Here are a collection of academic events and knowledge transfer organised by the Scottish Centre of Tagore Studies (ScoTs)… 8th May 2024: Transnational Dialogues – Bridging Continents Towards a Global Vision by Swati GangulyCall for Contributions for Gitanjali and Beyond, Annual Issue 6 Samaj and Freedom(s): The relevance of Gandhi and Tagore’s Ideas TodayCall for Contributions: Gitanjali and Beyond, a Special Issue of Creativity: The Unity of All Things, Issue 5Transnational Literature: First Call for Papers22nd and 23rd February 2019: Collaborative International Conference on Gandhi & Tagore Organised by MAHE and Edinburgh Napier University10 – 11th June 2019: Empire and the Senses22nd & 23rd February 2019: Collaborative International Conference on Gandhi & Tagore26th November 2016: Conference: The Poet, Nation and Narration9th November 2016: Launch of our new journal Gitanjali & Beyond16th April 2016: Discovering Rabindranath Tagore; A talk at BigLit23rd November 2015: Colonial knowledge production; Margaret Tytler’s collection of Indian models 1815-182124th October 2015: Conference on Aurobindo and Vivekananda12th May 2015: Website launch and book launch15th May 2015: In Our Time with Melvin Bragg featuring Prof Bashabi Fraser as specialist16th March 2015: The River as a motif in Indian Literature and in Rabindranath Tagore’s Imagination by Prof. Amrit Sen13th March 2015: The Home and the World; The Travelogues of Rabindranath Tagore by Prof Amrit Sen11th March 2015: Rabindranath’s Rammohun Roy and the Complexities of Bengali Identity by Prof Amrit Sen18th February 2015: Medieval Indian bhakti (devotional) poetry of conversion and subversion and Tagore’s Gitanjali; continuity of a tradition by Prof Choudhuri8th November 2014: International Conference on Rabindranath Tagore’s Spirituality; Artistic, Educational and Political Expressions8th November 2014: The formation of Tagore’s spirituality and the evidence of it in his artistic endeavours by Prof Indra Nath Choudhuri8th November 2014: ‘Atmosphere’ as key to Rabindranath Tagore’s spiritual education by Dr Christine Kupfer16 October 2014: Upanishads; The Oneness between the Limitless Infinite and the Finite by Prof ChoudhuriJuly 2014: Inaugural lecture of Tagore Centre Manipul University by Prof FraserMay 2014: Tagore’s imperialism of love by Dr Christine Kupfer24th April 2014: The Conflict between the other Asia and the New Asia; Rabindranath Tagore, Liann Qichao and Kakuzo (Tenshin) Okakura and Politics of Friendship by by Prof ChoudhuriApril 2014: Distinguished Lecture Series at ScoTs; Lecture by His Excellency, Mijarul M. QuayesApril 2014: Distinguished Lecture Series at ScoTs; Dual lecture by Prof Choudhuri and Dr Kundu on Tagore’s impact in the West and the East22nd March 2014: What is Inner Power and how do we use it by Prof ChoudhuriDecember 2013: Tagore as a Transnational Writer by Prof Indra Nath Chowdhuri27th December 2013: Tagore and Gandhi and the issues of secularism and religion by Prof ChoudhuriNovember 2013: The Man of Faith by Prof Fraser18th October 2013: Tagore and Gandhi; Their intellectual conflicts and Companionship by Prof Indra Nath ChoudhuriJuly 2013: Tagore Studies in Scotland and Europe by Prof Bashabi FraserJune 2013: Tagore; the Renaissance Man by Prof FraserMarch 2013: Tagore and Dualism by Prof Bashabi FraserMay 2012: International Tagore Conference on Tagore; The Global Impact of the Writer in the CommunityMay 2012: Education Towards the Universal; The Future of Tagore’s Educational Ideas by Dr Christine KupferNovember 2011: Celebrating Tagore by Prof Bashabi FraserOctober 2011: Tagore’s Creative Principle by Prof FraserMay 2011: Distinguished Lecture Series at ScoTs: Lecture Demonstration on the evolution of Tagore’s dance dramas by Prof Amita Dutt MookerjeeMay 2011: Distinguished Lecture Series at ScoTs; Lecture on Tagore as an Educationist by Dr Uma DasguptaMay 2011: Distinguished Lecture Series at ScoTs; Mrs Roy demonstrates the influence of western and Indian classical music on Tagore’s songsMay 2011: Prof Fraser chairs International Tagore Conference at Tagore Centre UKMay 2011: Unwordly or all-worldly? Tagore’s educational philosophy at Shantiniketan by Dr Christine KupferNovember 2010: The Shared Ideas of Two Visionaries: Patrick Geddes and Rabindranath Tagore by Prof Bashabi Fraser
