[Aar-mbh] Complete Papers for this Year's Mahābhārata and Classical Hinduism Seminar

[Collins, Brian]

Hello All,

Please find attached all the papers for this year’s panels, which begin tomorrow evening. Authors: if I have inadvertently included an older version of your paper here, please send the newest one you have to the list. As a reminder, the schedule is:

Saturday, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (A18-443)

Theme: The Performance of Social and Religious Status in the Mahābhārata
San Antonio Convention Center-Room 210B (Meeting Room Level)
Arti Dhand, University of Toronto, Presiding

  *   Vishwa Adluri, Hunter College: “Dharma Born from a Śūdrayoni: Vidura in the Mahābhārata”
  *   Richard H. Davis, Bard College: “Ekalavya in the Mahābhārata and His Modern Followers”
  *   Bruce M. Sullivan, Northern Arizona University: “The Poetics of Performative Speech Acts: Literary Expressions of Truth, Power, and Virtue”

Business Meeting
Arti Dhand, University of Toronto, Presiding
Bruce M. Sullivan, Northern Arizona University, Presiding

Sunday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (A19-317)

Special Session: Celebrating the Life and Work of Alf Hiltebeitel (1942-2023)
San Antonio Convention Center-Room 212B (Meeting Room Level)
Arti Dhand, University of Toronto, Presiding
Bruce M. Sullivan, Northern Arizona University, Presiding

Panelists:

  *   Brian Collins, Ohio University
  *   Perundevi Srinivasan, Siena College
  *   Brian Black, Lancaster University
  *   Veena Howard, CSU Fresno
  *   Shubha Pathak, American University

Sunday, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM (A19-445)

Theme: Royalty and Divinity in Regional, Vernacular, and Performative Mahābhārata Traditions
Grand Hyatt-Republic A (4th Floor)
Bruce M. Sullivan, Northern Arizona University, Presiding

  *   Perundevi Srinivasan, Siena College, Loudonville: “Transformation of the Kaurava Queen Peruntiruvāḷ into the Goddess: Periyāṇṭacchi Worship in Tamilnadu”
  *   Sowparnika Balaswaminathan, Concordia University, Montreal: “Ethics, Affect, and the Mahabharata: Karna as the Hero in Tamil Political Mass Movie”
  *   Mukti Patel, University of Chicago: “Kālidāsa’s Writing a Romantic History: Aesthetic Love in the Story of Śakuntalā”

Hoping to see many of you soon,

Brian



Prof. Brian Collins
(He/Him/His)
Department Chair and Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande Chair in Indian Religion and Philosophy
Department of Classics and Religious Studies
234 Ellis Hall
Ohio University
Athens, Ohio
740-597-2103 (office)


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