars from The University of the Western Cape, South Africa, The University of Fort Hare, South Africa, The American University of Cairo, The University of Minnesota, USA.

Workshop on: ‘Love and Revolution’

Seminar Room

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23-Jan-12 Monday Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Dr. Rohini Hensman, Independent Researcher and Author, Sri Lanka

‘Workers, Unions and the Left: Responding to the Global Crisis’

Seminar Room


3:00 p.m. Prof. Gunnel Cederlof, Uppsala University, Sweden

'Climate, Commerce and Bureaucracy: Founding colonial rule in Northern East Bengal'

Seminar Room

27-Jan-12 Friday Public Lecture 3:00 p.m. Professor Thomas Trautmann, University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

‘Does Ancient India have history? Does history have Ancient India?’

Seminar Room

30-Jan-12 Monday Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Professor Tridip Suhrud, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology, Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat

'Emptied of all love: Gandhiji on 30th January 1948'.

Seminar Room


3:00 p.m. Prof. Badri Narayan, Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad

'Story of Recovering: Lost histories of Dalits and marginals'

Seminar Room

3-Feb-12 Friday Public Lecture 3:00 p.m. Professor Shekhar Pathak, Former Fellow, NMML and Editor, Pahar, Nainital, Uttarakhand

‘History and the Himalaya’ Seminar Room

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7-Feb-12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3:00 p.m. Dr. Ajay Gudavarthy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

'Can we De-Stigmatise Reservations in India?' Seminar Room

10-Feb-12 Friday Public Lecture 3:00 p.m. Professor Heather Goodall, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia

‘Geographies of Memory: Oral history and Contested Rivers in Australia’

Seminar Room

11-Feb-12 Saturday Workshop 9:30 a.m. Dr. Rashmi Sadana, Independent Researcher and Author.

Workshop on: ‘Writing the City: Narrative form and researching the everyday’

Seminar Room

11-Feb.-12 Saturday Group Interaction

3.00 p.m. Prof. Susan Vishwanathan, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

‘The alternative schooling networks and the Right to Education’

Seminar Room (Annex, 2nd Floor)


3:00 p.m. Dr. Surajit Mazumdar, Ambedkar University of Delhi

'Import-Substituting Industrialization and the Rise of New Business Groups in India: The case of Reliance'

Seminar Room

15-Feb-12 Wednesday Seminar 3.00pm Dr. Bhukya Bhangya, University of Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh

‘Colonialism and its Nomads in South India’ Seminar Room

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3.00 p.m. Dr. Ornit Shani, Department of Asian Studies, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

‘Democratizing Citizenship in India: The Making of the First Election’

Seminar Room

17-Feb-12 Friday Seminar 3:00 p.m. Dr. Annu Jalais, London School of Economics

‘On Rivers and Holy Shrines: The Bangladesh-Paschimbanga borderlands 60 years after the Partition of Bengal’

Seminar Room


3:00 p.m. Prof. Sunita Zaidi, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

'Reason and Rationality: Glimpses from Jahangir’s lifestyle'

Seminar Room

23-Feb-12 Thursday Panel Discussion

3.00 p.m. Prof. Robin Jeffrey (National University of Singapore), Suvojit Bagchi (Senior Journalist), Prakash Singh (Former IPS Officer) and Sumanta Banerjee (Reputed author and veteran journalist).

