The Asiatic Society of Mumbai
takes pleasure in inviting you and your friends to the Eleventh Durga Bhagwat Endowment Lecture by Professor Indra Munshi Former Head, Department of Sociology University of Mumbai on “Adivasis and the Conundrum of Development” on Wednesday 4th January 2023, at 5.30 p.m.
Dr. Sarmistha Pattanaik
Associate Professor, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences
IIT-Bombay, will preside.
Please join us for tea at 5.00 p.m.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson - Endowment Lectures Committee
Invitation to the 33rd Smt. Nabadurga Banerji Endowment Lecture by Dr. Choodamani Nandagopal on 18th January
I am attaching an invitation to the 33rd Smt. Nabadurga Banerji Endowment Lecture by Dr. Choodamani Nandagopal, Art Historian, UNESCO Fellow & Tagore National Fellow, on “Imagery of Female Messengers Dutikas/Sakhis in Indian Art, Thought and Literature”, on Wednesday, 18th January 2023. The lecture will be held at 5.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Asiatic Society of Mumbai.
Dr. Saryu Doshi, Eminent Art Historian, will preside at the lecture.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
We are attaching an invitation for The Tenth Professor Dhirendra Narain Endowment Lecture (Online) by William Dalrymple, Writer and Historian, on ‘The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire.’ The lecture will be held on Tuesday 29th March 2022 at 6.00 p.m. on Zoom.
Dr. B N Goswamy, Professor Emeritus of Art History, will preside at this online lecture.
The Zoom link for the lecture is given below:|
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87549231079?pwd=YkJQbVZOS2UvSVhPTG53WjIvRU11dz09
Meeting ID: 875 4923 1079
Passcode: 328497
You are requested to attend the online lecture.
- Dr. Usha R Vijailakshmi, Officiating Hon. Secretary
- Meenal Kshirsagar, Vice President of the Society & Chairperson, Endowment Lectures Committee
I am attaching an invitation for the 29th Justice K.T. Telang Memorial Lecture by Prof. Adarasupally Nataraju, Director, Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems, SR School of Philosophical Studies, Assam University, Silchar, on “Pragmatic Buddhist Philosophy in Answering Existential Human Problems: Some Observations.” The lecture will be held on Tuesday 20th December 2022 at 5.30 p.m. in the Durbar Hall of the Society.
Dr. Uma Maheswari Shankar, Principal, SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce, and Head, Department of Philosophy, will preside at this lecture.
- Prof. Mangala Sirdeshpande, Hon. Secretary
The 12th B.G. Deshmukh Endowment Lecture (Online)
Wednesday 2nd March 2022 at 6.00 p.m. (Online on Zoom):
The 12th B.G. Deshmukh Endowment Lecture (Online) by Professor Bharat Karnad, Distinguished Fellow, United Service Institution of India and Emeritus Professor in National Security Studies Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, on “India’s Geopolitics: What should be done to strengthen it?” Mr. Shivshankar Menon, Visiting Professor Ashoka University and Former National Security Advisor & Foreign Secretary, will preside at this online lecture. The Zoom link for the lecture is given below:
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https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86782684225?pwd=QjRmeWR2bE5kN094ejZDY0VQSDJqUT09
Meeting ID: 867 8268 4225 Passcode: 362322