International Congress:

Meeting with India

"Society, Education and Art"

BILBAO

Bizkaia Aretoa, The University of Basque Country

11th- 13th November 2015

congress@indiabilbao.com / www.indiabilbao.com

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INTRODUCTION

Indian culture, including several of its traditions, the richness and complexity of its thought,

its social movements and its rich aesthetic legacy, has greatly influenced thinkers, artists

and social activists in the West. However, despite its remarkable cultural heritage and its

presence in our collective imagination, INDIA remains a big unknown.

India can be regarded as fascinating from many different points of view. This International

Conference wants to be a meeting point enabling us to know, with rigour and in their own

voices, where Indian society is aiming for, what is its cultural legacy and how can we

establish a relationship within the new world order in the making, which cannot ignore or

reduce to outdated stereotypes this vast and rich country.

To this end, the Conference will bring together scholars and experts from India in order to

reflect, from a place of dialogue, on its cultures, on the educational model with which it is

addressing social changes, on the worldview underlying its forms of social organization, on

its artistic legacy integrating millennia-old practices and contemporary models, and on the

challenges faced by a democracy of thirteen hundred million people.

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AIMS

The history of India, as that of any country, is being re-written. Historians, sociologists and

thinkers contemplate the legacy of this country with a view that is more and more integral,

less and less deterministic. Its formidable linguistic, cultural and philosophical diversity

constitutes a kaleidoscopic reality making room for a huge array of currents of thought,

lifestyles and ways of understanding education, aesthetics and social organization.

The main goals of the Conference are, among others:

To reflect on the aspects of Indian culture, which have played a key role in

transforming society, art, and education.

To share current experiences taking place in Indian culture, in order to gain a

greater understanding of them.

To promote the creation of networks between India-Bilbao-Europe, to foster

research and knowledge transfer.

To enable the design and development of a platform of projects fostering the

internationalization of the various entities organizing or collaborating in this

Conference.

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INDIA: SOCIETY, EDUCATION AND ART

The Conference’s aims will be developed within three large areas: Society, Education and

Art.

SOCIETY:

“[Indian history] has included ways and means of allowing people of dissimilar convictions

to live peacefully together rather than going constantly for each other’s jugular.” (Amartya

Sen, The Argumentative Indian: Writings on India Culture, History and Identity, 2005)

India, as a global power, is looking at the future with confidence, but the largest

democracy in the world is facing important social challenges, in areas such as public

health services, poverty, corruption in the administration, the role of women or the

emergent nationalisms. All these challenges are present in public debates, in the media

and in political movements. It is a very dynamic society, where new relationships are being

built both at the local and global levels.

The issues addressed in the Conference open up a space for reflection beyond the "East-

West" stereotype. This fragmented and essentialist view hardly makes any sense today.

Solutions, questions and processes need to be addressed from a complex anthropological

perspective and from a cultural pluralism.

EDUCATION:

“I was not born in a lifeless world. My eyes never tired of contemplating what was worth

loving in this visible world, nor did they ever find a limit to its Supreme Wonder”.

(Rabindranath Tagore)

In the years to come, India is called to play a very important role in the world stage. Its

society is aware of that future, while at the same time belonging to an ancient civilization.

The dynamism of this society is built upon the values of its millennia-old culture.

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How is education addressing this meeting between tradition and future? What are the

values underlying its educational model? The humanistic ideals of the Indian traditions, the

reformist movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the current socially-focused

proposals are fully relevant for today’s world, which is in need of an education commited to

peace, values, knowledge and respecting other cultures.

ART:

“We, on the other hand are accustomed to think of music, and culture in general, as

useless, but still valuable. We forget that music, traditionally, is never something only for

the ear, something only to be heard, but always the accompaniment of some kind of action.

Our own conceptions of culture are typically negative. I believe that Professor Dewey is

right in calling our cultural values snobbish. The lessons of the Museum must be applied to

our life.” (Ananda K. Coomaraswamy)

Art permeates Indian life. It is present in the family, in abstract thinking and in the public

arena. It is a link with an ancestral knowledge; the foundation that holds the fabric of

Indian beliefs.

How is art transforming Indian society? What are the keys to its aesthetic manifestation?

Where is its experience pointing to? What is the role of the human being in Indian art?

These issues are omnipresent in Indian thinking. Its philosophical tradition brings forth a

view of the human being, of his experience, and of his role in the world, which has

generated controversy and passion in the West.

Which reflections can this eternal India offer to modern society? What can its wisdom bring

to a globalized world?

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TO WHOW IS IT ADDRESSED?

The Conference, which has an international character, is addressed to professors,

students and researchers with an interest in Indian studies, as well as to professionals,

entrepreneurs and social agents who see India as a place of learning and opportunity.

DATE AND PLACE

The scheduled dates (11th, 12th and 13th of November 2015) will coincide with other two

events in Bilbao: a major concert by Shubhendra Rao and BOS (Bilbao Symphonic

Orchestra), and the Pala-Sena Art Exhibition at the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. Moreover, it

will also coincide with the presentation of the Rabindranath Tagore International Poetry

Award.

