SEMINAR on “The Shahnameh”

8^th and 9^th January 8 and 9, 2011.

DAY 2

FOURTH SESSION

“Art And The Illustrated Shahnameh”

January 9, 2011 - 10.30 am

Chairperson –  Dr Imtiaz Ahmad 

Prof Charles Melville	Professor of Persian History, University of Cambridge; Director of the Shahnameh Project and President of The Islamic Manuscript Assn., Cambridge, U.K.	The Story Of Forud In The Shahnameh and Elsewhere and the Appointment of Blame
Dr Sunil Sharma	Assistant Professor of Persianate and Comparative Literature, Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature, Boston University	The Production of Mughal Shahnamehs: Imperial, Sub-Imperial, and Provincial”
Dr Marianna Shreve Simpson	President-Elect Historians of Islamic Art Association, USA	Shahnameh Images and Shahnameh Settings in Medieval Iran

FIFTH SESSION

“The Shahnameh and Its Reception In Later Persian Byzantine and

Armenian Epics”

January 9, 2011- 1.15 pm

Chairperson – Professor S A Upadhyaya

SIXTH SESSION

“Codicology And Manuscripts Of The Shahnameh”

9^th January 2011- 2.15 pm

Chairperson - Dr Marianna Shreve Simpson

Dr Imtiaz Ahmad

Director, Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library, Patna

The Shahnameh Manuscripts at The Khuda Bakhsh Library

VALEDICTORY ADDRESS

Prof S A Upadhyaya

Director, Post-graduate and Research Department, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan.

“The Relevance of Epics Today”

SEMINAR on “The Shahnameh”

8^th and 9^th January 8 and 9, 2011

INAUGURAL ADDRESS

January 8, 2011 – 10.00 a.m.

Professor Charles Melville

Professor of Persian History, University of Cambridge, U K

“The Shahnameh Manuscript Tradition: The Next 1000 Years?”

FIRST SESSION

January 8, 2011 – 11.15 a.m.

“The Pre-Islamic Origins Of The Persian National Epic”

Chairperson – Ervad Dr Rooyintan P Peer

Professor Dr Albert de Jong	Director, Leiden Institute for Religious Studies. Leiden University, The Netherlands	Parthian Heritage – Persian Culture.  How the Shahnameh Became the Persian “National” Epic
Mrs Kolsoum Ghazanfari	Faculty of Philosophy, Georg-August University,  Goettingen, Germany	Ahriman And Dîv in the Shahnameh

SECOND  SESSION

“Questions Of Orality And Textuality In Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh”

January 8, 2011 - 1.30 pm

Chairperson – Dr Sunil Sharma

Dr Olga M Davidson	Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilisations and  Chairman, ILEX Foundation	Interweavings Of Book and Performance in the Making of The Shahnameh Of Ferdowsi
Prof Dr Anna Krasnowolska	Instytut Filologii Orientalnej, Jagiellonian University	Ferdowsi's Dastan: An Autonomous Narrative Unit?”
Dr Firuza I Abdullaeva	Lecturer in Persian Literature, Fellow and Keeper of the Firdousi Library, Wadham College, Oxford University	‘Wandering Iconography Of Wandering     Tales’: Femme Fatale, Evil Stepmother, Mystical Lover (Sudaba, Phaedra, Zulaykha)

THIRD  SESSION

“The Literary And Textual Heritage Of The Shahnameh In

Persianate Societies”

January 8, 2011 - 3.45 pm

Chairperson – Professor Dr Sabar J Havewalla

Prof Dr Syed Ainul Hasan	Prof & Former Head, Centre for Persian & Central Asian Studies, Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies, School of Language, Literature & Cultural Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University	The Rise Of Simurgh (Phoenix) In The Shahnameh
Dr Syed Akhtar Husain	Associate Professor, Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies, School of Language, Literature & Cultural Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University	Alexander in Literature And History

 Inauguration by Dr Armaity S Desai, Former Chairperson, University Grants Commission on January 17, 2009.

Session 1 – School Education

Chairperson: Mrs. Perin Bagli

Mrs Louiza Rodrigues	Nowroji Furdoonji (1817-1885): Pioneering Educationistand Catalyst for Social Change
Dr Zenobia P Dumasia	The Parsi Girls' School Association – A Study of the Bai Bhikhaijee                                                      S Bengallee and the Bai Maneckbai N Gamadia Girl’s High Schools
Mrs Silloo Commissariat	The Bai Ruttonbai Framji Dorabji Panday Girl’s High School – Then and Now
Dr Preeta Nilesh	The First Brick in English Education for Girls in the Bombay Presidency: The Alexandra Girls’ English Institution
Mrs Meher Mistry	A survey of Perceptions Regarding  Education of Women in the Parsi Community
Mrs Rashna Poncha	An Enduring Legacy – A Paper on The Bai Avabai Framji Petit Girls’ Orphanage / High School and the J B Petit High School For Girls.

