origin of civilization program schedule and abstr
Symposium on the Origin of Indian Civilization
July 8-9, 2011
Center for Indic Studies, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Program Schedule
Friday, July 8, 2011
| 8:00-9:00AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00-9:15AM | Welcome and Introduction | Bal Ram Singh, PhD, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Session I:Chair- Dr. Girish Jha | ||
| 9:15-10:00am | Dialectics of Power and Civilization with Special Reference to Indic Civilization | RP Singh , PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi |
| 10:00-10:45AM | An Analysis of the Concept of Sacredness in Indus Art | Nalini Rao, PhD, Soka University of America |
| 10:45-11:15AM | Break | |
| 11:15-12:00PM | Science Not Ideology- Paradigms for Prehistory | NS Rajaram, PhD, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| 12:00-1:30PM | Lunch | |
| Session II: Chair- Dr. Nicholas Kazanas | ||
| 1:30-2:15PM | Age of the Vedic Rishis with Planetarium Software | Narhari Achar, PhD, Memphis University |
| 2:15-3:00PM | South Asian Archeology: Late Prehistoric Cultural Continuity or Discontinuity | James Shaffer, PhD, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH |
| 3:00-3:30PM | Break | |
| Session III: Chair - Dr.Narahari Achar | ||
| 3:30-4:30PM | Panel Discussion- Meaning of Arya and Aryan- Dravidian Divide in India | Elst, Jha, Rajaram and others |
| 6:30-8:30PM | Dinner and Interactions |
Saturday, July 9, 2011
| 8:00-9:00AM | Registration and Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:00-9:15AM | Announcements | Bal Ram Singh, PhD, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth |
| Session IV: Chair - Dr. NS Rajaram | ||
| 9:15-10:00AM | Origin of Indian Civilization: Critical Analysis of the Contributions of Linguistics | Angela Mercantonio, PhD, University of Rome |
| 10:00-10:45AM | The Origin of the Indic Languages: The Indo-European Model | James Clackson , PhD, Jesus College |
| 10:45-11:15AM | Break | |
| Session V: Chair - Dr. Angela Marcantonio | ||
| 11:15AM-12:00PM | Origin and development of Indian Languages and Common Linguistic area | Girish Nath Jha , PhD, Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| 12:00-1:30PM | Lunch | |
| 1:30-2:30PM | Rigvedic-All inclusiveness | Nicholas Kazanas , PhD, Omilos Meleton, Cultural Institute |
| 2:30-3:15PM | The lastest theories on the deep roots of Indo-European | Koenraad Elst, PhD, Belgium |
| 3:15-3:45PM | Break | |
| Session VI: Chair - Dr. James Clackson | ||
| 3:45-4:45PM | Panel Discussion-Impact of the Origin of Indian Civilization to the modern World | Kazanas, Mercantonio, Rosser, Shaffer, Singh and others |
| 4:45-5:00PM | Conclusion | |
| 6:00-8:00PM | Dinner at Ayur Shri |