SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK

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Invitation to an intensive-bloc seminar/film festival on ”India, its People and Traditions”

The Working Group ”India, its People and Traditions” at the University of Duisburg-Essen invites to an intensive-bloc seminar in Essen, Germany, 19–20 October 2007.

with
• Professor Dr. Marc Katz, Department of Religious Studies and Theology, University of Karlstad, Sweden, and
• Primary Teacher Susanne Theußen, Alpen/Niederrhein, Germany

Venue: Haus Evang. Studierendengemeinde, Universitätsstr. 19, Essen.

Entrance, for the whole seminar or partially,  € 3.

Programme:

Friday 19th October:

16.00 – 18.30: Opening – introduction of the reader. 1st session among others with Prof Katz and his film 'Banaras Muharram and the Coals of Karbala'
20.00 – 20.30: Seminar 2nd session. Exercise – co-operative interpretation of Indian texts
20.30 – 21.00: Seminar 3rd session. Evaluation with examples from the exhibition

Saturday 20 October:

09.30 – 12.00: Seminar 4th session with Prof Katz and his film 'Tulsidas and the Fire of the Veda'
                         Seminar 5th session. Hindu religion – a topic in primary education, with primary teacher Susanne Theußen
13.20 – 15.00: Seminar 6th session with Prof Katz and his film 'Holi Hey: A Festival of Love, Color, and Life'
15.00 – 16.00: Seminar 7th session. Evaluation and conclusion with participants, lecturers and working group.

For more information about the seminar, please contact Prof. Dr Herbert Schultze at the Institut für Evangelische Theologie, Universität Duisburg-Essen.