The Conference will take place at the University of the Basque Country’s Bizkaia Aretoa

building, located in Bilbao (Abandoibarra Avenue, 3).

IMPORTANT DATES

Important dates to take into account

From 15th

July until 22nd

September

Deadline for submissions for communications and/or posters

Until 1st

October

Until 3rd

October

Confirmation of acceptance of communications and/or posters

Conference inscriptions with reduced price (190€)

Until 23rd

October Deadline for final version of communications

From 4th

October until 6th

November Conference inscriptions with normal price (225€)

11th

, 12th

and 13th

November Celebration of the conference

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

In the dialogue spaces devoted to the areas of Society, Education and Art, participants will

discuss the ideas arising in the plenary sessions and in the communications.

These discussions will be conducted by two facilitators, who will make a 15 minutes

introduction. They will be one of the main speakers plus an expert in Indian culture and

society. Each space will reflect on a previously generated question. The language of the

dialogues will be English as well as Spanish (with simultaneous translation).

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Wednesday, 11th November 2015 - EDUCATION

10:30 – 11:30 Participant’s reception and accreditations

11:30 – 12:15 Opening of the Conference

12:15 – 13:30 Plenary session Shashi Tharoor

13:30 – 14:45 Lunch

14:45 – 16:00 Dialogues: three areas (Society, Education and Art). Facilitators:

• Society: Agustín Pániker

• Education: Jordi Pigem

• Art: Rosa Fernández

Plus the intervention of a speaker

16:00 – 17:00 Plenary session Ashis Nandy

17:00 – 17:20 Coffee break

17:20 – 17:45 Presentation of the Rabindranath Tagore International Poetry Award

17:45 – 18:45 RIA (Research Innovation Action) Performance with Chantal Maillard

and David Varela

18:45-19:00 Dialogue RIA with Chantal Maillard and David Varela

Thursday, 12th November 2015 - SOCIETY

9:00 – 10:15 Plenary session Satish Kumar

10:15 – 11:30 Communications

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:15 Plenary session Kamal Sheel

13:15 – 14:30 Lunch

14:30– 15:45 Dialogues: three areas (Society, Education and Art). Facilitators:

• Society: Agustín Pániker

• Education: Jordi Pigem

• Art: Rosa Fernández

15:45 – 16:45 Conclusions from the three areas

16:45 – 17:15 Coffee break

17:15 – 18:00 RIA (Research Innovation Action) Performance with Shreyashee Nag

18:00 – 18:30 Dialogue with Shreyashee Nag

19:00 - 20:00 Visit to the Fine Arts Museum

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Friday, 13th November 2015 - ART

9:00 – 10:15 Plenary session Jawhar Sircar

10:15 – 11:30 Communications - Poster

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee break

12:00 – 13:15 Plenary session Malvika Singh

13:15 - 14:00 Internal Closing Ceremony

19:30-20:30 Bilbao Symphonic Orchestra (BOS) concert with Shubhendra Rao:

“Concert nº 1 for Sitar and Orchestra”

22:00 Gala dinner

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DELIVERY OF COMMUNICATION PROPOSALS AND/OR POSTERS

It is possible to submit communications for its oral presentation or as poster, in Spanish or

in English. The reception period for the proposals finishes on September 22nd, 2015.

Communications and posters should be related to the following areas:

• Education and Thinking

• Art

• Society

The organization will appreciate the submission of proposals before the scheduled

deadline, in order to enable the planning of spaces. The acceptance of the proposals by

the Conference Scientific Committee will be communicated to the applicants by email

before 1st October 2015.

The maximum number of communications and/or posters for each author to present is

three. Once the communication or poster proposal is accepted, in order to present it to the

Conference the author should be registered in the Conference and should have made the

corresponding payment.

For both oral communication and posters, authors will have the option of receiving an

official specific certificate with the title of the communication or poster, provided that the

presentation and the payment have taken place.

COMMUNICATIONS FORMAT

Communication proposals will be submitted by September 22nd to the Conference email

(congress@indiabilbao.com), specifying the subject “Communication” and adjusting it to

the specifications of brief format template (Appendix 1).

The Conference Scientific Committee will be the ultimate responsible for deciding whether

it is accepted as an oral communication or as poster, and the place, time and date of the

presentation.

The final redaction of the accepted communications will be sent by email

(congress@indiabilbao.com) in extensive format (Appendix 2) and saved as Word 97-

2003. Contributions will not be published if they do not follow the specified format, if they

have not been sent before October 23rd or if the authors have not paid for their registration.

Communications accepted by the Conference Scientific Committee will be published

online, with the ISBN of the Basque Country University Publishing Service, and they will be

kept there. Authors can only present unpublished contributions.

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POSTERS FORMAT

Poster proposals (118 cm height x 84 cm width) will be submitted in order to be accepted

by September 22nd, to the Conference email (congress@indiabilbao.com), specifying the

subject “Poster” and adjusting it to the specifications of brief format template (Appendix 1).