Session 2 – Higher and Technical Education

Chairperson:  Dr Fr Frazer Mascarenhas

Prof Dr Aravind Ganachari	Ushering India into Modernity and Nationhood: Parsis in the University of Bombay
Dr Shubhada Pandya	Parsi Physicians: Teachers, Healers, Activists. 1860 to 2007
Dr Sunil Pandya	Jamsetjee and his Hospital
Mr Vishwas Yande	Incomplete Dream of Sir Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy
Dr Abidha Dhumatkar	The Parsi Contribution to the Growth of Technical Education: The History of the V.J.T.I (1888 to 2008)
Prof Mrs Vispi Balaporia	The Contribution made by the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Family to  the Development of Education in Bombay and Poona
Ms Zarin Sethna	An Analysis of the Contribution made by the Patuck Group of Educational Institutions.

January 18, 2009.

Session 3 – Religious Education, Libraries and Archives

Chairperson:  Ervad Dr Rooyintan P Peer

Ervad Dr Ramiyar Karanjia	Zoroastrian Religious Schools (Madressas) in Bombay in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Mrs Shehernaz Nalwalla	Libraries in Mumbai-A Study of the J N Petit Institute

Session 4 – Special Education and Initiatives in Integrated Education

Chairperson: Dr Mrs Madhuri Kulkarni

Ms. Meher Banaji	The Contribution made by Parsis to the Development of Special Education in the 19th and 20th Centuries in Western India
Mrs Kate Currawalla	The Parsis and Special Educational Needs – An Overview
Dr Roda B Billimoria	Integrated Education: An Ideological Interpretation by the Sir Shapurji Billimoria Foundation.

Session 5 – Specialised Institutions

Chairperson: Prof Shashikumar M Chitre

Prof Dr S Parasuram	The Tata Institute of Social Sciences and its Role in Higher Learning
Prof Dr Spenta Wadia	Homi Jehangir Bhabha and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Mr Sharath Ahuja	The Indian Institute of Science: Private Philanthropy and Public Good:  The Contribution of the Tatas
Dr Mrs Nawaz B Mody	The J N Tata Endowment for the Higher Education of Indians
Ms Vrunda Pathare	Udayachal Schools: An Instrument of Change, 1955 to 1965 (The Contribution of the Godrej Group to the field of Education.)

 Valedictory Address

Dr Katayun A Disnshaw, Former Director, Tata Memorial Centre

The Seminar was divided into five sections:

. Ancient to Urban - From Islands and Backwaters to a Port City (Until 1660)
Chairperson - Dr. Rashmi Poddar
1. Prof. Anita Rane - Kothare - Magathane: An Oasis on the Pilgrmage Route
2. Dr. Vaishali Welankar - Nature and Spread of Shaivism in Mumbai: A Study
3. Mrs. Agnes deSa  - The Portuguese Legacy.

B. Company Bombay - Its Port and Walls (1660 - 1860)
Chairperson - Dr M D David
1. Prof Aban Sethna  - The Bombay Fort and Esplanade
2. Dr Rekha Ranade  - The Making of Modern Bombay: A Dream Accomplished
3. Dr Mariam Dossal  - Henry Conybeare: Modern India's First Urban Planner
4. Dr Anjana Singh  - Jewish Architectural Heritage in Bombay (1800 - 2010.)

C. Bombay After the Walls Come Down - The Public Buildings (1860 - 1920)
Chairperson - Dr Aroon Tikekar
1. Dr. Christopher London - Bombay Gothic: The Growth of Bombay City in the 19th Century
2. Mrs Tasneem Mehta  - The Politics of Aesthetics: The Decelopment of 19th Century Art Institutions in Bombay
3. Mr Vikas Dilawari  - Indo-Saracenic in Bombay: Revival of Style or Creation of a New Style with Use of New Technology
4. Mrs Shehernaz Nalwalla - Educational Institutes in 19th Century Bombay.

D. An Emerging Modernity: The People's City (1920 - 1947)
Chairperson - Dr R N Sharma
1. Mr Kaiwan Mehta  - Clusters and Communities: The Architectural Patterns in Colonial Bombay's Native Town
2. Mrs. Neera Adarkar  - Chawls, Chimneys and Chalwals: Making of the Social and PoliticalFabric of Girangaon
3. Prof Mustansir Dalvi  - This New Architacture: Contemporary Voices in Bombay's Architectural Development in the 1930s.

E. Contemporary Bombay: Bombay and its many Absences (1947 and beyond)
Chairperson - Mr Darryl D'Monte
1. Mr. Rajiv Mishra  - Planning and Politics Post-Independence: Making of Mumbai
2. Mr Rahul Srivastava & Mr Matias Echanove - Diversity of Built-Forms and User-Generated Habitats in Contemporary Mumbai

Valedictory Address - January 24, 2010.
Mr Sirish B Patel, Urban Planner- How Changing Values will Change Mumbai