[Aar-mbh] Papers for Mahabharata and Classical Hinduism Seminar

[Collins, Brian]

Dear All,

Here is the information regarding the two panels our seminar is putting on at the AAR’s Annual Meeting:

A19-333
Mahabharata and Classical Hinduism Seminar
Theme: Women, Warriors, and Others: Societal Ideals and Social Issues in the Mahabharata
Saturday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Convention Center-111 (Street Level)
Arti Dhand, University of Toronto, Presiding

Sushumna Kannan, San Diego State University
Reading strategies for the Mahabharata through the methodology of ‘stri-shudra’ness

Rodney Sebastian, Manhattan College
Relating Mahābhārata to Veteran Experiences

Brian Black, Lancaster University
After Dharma: Dialogue and Pluralism in the Mahābhārata

A20-338
Mahabharata and Classical Hinduism Seminar
Theme: Jewels, Jnana, and Justice: Soteriological Methods in the Mahabharata
Sunday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Convention Center-401 (Street Level)
Bruce M. Sullivan, Northern Arizona University, Presiding

Surit Mishra, Villanova University
Cosmic Order and Human Action in the Mahābhārata

Nathan McGovern, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
Situating the Mahābhārata and Its “Proto-Sāṃkhya” Teachings within the Context of a Brahmanical Reaction to the Śramaṇic Worldview

Shubha Pathak, American University
The Gemhearted Hero and His Gemheaded Foe: A Materiophilosophical Method for Interpreting the Mahābhārata’s Aversion of Universal Catastrophe through Arjuna’s Vaiṣṇava Nivṛtti and Aśvatthāman’s Śaiva Pravṛtti

Attached are all the papers under discussion, with the exception of Shubha’s, which she will send to the list ASAP.

Alas, I won’t be attending, which is very unfortunate given the high quality of these papers as well as the discussion we can expect!

Best,

Brian




Assoc. Prof. Brian Collins
Department Chair and Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande Chair in Indian Religion and Philosophy
Author, The Other Rāma: Matricide and Genocide in the Mythology of Paraśurāma<http://www.sunypress.edu/p-6920-the-other-rma.aspx> (SUNY Press, 2020)
Editor, Bollywood Horrors: Religion, Violence, and Cinematic Fears in India<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomsbury.com%2Fuk%2Fbollywood-horrors-9781350143173%2F&data=05%7C01%7Caar-mbh%40listserv.ohio.edu%7C660bdf9e76dc419de51c08dac1bdb719%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C638035318238316495%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vmZfiN2QC84zZtzTtRxc7oObVy9fDtIcozXbw2%2BU3oI%3D&reserved=0> (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021)





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