Colloquium in Memory of Pandit Varada Desikan
23 JUNE 23
A hybrid mini-conference is planned to mark the birth centenary of Pandit Varada Desikan on 23rd June 2023 from 15 h 00 to 17 h 30. Those who wish to attend in person, may meet in the library at 19, rue Dumas. For others, the zoom link will be as follows:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81128991850?pwd=UTQxZTZFRmRHY2JjMlNrcDEvL1pSdz09
A handful of persons who used to work with Mr. Varada Desikan will speak on topics that were of interest to him.
15 h 00 to 15 05 — Dominic Goodall, Short Introduction
15 h 05 to 15 h 35 — Suganya Anandakichenin, “Vēṅkaṭanātha Āḻvār? A Glimpse at Vedānta Deśikaṉ’s Tamil poetry”.
15 h 35 to 16 h 05 — Charlotte Schmid, "A theft of love, from the Caṅkam poems to the Bhāgavatapurāṇa".
16 h 05 to 16 h 35 — Marcus Schmücker, "On Tattvamuktākalāpa 4.95 (nirviśeṣopa-lakṣaṇasāmānādhikaraṇyabhaṅga)".
16 h 35 to 17 h 05 — Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz, "Nine ponds of Śrīraṅgam".
17 h 05 to 17 h 30 — Jean-Luc Chevillard, “Varada Desigan as a Mediator [Elaborating on the footnote on p. 39 in Mapping the Chronology of Bhakti]”.
conferences
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81128991850?pwd=UTQxZTZFRmRHY2JjMlNrcDEvL1pSdz09
A handful of persons who used to work with Mr. Varada Desikan will speak on topics that were of interest to him.
15 h 00 to 15 05 — Dominic Goodall, Short Introduction
15 h 05 to 15 h 35 — Suganya Anandakichenin, “Vēṅkaṭanātha Āḻvār? A Glimpse at Vedānta Deśikaṉ’s Tamil poetry”.
15 h 35 to 16 h 05 — Charlotte Schmid, "A theft of love, from the Caṅkam poems to the Bhāgavatapurāṇa".
16 h 05 to 16 h 35 — Marcus Schmücker, "On Tattvamuktākalāpa 4.95 (nirviśeṣopa-lakṣaṇasāmānādhikaraṇyabhaṅga)".
16 h 35 to 17 h 05 — Marzenna Czerniak-Drożdżowicz, "Nine ponds of Śrīraṅgam".
17 h 05 to 17 h 30 — Jean-Luc Chevillard, “Varada Desigan as a Mediator [Elaborating on the footnote on p. 39 in Mapping the Chronology of Bhakti]”.
conferences