Panel Discussion on: ‘Maoism in 21st Century India: Fresh perspectives’

Seminar Room

25-Feb-12 Saturday Panel Discussion

3:00 p.m. Dr Anshu Malhotra, University of Delhi and Dr Farina Mir, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, Dr. Yogesh Snehi, Ambedkar University, Delhi, Dr, Raziuddin Aquil, Department of History, University of Delhi, Prof. Chetan Singh, Himachal University

Panel Discussion on: ‘Regional Histories: A perspective from Punjab and the North West’

Seminar Room

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3:00 p.m. Mr. Mahesh Gopalan, Doctoral Candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

'The Protestant Missionary Enterprise in Early Eighteenth Century Madras: Strategies, Dilemmas, Debates'

Seminar Room

2-Mar-12 Friday Public Lecture 3:00 p.m. Dr. Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

‘Good to Eat, Good to Think: Changing food practices in India’

Seminar Room

6-Mar-12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3:00 p.m. Dr. Navroz Dubash, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi

'From Norm Taker to Norm Maker? Indian Energy Governance in Global context'

Seminar Room


3:00 p.m. Dr. Farhana Ibrahim, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

'Culture, Performance and Transgression on the Margins: A reflection on the making of Gujarat'

Seminar Room

14-15-Mar-12

Wednesday & Thursday

Workshop 9:30 a.m. Professor Raman Mahadevan, Institute of Development Alternatives, Chennai.

Workshop on: ‘Rethinking Economic History: Circulation, exchange and enterprise in India’

Seminar Room

16-Mar-12 Friday Public Lecture 3:00 p.m. Prof. Ashwini Deshpande, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

‘Grammar of Caste: Economic discrimination in contemporary India’

Seminar Room


3:00 p.m. Dr. Vasudha Pande, Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Delhi

'Some Aspects of Environmental Histories of Uttrakhand'

Seminar Room

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23-Mar-12 Friday Panel Discussion

3.00 p.m. Prof. Deepak Pental, University of Delhi, Prof. Ashok Gulati, Chairman, APCCC, and Dr. Himanshu, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Panel Discussion on: ‘Agriculture in India’

Seminar Room


3:00 p.m. Dr. Vibha Joshi, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Gottingen, Germany

'The Reverberative Nature of the Global Network of Christianity: The Naga of North East India'

Seminar Room (Annexe Building 2nd Floor)

27-28 March- 12

Tuesday Wednesday

Conference 9.00 a.m. In association with the Ministry of Culture

Conference on: ‘A Symposium: The re-emergence of Delhi as capital’

Seminar Room

02-Apr-12 Monday

Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Prof. Rila Mukherjee, Institute de Chandernagor, West Bengal

‘Pelagic Passageways: Introducing the northern Bay of Bengal as Regional Unit’

Seminar Room

3-Apr-12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3:00 p.m. Dr. Aparna Balachandran, University of Delhi

'Christian Encounters: Religion, caste and the city in colonial South India'

Seminar Room

9-Apr-12 Monday Public Lecture 3:00 p.m. Dr. Shobhita Punja, National Culture Fund, New Delhi

‘Saving our Cultural Heritage: The challenge, the promise and the potential’

Seminar Room

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3:00 p.m. Dr. Jayabrata Sarkar, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi

'Dialectics of Dalit Politics: The rhetorical discourse of the Bahujan Samaj Party'

Seminar Room

13-Apr-12 Friday Panel Discussion

3.00 p.m. Dr. L.R.S. Lakshmi (University of Delhi), Dr. Zarine Ahmad (Centre for Social Sciences and Humanities) and Dr. Sayeeda Hameed (Former Fellow, NMML and Member, Planning Commission)

Panel Discussion on: ‘Indian Muslims: Cultures, societies, economies’

Seminar Room

16-Apr -12 Monday Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Prof. P.K. Datta, University of Delhi

‘A programme for cosmopolitan habitation: the vissictitudes of Viswa Bharati in the twentieth century'


3:00 p.m. Dr. Ataullah, Zakir Husain College, University of Delhi

'Delhi through the Eyes of Indo-Persian travellers: A comparison of two 18th century travelogues'

Seminar Room


3:00 p.m. Dr. Sudha Vasan, Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

'Growing up at the Border: Youth culture and identity in Ladakh'

Seminar Room

26-27-Apr-12

Thursday & Friday

Workshop 9:30 a.m. Prof. Ambuj Sagar, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Dr. Jahnavi Phalkey, King’s India Institute, King’s College, London, U.K.

