Date and time:
2019-05-10 9:00 - 2019-05-10 17:30
Location:
VU Azijos ir transkultūrinių studijų institutas, Universiteto g. 5, Vilnius
May 10th Vilnius university Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies invites all to South Asia research Seminar.
Program:
9.00 – 11.00 Session 1. Moderator – K. Garalytė
Kristina Dolinina (Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies, Vilnius University) “Institution within Institution: Guru-śişya Parampara and Changing Institutional Setting in the Context of Kathak Performing Tradition”;
Deimantas Valančiūnas (Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies, Vilnius University) “Evil Spirits, Black Magic and the Exorcist: Discussions on Indian Gothic”;
Amal Pullarkkattu Pushkaran (School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University) “Soviet Influence on the Ideological and Cultural Imaginations in India: A Case Study of Kerala”;
Konstantinas Andrijauskas (Institute of International Relations and Political Sciences, Vilnius University) “Physical Infrastructure in China’s Minority Regions and Its Security Implications for South Asia”.
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 13.00 Session 2. Moderator – K. Andrijauskas
Jolita Zabarskaitė (University of Heidelberg) “Greater India Arguments and Movements in India and Indonesia”;
Emilija Zabiliūtė (The University of Edinburgh) “Claiming Status and Contesting Sexual Violence and Harassment among Community Healthcare Workers in Delhi”;
Kristina Garalytė (Institute of Asian and Transcultural Studies, Vilnius University) “Semantics and Politics of Suicide in South Asia: Rohith Vemula and the Student Movement”.
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 17.30 Film screening and discussion
Nicolas Jaoul (Center for Indian and South Asian Studies, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences) “Sangharsh ” (“Strife“) – Documentary film screening and discussion.
Web link: http://www.atsi.fsf.vu.lt/naujienos/bendros-naujienos/926-south-asia-research-seminar