A two day national conference organized in February 2018 with
University of Calcutta
BRC collaborated with the Department of Comparative Indian Language and Literature at University of Calcutta to organize a two-day National Seminar on ‘The Context of Chaitanya-Vaishnavism: Bhakti’. The seminar emphasized on various aspects of Bhakti including its historiography, socio-political facets, cultural transactions; its relevance in colonial and post-colonial era, and divergence and convergence that are included in Chaitanya-Vaishnavism from the perspective of bhakti. Participants from various fields of Social Sciences participated in the seminar.
Keynote speakers
1.Prof. Dipak Kumar Kar, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic), C.U
2.Chaityanite Vaishnavism by eminent author and mythologist Prof. Nrisimha Prasad Bhaduri.
3.Bhakti and Literature in the Theatre of Shri Chaitanyadeva by Acharya Shrivatsa Goswami, Director, Sri Chaitanya Prema Samsthana, Vrindavan & Former Faculty Member, School of Divinity, Harvard University.
Key papers presented by scholars
1.Prof. Baniprasanna Misra, Former Director, Centre for Himalayan Studies, University of North Bengal spoke on ‘Bhakti Movement and Literary Culture in Assam and Bengal’
2.Prof. Amit Kumar Bhattacharjee, Former Professor, Dept. of ClLL,
C.U spoke on ‘The Evolution of Bhakti and its Reflection in Srimad Bhagavat Gita’
3.Prof. M. lsharat Ali Molla, Professor and Head, Dept. of Arabic, C.U spoke on ‘An Account of Islamic Sufism in Bengal’
4.Shri Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Poet and Translator spoke on ‘Sant-Mat: As Kabir Opined’
5.Prof. Shubhada A. Joshi, Former Head and Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Mumbai spoke on ‘Varkari Sampradaya The Vaishnava Tradition of Maharashtra’
6.Dr. Govindaswamy Rajagopal, Head and Associate Professor, Dept. of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi spoke on ‘Rise of Bhakti Movements in the Dravidian Land: Faiths and Philosophies.’
7.Prof. Krushna Chandra Bhuyan, Former Professor, Dept. of Oriya, City College, Kolkata spoke on ‘Five Comrades and the Bhakti Cult in Orissa.’
8.Prof. Biswanath Roy, Former Professor, Dept. of Bengali, C.U. spoke on ‘Ekaler Srijanshil Rachanay Sri Chaitanyadeb O Tar Bhakti Andolan
9.Prof. Jayanti Chattopadhyay, Former Professor, Dept. of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies, University of Delhi spoke on ‘Some Women Saints in Medieval India.’
10.Shri Abdul Kafi, Associate Professor, Dept. of Bengali, Jadavpu University spoke on ‘Gaudiya Vaishnava Bhakti: Challenging the Boundaries of Knowledge.’
11.Dr. Sk. Rafikul Hossain, Associate Professor, Dept . of Bengali, C.U. spoke on Bhaktir Aloke Josmani Sant-Parampara O Tader Sahitya.