Workshop: Bhaktivedanta Swami in a Historical and Philosophical Context - Public Program
Workshop
Date: Wednesday 6 September 2023
Time: 14.30 – 18.00
Location: Stockholm University, Campus Frescati, South House, level C-D 3, Hall 6, close to the library
A workshop with focus on India and modern global Hinduism.
The workshop, “Bhaktivedanta Swami in a Historical and Philosophical Context”, will involve international participants from various disciplines to help better understand a key Indian figure mainly in relation to philosophy and history. The workshop consists of two parts, of which the second part is public.
Public Program (free registration needed)
14:30-16:00 Session 1: Bhaktivedanta Swami and History
Chair: Måns Broo
- 14.30-15:00 Santanu Dey, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Calcutta University, “Bhaktivinoda and Bhaktivedanta Swami: Historicizing a Shared Legacy”
- 15:00-15:30 Ferdinando Sardella, Stockholm University, “The Biography of Bhaktivedanta Swami, Bhaktisiddhanta and Walther Eidlitz”
- 15:30-16:00 Willy Pfändtner, Stockholm University, “A Cultural Challenge: Bhaktivedanta Swami Confronts the Radical Left in Sweden”
16:00-16:30 Break
16:30-17:30 Session 2: Bhaktivedanta Swami and Philosophy
Chair: Ferdinando Sardella
- 16:30-17:00 Graham Schweig, GTU Berkley, “Original World Teacher of Krishna Bhakti: Reflections on the Nature of Swami Prabhupāda’s Philosophical Discourse”
- 17:30-18:00 Ravi Gupta, Utah State University, “Tradition and Innovation in Swami Prabhupada’s Bhagavata Commentary”
17:30-18:00 Session 3
- 17:30-18:00 Concluding discussion
The workshop is funded by Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) for Research Initiation 2023.
Last updated: May 23, 2023
Source: Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies