Thursday June 4, 2009
14.00 Opening Remarks: Jaroslav Vacek
14:05-16:45 Afternoon session
Celestial vs. Terrestrial
Mimma Congedo: The geometry of nature: Cosmos and Divine in the Śrī-cakra according to the
Yoginī-hṛdaya
Gyula Wojtilla: Heavenly Gardens
Marek Mejor: ‘The Vision of Paradise’ in Aśvaghoṣa’s Saundarananda, Canto Ten
Lidia Sudyka: Descriptions of the gardens in Sanskrit literature – the case of the Sarvadevavilāsa
Bruno Lo Turco: The construction of nature: Ṛṣis and Kavis
Manjubhash Mitra: Nature as a background in Vaiṣṇava poetry
Joanna Kusio: The symbolism of nature and vegetation in the mythology of the goddess Māriyammaṉ
18.00 Official opening
Jaroslav Vacek – welcome
H.E. D.P. Srivastava, Ambassador of India
Michal Stehlík, Dean of the Philosophical Faculty
Neeru Misra, Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Giuliano Boccali, University of Milano
Lidia Sudyka, University of Krakow
Danuta Stasik, University of Warsaw
19.00 Dinner Reception
Special thanks:
Friday June 5, 2009
09:00-12:20 Morning session
Landscape
V. Arasu: Landscape and rituals in Eṭṭuttokai
Alexander Dubyanskiy: Once more on the pālai-theme in old Tamil poetry
Tatiana Dubyanskaya: Charmed by the Green Valley. Landscape in Hindi romances of the 19th century
Sabrina Ciolfi: Conventional landscapes: Identity and romance in contemporary Hindi popular cinema
Danuta Stasik: Tulsīdās's Forest: The Forest Book of the Rāmcaritmānas
Literary images – interpretations
Tiziana Pontillo: Late Vedic rūpakas based on nature imagery: ritual identifications as a sort of alaṃkāra-pattern
Chettiarthodi Rajendran: The snow did not destroy his glory – Kālidāsa’s perceptions of Himālaya
Klara Gönc Moačanin: Flora in Kālidāsa’s dramas
Paola M. Rossi: The forest of meditation: poetry and desire in the Buddhist Thera- and Therī-gāthās
12:45 Lunch
14:20-16:40 Afternoon session
Daniela Rossella: Nature and inner peace in the Theragāthās
Giuliano Boccali: Sattasaī, between nature and court poetry
Eva Wilden: Fidelity Worthy of Jasmine: Meta-Poetic Games in Caṅkam Poetry
Martin Hříbek: Flowery images of the rainy season in Rabīndrasaṅgīt
Saturday June 6, 2009
09:00-12:20 Morning session
Animated Nature
Elena Mucciarelli: Non-realistic image of animals in the Ṛgvedasaṃhitā: a glance into the hymns of Dīrghatamas (RV 1.140–164)
Anna Trynkowska: Army animals in mahākāvya literature
Ulrike Niklas: Callikkaṭṭu – Embracing the Bull, the Tamil Way
Jaroslav Vacek: Cow (ā, āṉ) in Sangam literature – select images and formulas
Gautam Chakrabarti: Sacralised sparrows: ambient nature-images in Ambai’s ‘Oeuvre’
Art and Sculpture
Adalbert Gail: Snake and garland - the Indian provenance of an important motif in the architecture of Angkor
Cinzia Pieruccini: Images of kings and ascetics in Indian art, from early Buddhist to Mughal
Cristina Bignami: The tree and women's motif in Hoysala sculpture
Natalia R. Lidova: The genesis of the concept of four lokapālas
Neeru Misra: Nature in Sursagar Literature and Paintings
12:45 Lunch
14:20-16:00 Afternoon session
Human body
Dagmar Marková: Two Hindi women writers on a very intimate theme: rajasvalā
Hana Waisserová: Body, Nature and Roots in Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
Philology
Oliver Hellwig: The arrangement of plant names in Sanskrit dictionaries
Jean-Luc Chevillard: Contrastive study of the use of the ammuc cāriyai with plant names
as prescribed by ilakkaṇam and as seen in ilakkiyam
16:00-16:30 Discussion
19.00 Farewell Party
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