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CP organises a lecture series on Tantra and Aesthetics

CP organises a lecture series on Tantra and Aesthetics

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Thursday, 14 March 2019
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Friday, 26 April 2019
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CP organises a lecture series on Tantra and Aesthetics
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Lecture Series on Tantra and aesthetics

by Prof.Sreenivasa Murthy

Organized by the Centre for Philosophy

School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Venue: Room No. 234, 2nd Floor, SSS-I

Lecture 1: 14th March 2029, 4 p.m.

Introduction to Tantra and aesthetics

Lecture2: 27th March 2019, 4 p.m.

Concept of Shakti in Tantra and Art. The creative force, Prakruti

Lecture3: 29th March 2019. 4 p.m.

Understanding and creating experience in yoga and Art. Authenticity of YogikaPratyaksha and Pratibha.

Lecture 4: 5th April 2019. 4 p.m.

Rasa and Rasaanubhava. The concept of Saadharanikarana and sublimation of personal experience.

Lecture 5: 12th April 2019. 4 p.m.

Different kinds of Tantra like left and Right; Kaula and samaya and the social practices.

Lecture 6: 16th April 2019. 4 p.m.

Tantra and shastras on Grammar, poetics.

Lecture 7: 24th April 2019, 4 p.m.

Tantra and performing arts with special reference to Natya shastra.

Lecture 8: 26th April, 2019, 4 p.m.

Yantra, Tantra and Mantra with special reference to Srividya and Saundaryalahari

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Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

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