Sheffield Interfaith

Website and blog for Sheffield Interfaith

  • Events
    • Archive
  • News
  • Inspirations
Home Uncategorized Tagore Talk, Discussion & Readings Sat. 7th October 6pm-7.30pm University of Sheffield
Tagore Talk, Discussion & Readings Sat. 7th October 6pm-7.30pm University of Sheffield

Caroline Cripps September 29, 2017 Leave a Comment

Tagore Talk, Discussion & Readings Sat. 7th October 6pm-7.30pm University of Sheffield

Rabindranath Tagore: Great Sentinel of Freedom
– Humanities Research Institute, University of Sheffield, 34 Gell Street, Sheffield S3 7QY

Sat. 7th October 6pm-7.30pm –Professor Bashabi Fraser, Director of the Scottish Centre for Tagore Studies, will talk about Rabindranath Tagore, his views on freedom, education and internationalism, and the continued relevance of this much-loved writer-philosopher and Nobel laureate. Debjani Chatterjee MBE will chair a discussion and brief readings of Tagore’s work. Tickets: Free, no need to book.

Rabindranath Tagore (1861 – 1941) was the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, when his Gitanjali, with its ‘profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse’, was published. Called ‘Gurudev’ or ‘Divine Teacher’, he was a polymath who reshaped Bengali music, language and literature, as well as Indian art and education.

The main speaker Bashabi Fraser is a well published Professor of English and Creative Writing, and Director of the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies at Edinburgh Napier University. Setting the historical scene will be historian Oliver Godsmark, who lectures on International History at the University of Sheffield, and has a special interest in modern South Asia, decolonisation and Partition.

Other panelists include Senior Lecturers from the University’s English Department: Ranjan Sen, a Historical Linguist with a special interest in sound change, and Richard Steadman-Jones whose field is the History of Ideas. A fourth panelist is Tagore scholar and Rabindra Sangeet singer Ashim Dutta from the universities of Dhaka and York. All have an interest in cross-cultural encounters.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Keep in touch with Sheffield Interfaith

Sign up here and we'll let you know whenever we add a new post to this website. We'll keep you informed of events and other developments. We'll never pass your details to third parties.

Categories

  • Archive (43)
  • Events (84)
  • Inspirations (2)
  • News (34)
  • Uncategorized (53)

Information

The content on this site is copyright to Sheffield Interfaith unless otherwise stated. Hover over images to see additional copyright information. Under no circumstances will Sheffield Interfaith pass your information onto third parties. Please note this site does not offer advice about legal or technical issues. Please discuss new projects based on ideas from this site with your professional advisers. If you buy something as a result of reading this site Caveat Emptor applies, it is your responsibility not Sheffield Interfaith's!

Details

To contact Sheffield Interfaith
Phone:
Email: sheffieldinterfaith(at)hotmail.co.uk

To contact Shirley House
Phone: 0114 267 8289
Email: office(at)standrewspsalterlane.org.uk

Site Designer and Consultant: Chris Sissons, Community Web Consultant

Copyright © 2021 · Streamline Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in