Previous workshops
Modern Indian Intellectual History
Berlin, March 2007
The first meeting of that focus group was held in Berlin in 2007.
Conceptions of power and its limits I
Kesroli, January 2009
The second meeting of the IEARN Intellectual History-Political Thought group focused on the theme of ‘Conceptions of Power and its limits’. The consensus at the previous meeting (Berlin 2007) was for an historical approach designed to identify the foundations of modern Indian political thought, an approach that looks at the interaction between political ideas and ’languages’ on the one hand, and institutions and practical contexts on the other. The concept of power, it was agreed, could lend itself handily as an initial focus of inquiry for the group.
Presentations made by participants ranged across a broad canvas, and themes addressed included: forms of dispute resolution in eighteenth century Maharashtra, ideas of Mughal sovereignty and empire during 1857 and its aftermath, Indian liberalism and power, Gandhi and political pluralism, attempts to construct an Indian political tradition, debates about the uses of violence and terrorism in early twentieth century India, political traditions and their endings, and notions of statesmanship and political leadership in post-independence India.
Conceptions of Power and its Limits II
Berlin, April 9-10, 2010
The schedule of the workshop was organised with the following main themes:
- Power and Self-Creation: Recovery, Revival and Reconstruction of Political Traditions
- The Social and Political Sources and Limits of Power
- Power and its Languages: Translatability, Simultaneity, and Transformation of Concepts and Ideas
- Power and Political Judgment: The Ends of Modern Indian Political Thought?
see the program of that workshop
The Identity of Modern India Political Thought: Power, Politics, and the Political
Uppsala, September 16-17, 2011
That meeting aimed at working on the possible publicatiopn of a collaborative volume on The Identity of Modern India Political Thought.