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The Centre for South Asian Studies, Russian State University for the Humanities, invites you to attend the workshop

“Open Pages in South Asian Studies”

The workshop is to be held at the University (6, Miusskaya square, Moscow, 125993, Russia) in April 27-28, 2011. The workshop is going to be the first international meeting of scholars to be convened at the Centre.

The questions that we would like to raise for discussion at the workshop are the following:

What are the most important lacunae in our knowledge about South Asia?
What new problems have appeared recently and/or may appear in the future?
What do we need (and/or lack) to fill those lacunae and to face those problems?

These questions refer to both classical Indology and to modern South Asian Studies. The organizers of the event hope to stimulate a wide-ranging, cross-disciplinary discussion of the workshop’s topics.

The program of the workshop is given here:

April 27, Wednesday, Room 273

9³⁰-9⁴⁵	Inauguration
9⁴⁵-10³⁰	(the keynote speaker) Dr. Dominik Wujastyk Institut für Südasien-, Tibet- und Buddhismuskunde Universität Wien “How to choose a good Indological problem” (“Как выявить проблему, достойную для исследования индологом”)
10³⁰-11¹⁵	Dr. Alexander Dubiansky Inst. of Asian and African Countries Moscow State University “Problems of Studying the Tamil Literature” (“Проблемы исследования тамильской литературы”)
11¹⁵-11⁴⁵	Coffee break
11⁴⁵-12³⁰	Dr. D. Dayalan Archaeological Survey of India Chennai Circle “Open Pages in South Asian Archaeology” (“Белые пятна в археологии Южной Азии”)
12³⁰-13¹⁵	Dr. Sergey Kullanda Inst. of Oriental Studies of the RAS Moscow “Arian Prehistory and the Culture of Hindustan” (“Предыстория ариев и культура Индостана”)
13¹⁵-14⁴⁵	Lunch
14⁴⁵-15³⁰	Dr. Elisa Freschi, Dr. Artemij Keidan Università di Roma 'La Sapienza' Instituto di Studi Orientali Roma, “The Study of Indian Linguistics: Prescriptive Language in Nyāyamañjarī and Modern Speech Act Theories” (Изучение индийской лингвистики: нормативный язык в Nyāyamañjarī и современные теории речевого акта)
15³⁰-16¹⁵	Prof. Victoria Lyssenko, Prof. Artemij Kobzev Inst. of Philosophy of the RAS Inst. of Oriental Studies of the RAS Moscow “Did There Exist the Chinese Atomism: the Vaiśeṣika Atomistic Text in Chinese Philosophical Tradition” (“Существовал ли китайский атомизм: судьба атомистического текста вайшешики в китайской традиции”)
16¹⁵-16⁴⁵	Coffee break
16⁴⁵-17³⁰	Prof. Leonid Alaev Inst. of Oriental Studies of the RAS Moscow “Indian Village Community: Ideological Construct and Real Institution” (“Индийская сельская община: идеологема и реальный институт”)
17³⁰-18¹⁵	Prof. Dr. Jamal Malik Universität Erfurt Philosophische Fakultät Seminar für Religionswissenschaft und Islamwissenschaft “Pre-colonial Modernity: The Case of Indian Muslim Pietists” (“Доколониальная современность: на примере индийских мусульманских пиетистов”)
18¹⁵-19⁰⁰	Discussion

April 28, Thursday

10⁰⁰-10⁴⁵	(the keynote speaker) Prof. William Vanderbok South Asian Studies Association Woodland Hills, CA, USA “Publish or Perish Roulette: Where Scholars of South Asia Place Their Research Bets” (“Публиковать или погибнуть: на чём останавливают выбор исследователи Южной Азии”)
10⁴⁵-11³⁰	Prof. Alexandra Safronova Inst. of Asian and African Countries Moscow State University "Past and Present of Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka: Traditional Heritage versus Challenge of Modernity" (“Прошлое и настоящее буддизма тхеравады в Шри Ланке: традиционное наследие против вызовов современности”)
11³⁰-12⁰⁰	Coffee break
12⁰⁰-12⁴⁵	Prof. Vyacheslav Belokrenitsky Inst. of Oriental Studies of the RAS Moscow “The Western Region of South Asia: Problems of Contemporary Analysis of Tribal Areas” (“Западные районы Южной Азии: Проблемы изучения территорий обитания племён”)
12⁴⁵-13³⁰	Dr Manuela Ciotti International Research Center IGK Humboldt University Berlin “Rethinking the Dalit Question: Ethnographic Perspectives on Political Agency, Gender and Class in Urban North India” (“Новое осмысление проблемы неприкасаемых: этнографический подход к рассмотрению политического фактора, гендерной и классовой проблем в североиндийском городе”)
13³⁰-15⁰⁰	Lunch
15⁰⁰-15⁴⁵	Prof. Tatiana Shaumyan Inst. of Oriental Studies of the RAS Moscow “Open Pages in Modern History of Hindustan: New Interpretations” (“Белые пятна в современной истории Индостана: новые интерпретации”)
15⁴⁵-16³⁰	Dr. Alexander Vasilyev Inst. of Oriental Studies of the RAS Moscow “Documents on South Asia in Turkic Archives” (“Документы по Южной Азии в архивах Турции”)
16³⁰-17⁰⁰	Coffee break
17⁰⁰-17⁴⁵	Dr. Tatiana Zagorodnikova Inst. of Oriental Studies of the RAS Moscow “The Suhrawardy Family and Russia” (“Семья Сухраварди и Россия”)
17⁴⁵-19⁰⁰	Discussion
19⁰⁰-21⁰⁰	Fourchette

The working language of the workshop is English.

Every speaker will be given 30 minutes for his/her presentation, followed by 15-20 minutes for discussion.

If you are interested in attending the workshop, please, send your ideas at the address: olya.limonova@gmail.com