Workshop on: ‘Mapping the Innovation Landscape: History and policy studies of Science and Technology in India’

Seminar Room

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30 – Apr- 12 Monday Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Prof. Harbans Mukhiya, Jawaharlal Nehru University

‘Alternative modernity, alternatives to modernity, multiple modernities – what else?

5-May-12 Saturday Workshop 9:30 a.m. Dr. Mayank Kumar, Fellow, NMML

Workshop on: ‘Environments and Histories’

Seminar Room

8-May-12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3:00 p.m. Dr. Rinku Lamba, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

'Delinking 'Nation' and 'State': A case for democratic Law-governed orders?'

Seminar Room

15-May-12 Tuesday Panel Discussion

3.00 p.m. Dr. Sangeeta Dasgupta (Jawaharlal Nehru Univeristy), Mr. Chandra Bhushan Singh (Centre for Science and Environment), Dr. Ghazala Shahabuddin (Ambedkar University of Delhi) and Dr. Kamal Choubey (Dayal Singh College, University of Delhi)

Panel Discussion on: ‘Forest Polities, Forest Ecologies: Legacies and challenges’

Seminar Room

22-May-12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3:00 p.m. Dr. Devesh Vijay, Zakir Hussain College, University of Delhi

'Structure and Mobility inside a Delhi Slum' Seminar Room

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25-May-12 Friday Panel Discussion

3.00 p.m. Prof. Farhat Hasan (University of Delhi), Dr. Tripta Wahi (Formerly, Hindu College, University of Delhi), Dr. Najaf Haider (Jawaharlal Nehru University) and Ms. Anubhuti Maurya (Doctoral Candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University)

Panel Discussion on: ‘Rethinking Mughal Historiography’

Seminar Room

5-Jun-12 Tuesday Seminar 3.00 p.m. Mr. J. Daniel Elam, Doctoral Candidate, Northwestern University, USA, Chicago

‘The anticolonial ethics of Lala Har Dayal’s hints for self culture’

Seminar Room

7-8-Jun-12 Thursday & Friday

Workshop 9:30 a.m. Prof. Venkatesh Kumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Workshop on: ‘Reforming Higher Education: States' Response to Federal Changes’

Seminar Room

12-Jun-12 Tuesday

Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Dr. Christu Doss, Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund

‘Imperial missions, cultural confrontations and the making of Hindu-Christian dialogue in South India in the twentieth century’

Seminar Room

29-Jun-12 Friday Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Prof. A.K. Verma, Department of Political Science, Christ Church College, Kanpur

‘Politics and Society in U.P.’ Seminar Room

10-July-12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Dr. Raja Shekhar Vundru, Joint Secretary, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

‘Political Representation : Dr. Ambedkar and the Electoral System’

Seminar Room

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13-July-12 Thursday & Friday

Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Prof. Jyotirmaya Sharma Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli, Hyderabad - 500 046

'The creation of Hinduism as a Religion'

Seminar Room


3.00 p.m. Mr. Kaustabh Deka, Doctoral Candidate, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

‘"From Movements to Accords and beyond:

The critical role of student organisations in the formation and performance of identity in

Assam ‘


3.00 p.m. Dr. Pankaj Jha, Lady Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.

‘Articulating Power in 15th Century Mithila: Conceptions of gender, caste, ethnicity and state in Vidyapati’s compositions’

Seminar Room

27-July-12 Friday Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Prof. Darshini Mahadevia, CEPT University, Ahmedabad

‘Growth Engine vs Inclusive Development: The Experiences and Dilemmas of Urbanisation in India’

Seminar Room


3.00 p.m. Dr. Yengkhom Jilangamba, Centre for the Studies of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi

‘Territorialising the Kabaw valley: British colonial mediation between Manipur and Burma in the early nineteenth century’

Seminar Room

4-Aug-12 Saturday Public Lecture 10.30 a.m. Mr. Subir Bhaumik, Editor Seven Sisters Post and Author, Guwahati

