A conference sponsored by the India-China Institute, the South Asia Forum and the Society for Transnational Cultural Studies The New School, 80 Fifth Avenue, Fifth Floor

June 6

10:00-10:10 Opening Comments

10:10-11:10 Vinayak Chaturvedi, V.D. Savarkar, the Gita, and Histories of Warfare, Discussant: Sunil Khilnani

11:10-11:20 Break

11:20-12:20 Aishwary Kumar, A Finite Touch, Discussant: Shiben Banerji

12:20-13:20 Andrew Sartori, Sri Aurobindo and the Transfiguration of Duty, Discussant: Ritu Birla

13: 30-14:30 Lunch at Cafe Spice, 72 University Place

14:30- 15:30 Faisal Devji, Morality in the Shadow of Politics, Discussant: Akeel Bilgrami

20:00-22:00 Dinner at Borgo Antico, 22 East 13th Street

June 7

10:00-11:00 Shruti Kapila, A History of Violence, Discussant: Faisal Devji

11:00-11:10 Break

11:10-12:10 Chris Bayly, The Bhagavad-Gita: India and the World, Discussant: Arjun Appadurai

12:10-13:10 Mishka Sinha, The Transnational Gita, Discussant: David Armitage

13:30-14:30 Lunch at Bar Six, 502 6th Avenue