The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO

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1 The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TO The Tuesday Weekly Seminars, Public Lectures, Workshops & Panel Discussions All are welcome All workshops will commence at 9.30 a.m. and others will commence at 3.00 p.m. in the Seminar Room of the Library Building on the said dates. Days Date Speaker Title Tuesday 13 th September, 2011 Mr. Mukul Sharma, Environment, Democracy, Authority: an independent scholar The meaning of Anna Hazare in Relegan Siddhi Wednesday 21 st September, 2011 PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE DAY Dr Pnina Motzafi Haller, Ben Gurion University Listening to the subaltern woman speak: A Israeli story of class, ethnic and gendered marginalization Tuesday 27 th September, 2011 Dr. Devika Rangachari, Independent Scholar, Recovering Invisibilized Women in Early Medieval North India Monday 3 rd October, 2011 PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE DAY Nithya V Raman, Independent Scholar, Chennai Planning for the worker in Indian cities Tuesday 4 th October, 2011 Dr. Sandhya Sharma, Vivekanand College, University of Inducting Braj poetry into the World of History: Revisiting beliefs and misconceptions 1

2 Tuesday 11 th October, 2011 Prof. Vijaya Ramaswamy, University 'Gender, Language and the Quest for a Tamil Identity in Colonial Tamil Nadu: A study of the politics and persona of Neelambikai Ammaiyar' Wednesday 12 th October, 2011 (Panel Discussion) Dr. Veena Naregal, Institute of Economic Growth, Labour, Language, Politics: Towards conceptual histories Tuesday 18 th October, 2011 Dr. Vishwa Mohan Jha, A.R.S.D. College, University of Tuesday 25 th October, 2011 Prof. Joan Martinez Alier, Autonomous University of Barcelona in Spain Individuating pre capitalist economic formations Ecological Macro Economics: Social metabolism, and the global movement for environmental justice Thursday 27 th October, 2011 Prof. Achin Vainaik University of, 'Palestine's Search for Justice: Contemporary developments and possible trajectories' Tuesday 1 st November, 2011 Prof. Richard P. Tucker, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Insatiable Appetite Revisited: The US Impact on the tropical world Monday 7 th November, 2011 (Panel Discussion) Dr Usha Ramanathan, Independent Scholar Land acquistion : Re visiting eminent domain and rehabilitation' Tuesday 8 th November, 2011 Dr. R.P Bahuguna, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Reformed' Vaishnavism as State Ideology in 18th century Rajasthan 2

3 Tuesday 15 th November, 2011 Dr. David Vumlallian Zou, University of, Tuesday 22 nd November, 2011 Mr. Dinesh C Sharma, Science Editor, Mail Today "Spiritualized Homelands: Imagining nonconformist Wales and colonial Mizoram " Nehru: The unlikely hero of India's IT revolution Friday 4 th November, 2011 Professor GSL Devra, Former Vice Chancellor, Kota Open University, Kota, Rajasthan Social Dismemberment and Environmental Crisis in pre colonial West and Northwest India Friday 18 th November 2011 Friday 25 th November 2011 Saturday 26 th November, 2011 Professor Vinay Lal, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA Professor Purushottam Agrawal, Union Public Service Commission, Dr Ghazala Shahabuddin, Ambedkar University (AUD), Dr Richa Kumar, Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT D), and Dr Rohan D Souza, University (JNU). 'Gandhi and Palestine' Kabir and his Times Environmental Transformations and the Politics of Place 3

4 Tuesday 29 th November, 2011 Dr. Sumangala Damodaran, Ambedkar University Protest through Music: Understanding the Indian People s Theatre Association (IPTA) s musical repertoire Monday 5 th December 2011 Friday Saturday 9 th 10 th December, 2011 Saturday 10 th December, 2011 At AM PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE DAY & TIME Professor Tanika Sarkar, University, New Dr Charu Gupta, University of, and Dr Anupama Rao, Barnard College, New York, USA. Mr. Maan Barua, Brasenose College, University of Oxford Between Law and Faith: Governance of custom and ritual in early colonial Bengal' 'Caste and Intimacy' Beyond Political Ecology: Animating culture, culturing the animal, rethinking human elephant relationships in northeast India Tuesday 13 th December, 2011 Dr. Rashmi Sadana, Indian Institute of Technology, The Metro: A history of the present Monday 19 th December, 2011 Professor Gyanendra Pandey, Emory University, Atlanta, USA Un archived Histories: Reflections on the Struggle against Caste and Race in India and the USA 4

5 Tuesday 20 th December, 2011 Dr. Radha Madhav Bharadwaj, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Social Implications of Buddhist logic with special reference to Dharmakirti during early medieval India Monday 9 th January, 2012 Professor Kathleen Morrison, University of Chicago, USA Archaeology of Forest & Field in South India: Past Practices, Contemporary Consequences Tuesday 10 th January, 2012 Dr. V.K. Jain, Motilal Nehru College, University of Profiling Trade and Trade Networks in the economy of early India Friday 13 th January, 2012 PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THE DAY Saturday 14 th January, 2012 Dr. Ruby Lal, Emory University, Atlanta, USA 'Perspectives and recent studies on medieval, modern and contemporary Indian military history' Becoming Woman: Family and civilization in the colonial encounter, 'Perspectives and recent studies on medieval, modern and contemporary Indian military history' Tuesday 17 th January, 2012 Dr. Santosh Kumar Rai, Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Community Capital: A production network in the early twentieth century handloom industry of the United Provinces 5

