Schedule For Conference

Day 1 : 23rd September, Monday
Time Programme
10:30am- 11:30am Inaugural Session
11:30am-12:30pm Keynote Address:
Professor Swapan Chakravorty
12:30pm- 01:30pm Lunch Break
01:30pm- 02:30pm Plenary Session I:
Dr. Radhika Seshan: ‘The Book as History’
02:30pm- 03:00pm Tea Break
03:00pm- 04:30pm Session I:
Chairperson: Dr. Abhijit Gupta
Dr. Nirmala Kulkarni: ‘Copying of Manuscripts Described in the Puranic Texts.’
Dr. Rajan Barrett: ‘The Bible: Reception, Rejection, Contestation and Reformulation In India.’
Kanaga Vinayagam: ‘Patronage, Religious Fanaticism, Castes and Topography: The Story of the Tamil ‘Text’ from Palmyra Leaves to Paper.’
Day 2 : 24th September, Tuesday
Time Programme
10:00am- 11:00am Plenary Session II:
Dr. Abhijit Gupta: ‘Darogar Daptar, or the Strange Case of the Non Existent Books.’
11:00am-11:30pm Tea break
11:30pm- 01:00pm Session II:
Chairperson: Professor Swapan Chakravorty
Dr. Epsita Halder: ‘Placing the Bangla Karbala Narratives between the Copyist’s Desk and the Printing Press.’
Prasanta Das: ‘Appropriating Print: The Case of the Orunodoi in Nineteenth-Century Assam.’
Aradhana Bora: ‘Constructing Literary Culture in Assam: The Role of the Asom Sahitya Sabha.’
01:00pm- 02:00pm Lunch Break
02:00pm- 03:00pm Plenary Session III: Rekha Natarajan
03:00pm- 03:30pm Tea Break
3:30pm- 5:00pm Session III:
Chairperson: Professor Raj Rao
Roanna Gonsalves: ‘What is the capital of Frankfurt: Indian publishing at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2012.’
Aswathi Jerome: ‘Developing New Reading Tastes in the 1960s: IBH and Blyton - A Case Study.’
Finitha Jose & Prachand Narayan: ‘Pottermania and the Transformation of Publishing History.’
Day 3 : 25th, September Wednesday
Time Programme
10:00am- 11:00am Plenary Session IV:
Dr. Urmila Bhirdikar: ‘Granth, Book and Notebook: Three Texts in the Classicisation of North Indian Music.
11:00am-11:30pm Tea break
11:30pm- 01:00pm Session IV:
Chairperson: Professor Aniket Jaaware
Koel Mitra: ‘Questioning Existing Methodologies: Studying the Digital Collaborative Text.’
Udayaravi Shastry: ‘Digital Literature in the 16th Century.’
Sritama Halder: ‘Learning How to Draw the Bones perfectly: Reading Harish Chandra Halder’s Illustrations in Balak.’
01:00pm- 02:00pm Lunch Break
2:00pm- 3:30pm Session V:
Chairperson: Professor B.S. Korde
Frederick F. N. Noronha & Sandra Ataide Lobo: ‘Goa, the World and the Printed Page: History of the book and of reading since the 19th century.’
Jagadeesan/ Jack Surya: ‘Print, Translations and Political Consciousness: Towards an Understanding of the Dravidian Movement.’
Veena R. Nair: ‘Destroyer and Preserver: Print and the Transition of Araya Culture.’
03:30pm- 04:00pm Tea Break
04:00pm- 04:30pm Valedictory Session
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