SWEDISH SOUTH ASIAN STUDIES NETWORK

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Rabindranath Tagore 150th Birth Anniversary
Celebration Programme in Lund
20–21 September 2011

Organised by Swedish South Asian Studies Network (SASNET), Lund University,
with support from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR)

SASNET again organises a Rabindranath Tagore 150th birth anniversary celebration week 19–23 September 2011. The celebration includes academic seminars in Copenhagen (19th), Lund (21st), Stockholm (22nd) and Uppsala (23rd). SASNET is strongly involved in planning for these academic seminars and related cultural programmes that are organised in collaboration with the Indian embassies in Copenhagen and Stockholm, and with support from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Invited scholars include Professor William Radice, SOAS, University of London; Dr. Reba Som, Director, ICCR Rabindranath Tagore Centre in Kolkata; and Professor Asoke Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University, Kolkata.
More information about the seminars in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Uppsala, see below.
(SASNET organised another Tagore celebration week in Lund already 20–24 March 2011. Detailed information about the March 2011 Lund Tagore Week).

The seminar at Lund University will be held on Wednesday 21 September, 09.00–13.00, at Stadshallen/Sessionssalen at Stortorget in central Lund. The seminar will be attended by the Ambassadors from both Bangladesh and India, Mr. Gousal Azam Sarker and Mr. Ashok Sajjanhar respectively.

Tagore Evening at Sagohuset

On the night before, Tuesday 20 September at 19.00, a cultural evening will also be organised at Teater Sagohuset in Lund. The programme includes William Radice reading out his brand new English translations of poems from the Gitanjali volume. Reba Som and Bubu Munshi Eklund will sing Rabindrasangheet songs. The event will be attended by the Ambassadors from both Bangladesh and India, Mr. Gousal Azam Sarker and Mr. Ashok Sajjanhar respectively.
See the poster for the Cultural Evening at Sagohuset.

Seminar programme at Lund University:

Wednesday 21 September 2011, 09.00–13.00
Venue: Sessionssalen, Stadshallen, Stortorget 7, Lund

09.00 Introduction by Mr. Lars Eklund, SASNET

09.05 Speech by H.E. Mr. Ashok Sajjanhar, Ambassador of India to Sweden and Latvia

09.25 Speech by H.E. Mr. Gousal Azam Sarker, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Sweden

William Radice, Reba Som and Asoke Bhattacharya.

09.45 Lecture by Professor William Radice, SOAS, University of London, on ”Tagore, Gitanjali and the Nobel Prize”

10.45 Coffee break

11.00 Lecture by Dr. Reba Som, Director, ICCR Rabindranath Tagore Centre in Kolkata, on ”The Musical Journey of Rabindranath Tagore”

12.00 Lecture by Professor Asoke Bhattacharya, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, on ”Tagore’s Pedagogic Ideals as
Manifested in Shantiniketan”

13.00 End of conference

Contact person for the Tagore 150th anniversary programme in Lund:
Lars Eklund, phone +46 731 50 88 44, lars.eklund@sasnet.lu.se

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Seminars in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Uppsala

– In Copenhagen the seminar will be held on Monday 19th September, 10.00–16.00. It is jointly organised by the Dept. of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenhagen, Asian Dynamics Initiative (ADI), and the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS). Venue: Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Building 23, Auditorium 23.0.49,
Njalsgade 128. See the full programme for the Copenhagen seminar.

– The seminar at Stockholm University will be held on Thursday 22 September, 09.00–17.15. This programme is jointly organized by the university’s Dept. of Oriental languages and Dept. of Theatre and Dance Studies. Venue:
See the full programme for the Stockholm seminar.

– In Uppsala, the commemorative event will be organised as a Public Workshop, and be held on Friday 23 September, 10.15–13.00. It is being organized by Uppsala University’s Forum for South Asian Studies in collaboration with the Dept. of History, the Dept. for Comparative Literature and the Dept. for Linguistics and Philology. Venue: Evolutionbiologiskt Centrum (Villavägen, opposite Café Viktoria), Ekmansalen, Uppsala. More information.