‘ Flower garden and fluid corridor : A New look at India’s northeast’

Seminar Room

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7-Aug-12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Prof. Nandita P. Sahai, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

‘A Caste in Transition: Sunars in early modern Rajasthan’

Seminar Room


3.00 p.m. Dr. Arup Ranjan Banerji, Department of History, University of Delhi

‘Shikapuri bankers and Powinda traders in Afghan and Uzbek lands in the nineteenth century’

Seminar Room

16-18-Aug-12

Thursday to Saturday

Workshop 9:30 a.m. Dr. Brinda Bose (Marg Humanities) and Dr. Prasanta Chakravary, , Dept. of English, University of Delhi.

Workshop on: ‘The Humanities in Ferment: Strategizing for our Times’

Seminar Room


3.00 p.m. Dr. Manjeet Baruah, School of Translation Studies and Training, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi

‘Mapping Cross roads: Assanese and narrative practices in the Brahmaputra Valley’

Seminar Room

22-Aug-12 Monday Panel Discussion

3.00 p.m. Prof. Priyaleen Singh, (School of Planning and Architecture), Prof. Nayanjot Lahiri (Department of History, University of Delhi), Dr. Meghna Krishnadas (National Centre for Biological Sciences), Mr. Ravi Agarwal (Toxics Link).

Panel Discussion on: ‘Conserving heritage, natural and monumental’

Seminar Room

24-25-Aug-12

Friday & Saturday

Workshop

9:30 a.m. Prof Sunil Khilnani, King’s India Institute, King’s College, London, UK.

Workshop on: ’Making Sense of Contemporary India’

Seminar Room

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3.00 p.m. Dr. Rashmi Pant, I.P. College, University of Delhi

‘Title to be confirmed’ Seminar Room

31-Aug-12 Friday Public Lecture 3.00 p.m. Prof. Sujata Patel, Department of Sociology, University of Hyderabad,

‘Colonial Episteme and the Framing of Modern Sociological Traditions’

Seminar Room

4-Sept.12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Dr. Vijayalakshmi Balakrishnan, CRY and Independent Scholar

‘From the margins: The child-State relationship revisited’

Seminar Room

11-Sept.-12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Dr. Rammathot Khongreiwo, Lakshmibai College, University of Delhi


14-Sept.-12 Friday Seminar 3.00 p.m. Dr. Sneh Mahajan, I.P. College, University of Delhi.

‘Colony’s resources, imperial designs: Defending the Indian empire’

Seminar Room

18-Sept. 12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Dr. Vinay Kumar Gupta, Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi

‘An Archaeological Perspective of the Early Settlement of Mathura’

Seminar Room

25-Sept. 12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Prof. Amar Farooqui, Department of History, University of Delhi

'Limits of Colonial Authority: The Imperial Palace in Anglo-Mughal Delhi'

Seminar Room

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16-Oct. 12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Dr. Malvika Maheshwari, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi


30 Oct. 12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Dr. Shashank Shekhar Sinha, Independent Scholar

‘Adivasis and Witch hunting in Colonial Chotanagpur'

Seminar Room

6-Nov. 12 Tuesday Weekly Seminar

3.00 p.m. Pallavi Chakravarty, Doctoral Student, Department of History, University of Delhi

'Post-Partition Refugee Rehabilitation in India with special reference to Bengal, 1947-71'

Seminar Room

23-Nov-12 Friday Seminar 3:00 p.m. Prof. Arupjyoti Saikia, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati

'Rivers and Flood-Plain: Landscape and Identity in the Brahmaputra Basin'

Seminar Room

6-8-Dec-12 Thursday to Saturday

Workshop 9:30 a.m. Prof. Madhavan Palat, JNMF and Prof. Himanshu Prabha Ray, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Workshop on: 'Negotiating space in the Medieval World'

Seminar Room

All are welcome.

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