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.

Bhaktivedanta Swami
Bhaktivedanta Swami
 

Public Program (free registration needed)

Registration

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.

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