Events at the Centre for Contemporary Studies in 2005
Events in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013
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15th December, 2005, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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8th December, 2005, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Faculty Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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14 November, 2005, Monday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary
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The UNESCO's list of World Heritage upgrades the traditionally
very national concept of heritage to one of a shared patrimony of
humankind. It also serves as a powerful attraction for tourists. In
this talk I argue that in two newly emerging tourist nations, China
and Russia, World Heritage serves less to promote a "global"
sense of patrimony than to strengthen highly divergent national agendas
of development. |
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In collaboration with THE PANEL OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE Round Table Discussion on "Gender Issues in Science" |
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with : Prof. Jean Taylor |
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19 October, 2005, Wednesday, 11:00 a.m., Centre for
Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Jean Taylor is Professor of Mathematics Emerita of
the Rutgers University and currently a visitor at the Courant Institute
for Mathematical Sciences, NYU. Among a large number of professional
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Lecture on " From Body Shops to Showpieces - A History
of Indian Software Industry" |
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by: Prof. Ashok V Desai |
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22 September, 2005, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on "Nationalist Perspective in Scientific and
Technical Education in Colonial India: Two Approaches" |
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by: Prof.
Samir Kumar Saha |
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Abstract: In colonial India, there was an urge to free the country from the rule of British, for which a National System of Education was envisaged by the leaders of the country. Once such movement was the establishment of the National Council of Education, Bengal in March, 1905 pioneered by Raja S. C. Mullick, Sri Aurobindo, Rabindranath Tagore etc. The plan was to start literary, scientific & technical education in National Line and in vernacular. This led to the establishment of Bengal National College on 14th August '06 under Sri Aurobindo as the Principal where Mechanical Engineering was one of the subjects being taught. Ultimately this gave birth to the College of Engg. & Technology and then in 1955, Jadavpur University. Several educational movements were going on parallely besides the colonial models of the Universities of Calcutta, Madras & Mumbai. Jamshedji Tata established the Indian Institute of Science in 1909 at Bangalore, mainly as a research organization devoted mainly to experimental Science with Govt. help and industrial collaboration. The best brains in the country, abroad and industry were pulled together. This has now grown into a stature of one of best Institutes in the country. A comparative analysis of the two educational models in India will be made in this presentation. |
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20 September, 2005, Tuesday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on " The Rocky History of Indian Telecommunications" |
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by: Prof. Ashok V Desai |
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15 September, 2005, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on '"Worshipping at the temple of Science?"
: Reflections on creating a critical institutional history of science
in India.' |
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by: Dr. Indira Chowdhury |
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16 August, 2005, Tuesday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on "'Instructions to the Unconverted': Marie Stopes,
Indian Women and the making of a pamphlet on Birth Control (1920-1955)." |
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by: Dr. Indira Chowdhury |
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A paleobotanist by training, Marie Stopes became a spirited crusader
for birth control in England and started a birth control clinic in
1920. Her book Married Love (1918) remained popular in its time in
the face of severe opposition from the church authorities. Although
banned in America until 1931, the book was immensely popular in India.
While answering the numerous queries of her Indian readers, Stopes
also wrote a special pamphlet for Indian women about birth control.
This talk will look at the ways in which the pamphlet was written,
revised and readied for ublication and reflect on the larger implications
it held for the Family Planning movement and the population policy. |
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12 August, 2005, Friday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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A Film: "SHE WRITE" |
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She Write weaves together the narratives and work of four young
Tamil women poets: Salma, Kuttirevathi, Malathy and Sukirtharani.
The fact that a number of women poets are resisting patriarchy and
exploring themes such as desire and sexuality in their creative work
has been virulently opposed by some Tamil film lyricists, who have
gone on record with threats of death and violence. In various ways,
the dominant culture has tried to threaten and rubbish the poets and
their work. This has been resisted by a group of poets and other artists
who have formed an organization called Anangu (Woman), which is attempting
to expand the subversive creative spaces available to women writers
and poets, across Tamil Nadu. The film traverses diverse modes of
resistance, through images and sounds that evoke the universal experiences
of pain, anger, desire and transcendence. |
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11 August, 2005, Thursday, 6:00 p.m., Department of Physics, Lecture Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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by: Prof. Naresh Dadhich |
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13 July, 2005, Wednesday, 6:00 p.m., Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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by: Prof.
Dhruv Raina |
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6 July, 2005, Wednesday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on "On Crossing Cultural Boundaries: The Scientific
Imagination in Eighteenth Century Indian and French Travelogues" |
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Dhruv Raina |
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30 June, 2005, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on "Politics of Spirituality in O. V. Vijayan's
Works" |
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24 June, 2005, Friday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on "The Changing Environment of Knowledge Production:
Musings on the Idea of the University" |
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by: Prof.
Dhruv Raina |
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16 June, 2005, Thursday, 4:00 p.m., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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by: Prof. V. K. Natraj |
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13 April 2005, Wednesday, 4:00 P.M., Choksi Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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A Film: "PHOTO WALLAHS" |
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by the well-known ethnographic filmmaker: |
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PHOTO WALLAHS is a film about the varied meanings
of photography. It is set in Mussoorie, which has attracted tourists
since the 19th century. In this setting photography has thrived. Without
spoken commentary, the film discovers its subject in the streets,
bazaars, shops, photographic studios and private homes of Mussoorie.
In the process it compares the diverse work and attitudes of the local
photographers - Mussoorie's "photo wallahs".Although photography
has developed certain culturally distinctive features in India, its
many forms and uses there tell us much about the nature and significance
of photography throughout the world |
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1 April 2005, Friday, 6:00 PM., Department of Physics, Lecture Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on "Two Engineers and My Country" |
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29 March, 2005, Tuesday, 4:00 P.M., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on "The 'Higher Education' and the Concept of University" |
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10 March, 2005, Thursday, 4:00 P.M., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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Lecture on "The Architecture of Social
and Ecological Networks" |
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7 March, 2005, Monday, 4:00 P.M., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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3 February, 2005, Thursday, 4:00 P.M., Centre for Contemporary Studies, Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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25 January, 2005, Tuesday, 4:00 P.M., Centre for Contemporary Studies (Former CTS Building), Seminar Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 |
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