Seminar on the “Confluence of Civilizations: India, Greece & Others” at JNU (updated with photos)
The Greek Chair at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi successfully organized a National Seminar on the theme “Confluence of Civilizations: India, Greece & Others” on 23rd and 24th December 2018 at the Convention Center of the University.
The conference was attended by Ms. Isidora Petropoulou, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Greece, Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, Greek Chair at JNU, the renowned scholars on Indo-Greek studies Prof. U. P. Arora and Prof. Bharat Gupt and many more Professors and Scholars from all over India.
PROGRAMME
Sunday, 23rd December 2018
INAUGURAL SESSION
Welcome Note by Dr. Anil Kumar Singh, Greek Chair, JNU
Inaugural Address by Ms. Isidora Petropoulou, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Greece, New Delhi
Key Note Address by Prof. U.P. Arora, Eminent Historian, Ex-Greek Chair
Address by Prof. Bharat Gupt, Eminent Indologist, Trustee IGNCA
Address by Mr. Awanikant Deo, Eminent Art Historian
ACADEMIC SESSION-1
Chair: – Dr. Sanjay Kumar, EFLU, Hyderabad
Dr. Manisha Tyagi (Meerut)
Ports of Sri Lanka in Graeco-Roman Accounts: their identification
Dr. Krishna Gopal Tyagi (Delhi)
The Gandhara School of Art: A Study of Greece and Indian Cultural Confluence
Dr. Anita Goswami (Meerut)
Indian, Greek and Egyptian Asceticism
Mohammad Imran Nasir (Allahabad)
Confluence of Greek and Arab Civilization
ACADEMIC SESSION-2
Chair: – Dr. Subhash Kumar, Manipal University, Jaipur
Dr. Sriniket Mishra (NOIDA)
Indo-Greek Theatre and Antigone
Dr. Saad Ullah Khan & Dr. Tanveer Ahmed
Assessing the Relative Development of Medieval Medicine in Greco-Arab Context: An Analytical Approach
17:30-19:30. A Satirical Play, Padam Shri Prahasan, by the Great Indian Storytellers at the Auditorium-1
Monday, 24th December 2018
ACADEMIC SESSION-3
Chair: – Prof. Abdul Rasak Tharayil, Assam University, Silchar
Dr. Mohammd Ajmal (JNU, New Delhi)
Greece – Arab Relations; Resemblances and commonalities: A Cultural Perspective
Prof. R.P. Singh (JNU, New Delhi)
Perspectival Interface: Indian And Greek Philosophy: Dialogue, Dialectic, Foundationalism, Scepticism and Hermeneutics
ACADEMIC SESSION-4
Chair: – Prof. R.P. Singh (JNU, New Delhi)
Prof. Abdul
Transmission of Greek Science to the Arabs
Dr. Sanjay Kumar (Hyderabad, Telangana)
Epicurean Elements in the Poetry of Ronsard
Prof. Bhavatosh Indra Guru (Sagar, Madhya Pradesh)
The Doctrine of Maya and the Nativity of Philosophic Discourses in Plato and Aristotle
ACADEMIC SESSION-5
Chair: – Prof. Bhavatosh Indra Guru (University of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh)
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singh (Delhi)
Heidegger And The Anaximander Fragment
Dr. Mukhtyar Singh (Delhi)
Philosophical Discourses on Milind Panha
Dr. Anup Kumar Das (JNU, New Delhi)
The Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Greece and India: A Scientometric Analysis
Mr. Ritu Raj Sinha (Patna, Bihar)
Greece and India: A critical Study
Dr. Chandan Kumar (Patna, Bihar)
Yunan aur Bharat ka itihas evam sanskrirti
Mr. Vikram Chaudhary & Mr. Abhijeet Pande (JNU, New Delhi)
Greece’s cultural influence on Central Asia
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