April 2007
Monthly Archive
Mon 30 Apr 2007
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This week we have the following:
Monday 30th April 11.00-12.00, OCHS Library Dr Shashiprabha Kumar, ‘The Concept of Dharma in Vaisesika.’
Monday 30th April 2.00-3.30, OCHS Library Graduate Seminar, Ms Pulane Lizzie Motswapong ‘A supergift or a conduit: The place of a daughter in the Indian marriage exchange’
Tuesday 1st May, 2.00-3.30, OCHS Library Gavin Flood ‘Introduction to tantric traditions 1’
Wednesday 2nd May, 1.00, Lunch, OCHS Library
Thursday 3rd May, 2.00-3.30, OCHS Library Shivdasani Seminar: Dr. Sangeetha Menon, ‘Beyond love and love beyond: Hindu and Western ideas of love’
I do hope that everyone will support our graduate seminar and also the Shivdasani lecture and seminar.
Wed 25 Apr 2007
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This URL has four short videos on Hinduism posted in 2006 and 2007: the Ardh Kumbh Mela, vegetarianism, Hindu teaching in school and a Hindu businessman on his religion.
The vegetarianism video is quite effective for a simple production. It was made by the youth group of the Dudley Mandir. Teaching Hinduism in school is a comparison of what English children know about Hinduism with what their parents know–with the parents coming up short. The last is a touching story of what Hinduism came to mean to a business man after the death of his father. The Mela video is too short for the subject and focused more on Ganga pollution than the event.
Mon 23 Apr 2007
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Dear All,
Welcome back everyone to the Trinity Term. We have a full programme before the exams this term. We are delighted to have with us two Shivdasani Fellows, Dr.
Sangeetha Menon, a fellow at the National Institute for Advanced Studies, and Dr Shashprabha Kumar, a lecturer at JNU, who will be presenting lectures and seminars at the centre. On behalf of OCHS I should like to extend a very warm welcome to them both. I am also very pleased that this term we will be having our usual OCHS lunch on Wednesdays at 1.00. Thanks to Gopal for organizing that.
So this week we have:
Wednesday 25th April, 1.00-2.00 Lunch, OCHS.
Thursday 26th April, 2.00-3.30, OCHS Library, Dr Shashiprabha Kumar, ‘Consciousness and Cognition in Vaisesika’
Friday 27th April, 11.00-12.00, OCHS library, Dr Sangeetha Menon, ‘Neurons, Experience, and Being: A discussion on consciousness.’
I look forward to seeing you all at these events.
Best wishes,
Gavin Flood