[Reader-list] On Faith: The Transformative Possibilities A WORKSHOP

[arshad amanullah]

The Patna Collective Rethinking Faith and Secularism Workshops
Series/Workshop II

On Faith: The Transformative Possibilities

India International Centre, New Delhi

8th and 9th December 2012

Schedule



10:00am-11:20am

Introduction by The Patna Collective

Reflections I

Faith: Transformation or Decision?

Soumyabrata Choudhury, CSDS, New Delhi

Chair: Sitaramam Kakrala, Senior Fellow, CSCS, Bangalore

11:20am-11:35am Tea Break

Session I Embodiments

11:35am-1:15pm

Redefining the ‘Sacred’: Politics of Aesthetics (A look at Orhan Pamuk’s Snow)

Neerav Dwivedi, Department of English, University of Delhi

Murtis of the Market: A study of the Clay Models of Bengal

Moumita Sen, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages,
University of Oslo

Shattered Objects: Idols, Icons and Image in Abrahamic practices

Sarover Zaidi, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and
Ethnic Diversity, Goettingen

Discussant- Deepak Mehta

Chair- Siddhi Bhandari, Department of Sociology, Delhi

1:15-1:55 Lunch Break

1:55-3:15

Session II Forms

Faith and the Structure of the Mind

Kranti Saran, Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi

Law, Reason, Truth: Three Paradigmatic Problems Concerning Faith

Saumick De, School of Art and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

Discussant: Soumyabrata Choudhury, CSDS, Delhi

Chair- Mathew John, Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School

3:15-3:30 Tea Break

3:30- 4:15

Translation 1

Deepak Mehta, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Delhi
University, Delhi

Sitaramam Kakrala, CSCS, Bangalore

4:15- 5:00

Session III Structures

Religion/Faith as resource for Organizational Ideologies- the case of
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Amit Chaturvedi, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi

Discussant- Mohammad Sayeed, The Patna Collective, Delhi

Chair- Warisha Farasat



Day 2



10:00-11:40

Session IV Modes

“Mathamilattha Jeevan”:  A Lesson on Choice?

Sudha KF, Department of Cultural Studies, English and Foreign
Languages University, Hyderabad

Figuring a Commune the Muslim Way: A discussion on CH’s Travel Writing

Mohamed Shafeeq K, Department of Cultural Studies, English and Foreign
Languages University

Discussant: Antara Datta, Department of English, Delhi University, Delhi

Chair- Vidhi Shah, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi

11:20- 11:35 Tea break

11:35 -12:05

Session V Images

Politics, religion or Icon: Historical analysis of MGR and Rajkumar

Faheemuddin, Department of History and Culture, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

Discussant- Ashley Tellis

Chair- Shahrukh Alam, The Patna Collective, Delhi

12:05-12:50

Translation II

Ashley Tellis

Chair- Shahrukh Alam, The Patna Collective, Delhi

12:50-1:50 Lunch Break

1:50-2:20

TBA

2:20-3:40

Session VI Spaces

Remaking Faith in Exile: religion, space and memory among Kashmiri
Pandit forced migrants in Jammu

Ankur Datta, Assistant Professor, South Asian University, Delhi

The Mystic Space in a Colonial City: The Case of Sri Ramakrishna's
Colonial Encounter

Dhrubajyoti Sarkar, Assistant Professor, English, Kalyani University

Discussant- Savyasaachi

Chair- Zarin Ahmed, Associate Researcher, Centre de Sciences Humaines, Delhi

3:40- 3:55 Tea Break

3:55-5:00

Reflection II

Savyasaachi, Head, Department of Sociology, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi

Chair- Khalid Anis Ansari, The Patna Collective, Delhi