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Saturday 26th September – 2020 Saturday 26th September 2020
Schedule 13.15-17.45 (British Summer Time)
13:15 Introduction and Welcome
13:30 Debating God’s Existence in Medieval Vedānta:
Vyāsatīrtha vs. the Navya-Naiyāyikas
Michael Williams, IKGA of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
14.30 Toward a Theory of Scriptural Authority in Early Colonial India
Avni Chag, School of Oriental and African Studies
15.30 Short break
15.45 Reflecting on Animal Sacrifice through Dramatic Fiction: Examining Plays by Girish Karnad and Rabindranath Tagore
Mikel Burley, Leeds University
Graduate papers
16:45 The Royal Hospitality: A Comparative Study of Kingship in Vālmīki’s Rāmāyaṇa and the Jātakas
Preeti Gulati, Jawaharlal Nehru University
17:15 Engaged Buddhism Across the Three Yānas: A Comparative Approach to a Developing Social Philosophy
Manu Ato-Carrera, School of Oriental and African Studies
17:45 Closing Remarks and information about the 2021 Symposium
Dear organisers,
The timings are local Greenwich mean time? So for Amsterdam the timings would be an hour later?
Thanks and warm regards
Victor van Bijlert
Dear Victor
The timings will be British Summer Time local to UK, so yes the timings will be one hour later for Amsterdam. Best wishes, Spalding organising committee