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Lecture by Lance Strate: THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE FATE OF WISDOM,IN THE AGE OF INFORMATION
The BALVANT PAREKH CENTRE FOR GENERAL SEMANTICS, in collaboration with the
HSS DEPT., IIT BOMBAY is
organizing a talk on
THE FUTURE OF KNOWLEDGE, AND THE FATE OF WISDOM, to be delivered by Prof. Lance Strate
Academic Event: Library Visit, Film Screening, Book Talk & Discussions, 27th,28th, 29th May, 2024
Programme Schedule:
27th May, 2024:
3pm-5pm: Film screening of Arrival (2016)
5pm-5.30pm: Discussion by Dr.Gita Vishwanath, Academic Fellow, Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda
5.30 pm: Tea and Snacks
28th May, 2024:
11am-1.30pm: Library Visit
1.30pm-2.30pm: Lunch
2.30pm- 3.30pm: Short Presentations on General Semantics by Dr.Asmita Kundu, Academic Fellow, BPC and Dr.Sonal Nimbkar, Research Fellow, BPC
3.30pm-5.00 pm: Book Talk: “Re-mapping Huck Finn: A Book Talk Using General Semantics Concepts” by Prof. Sanjay Mukherjee, Dept. of English & CLS, Saurashtra University, 2011US SUSI and 2023 EU Erasmus Plus Fellow. The talk will be on Percival Everett’s 2024 novel James, which is a postmodern take on Mark Twain’s classic The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5.00-5.30pm: Tea and Snacks
29th May,2024:
11.00 am-12.30 pm: Library Visit
12.30pm-1.30 pm: Interactive session with Prof. P C Kar and closing remarks.
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