6 Friday Saturday 20 th 21 st January, 2012 Dr G Arunima, Jawaharlal Nehru University,, 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. Love and Revolution Tuesday 24 th January, 2012 Dr. Gunnel Cederlöf Uppsala University Climate, Commerce and Bureaucracy: Founding colonial rule in Northern East Bengal Friday 27 th January, 2012 Professor Thomas Trautmann, University of Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Does History have Ancient India? Tuesday 31 st January, 2012 Prof. Badri Narayan, Govind Ballabh Pant Social Science Institute, Allahabad Story of Recovering: Lost histories of Dalits and marginals Friday 3 rd February, 2012 Professor Shekhar Pathak, Former Fellow, NMML and Editor, Pahar, Naini Tal, Uttarakhand History and the Himalaya 6

7 Tuesday 7 th February, 2012 Dr. Ajay Gudavarthy, University, New Can we De Stigmatise Reservations in India? Friday 10 th February, 2012 Professor Heather Goodall, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Geographies of memory: Oral history and contested rivers in Australia Saturday 11 th February, 2012 Dr Rashmi Sadana, Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT D). Writing the City: Narrative Form and Researching the Everyday Tuesday 14 th February, 2012 Dr. Surajit Mazumdar, Ambedkar University, Tuesday 20 th February, 2012 Professor Gita Dharmpal Frick, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany Tuesday 21st February, 2012 Prof. Sunita Zaidi, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Import Substituting Industrialization and the Rise of New Business Groups in India: The case of Reliance Interrogating the historical discourse on caste and race in India Reason and Rationality: Glimpses from Jahangir s lifestyle Saturday 25 th February, 2012 (Panel Discussion) Dr Anshu Malhotra, University of and Dr Farina Mir, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA Regional Histories: A perspective from Punjab and the North West 7

8 Tuesday 28 th February, 2012 Mr. Mahesh Gopalan, Doctoral candidate, University, New Friday 2 nd March, 2012 Dr. Amita Baviskar, Institute of Economic Growth, Tuesday 6 th March, 2012 Dr. Navroz Dubash, Centre for Policy Research, New Tuesday 13 th March, 2012 Dr. Farhana Ibrahim, Indian Institute of Technology, The Protestant Missionary Enterprise in Early Eighteenth Century Madras: Strategies, dilemmas, debates Good to Eat, Good to Think: Changing Food Practices in India From Norm Taker to Norm Maker? Indian Energy governance in global context Culture, Performance and Transgression on the Margins: A reflection on the making of Gujarat Wednesday Thursday 14 th 15 th March, 2012 Friday 16 th March, 2012 Professor Raman Mahadevan, Institute of Development Alternatives, Chennai. Prof. Ashwini Deshpande, School of Economics, University of Rethinking Economic History: Circulation, exchange and enterprise in India Grammar of Caste: Economic Discrimination in Contemporary India Tuesday 20 th March, 2012 Dr. Vasudha Pande, Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Some Aspects of Environmental Histories of Uttrakhand 8

9 Tuesday 27 th March, 2012 Dr. Vibha Joshi Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Goettinegn, Germany Tuesday 3 rd April, 2012 Dr. Aparna Balachandran, University of, The Reverberative Nature of the Global Network of Christianity: The Naga of North East India Christian Encounters: Religion, caste and the city in colonial South India Friday 6 th April, 2012 Dr. Shobhita Punja, National Culture Fund, New Saving our cultural heritage: The challenge, the promise and the potential Tuesday 10 th April, 2012 Dr. Jayabrata Sarkar, Deshbandhu College, University of Tuesday 17 th April, 2012 Dr. Ataullah, Zakir Husain College, University of Dialectics of Dalit Politics: The rhetorical discourse of the Bahujan Samaj Party through the Eyes of Indo Persian Travellers: A comparison of two 18 th century travelogues Friday 20 th April, 2012 Dr. Savithri Preetha Nair, Independent Scholar, London, UK The Chromosome Woman: E. K. Janaki Ammal and the making of South Asian environmental history, Tuesday 24 th April, 2012 Dr. Sudha Vasan, University of, Growing up at the Border: Youth culture and identity in Ladakh 9

10 Thursday Friday 26 th 27 th April, 2012 Prof. Ambuj Sagar, Indian Institute of Technology, And Dr. Jahnavi Phalkey, King s India Institute, King s College, London, U.K. Mapping the Innovation Landscape: History and Policy Studies of Science and Technology in India Tuesday 8 th May, 2012 Dr. Rinku Lamba, University, New Delinking 'Nation' and 'State': A case for democratic law governed orders? Thursday Friday 7 th 8 th June, 2012 Prof Venkatesh Kumar, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Reforming Higher Education: States Response to Federal Changes Thursday to Saturday 9 th 11 th August, 2012 Marg Humanities (Dr. Brinda Bose and Dr. Prasanta Chakravarty, University of ) The Humanities in Ferment: Strategizing for our Times' Friday Saturday 17 th 18 th August, 2012 Prof Sunil Khilnani, King s India Institute, King s College, London, UK. Making Sense of Contemporary India Those wishing to have their names added to the e mail list may please e mail us at: nmmldirector@gmail.com Please note that nearest Metro Stations (Race Course and Central Secretariat) and the key DTC bus numbers 620, 604, 680, and 720. Please do also note there is a Lift for the First Floor for those who may need to use it for access. 10

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