During the celebration of the Conference, no poster will be shown that does not follow the

format, has not been sent before the deadline or whose authors have not paid for their

registration.

The Conference Scientific Committee will be the ultimate responsible for deciding the

place, time and date of the presentation.

There will be a specific area to exhibit those posters particularly related to the main topics

of the day. They will be shown for two days, reserving a “Free topic” area.

SOCIAL EVENTS

During the Conference, four major social events will take place:

1) A visit to the Fine Arts Museum of Bilbao in order to see the exhibition Pala-Sena.

2) The concert of the Bilbao Symphonic Orchestra with Shubhendra Rao, on Thursday

12th and Friday 13th, and on Monday 16th of November, Shubhendra Rao will offer

a chamber concert. www.bilbaorkestra.com/esp/dossier_detalle.php (link of the

season preview 2015-2015 of BOS)

3) Two RIA performances (Research Innovation Action) with Chantal Maillard and

David Varela, and with the dancer Shreyashee Nag. Shreyashee Nag will perform a

dance based on poems by Rabindranath Tagore on Thursday 12th.

4) A gala dinner.

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COMITTEES AND ORGANIZATION

CONGRESS PRESIDENCY:

Mr. Iñigo Urkullu, President of Basque Government

HONOR COMITTEE:

Mr. Iñaki Goirizelaia, Rector of the University of the Basque Country

Mr. Juan María Aburto, Mayor of Bilbao

Mr. Unai Rementeria, Deputy General of Bizkaia

Mr. Vikram Misri, Ambassador of India in Spain

Mr. Gustavo de Arístegui, Ambassador of Spain in India

ORGANIZER COMITTEE:

Ms. Pilar Ruiz de Gauna, President of the University of the Basque Country

Mr. Javier García de Andoín, Asiatic Research Insititute. Director.

Mr. José Luis Pizarro, University of the Basque Country

Mrs. Gurutze Ezkurdia, University of the Basque Country

Mrs. Susana Jodra, University of the Basque Country

Mr. Valentín González, University of the Basque Country

Ms. Begoña Medel, University of the Basque Country

Mr. Natxo Rodriguez, University of the Basque Country

Ms. Nieves Larroy, University of the Basque Country

Mr. Javier Viar, Director of Fine Arts Museum of Bilbao

Ms. Nieves González, University of the Basque Country

Ms. Estibaliz Fernández de Larrea, University of the Basque Country

Ms. Concepción Martínez, Asiatic Research Institute

Mr. Ramón María Moreno, Director of Casa Asia

Mr. Guillermo Rodríguez, Director of Casa de la India

Mr. Ion de la Riva, Exambassador of Spain in India, Founder of Casa Asia and

Founder of FIND

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SCIENTIFIC COMITTEE:

Mr. Agustín Pániker, Director of Kairós (publishing house)

Mr. Javier García de Andoín, India–Bilbao Project

Mr. Shashi Tharoor, Exminister of India and current Member of Parliament

Mr. Jawhar Sircar, Prasar Bharati Broadcasting Corporation of India

Mr. Kamal Sheel, Current Rector of The Indian University of Benarés

Mr. Shunil Khilnani, Director of the Indian Institute at London’s King’s College

Mr. Satish Kumar, Founder of Schumacher College and The Small School

Ms. Rosa Fernández, University of Malaga

Mr. Jordi Pigem, philosopher of science and writer

Ms. Chantal Maillard, University of Malaga

Mr. Sudhir Kakar, INSEAD, Fontainebleau (France)

Mr. Dipesh Chakravarty, University of Chicago

Mr. Rafael Iruzubieta, Indologic Studies Institute of Madrid

Mr. Nicolas de Pedro, Main researcher of CIDOB

Mr. Raffaelle Torella, University of Rome

ORGANIZERS:

Asiatic Research Institute

The University of Basque Country

Education School of Bilbao of The University of the Basque Country

Fine Arts Faculty of The University of the Basque Country

WITH THE COLLABORATION OF:

Bilbao City Council

Fine Arts Museum

Bilbao Symphonic Orchestra

Indian Embassy in Spain

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BUSINESS COLLABORATORS:

Ercilla Hotel

Lufthansa

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INVITED SPEAKERS

Ashis Nandy

Sociologist and PhD in Clinical Psychology from the Gujarat

University. He received the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize in 2007.

He has been the director of the Centre for the Study of

Developing Societies (CSDS) in Delhi for several years. He has

also been an Investigator in the Woodrow Wilson International

Center and a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in

Berlin. He has been highlighted as an honorary member of

Postcolonial Studies Institute in Melbourne and has belonged to

the Global Scientific Committee for Education (UNESCO). He currently teaches at the

University of California, Los Angeles. In 2008 the Carnegie Endowment for International

Peace named him as one of the 100 most influential public intellectuals.

As a political and theoretical social psychologist, during his academic career Nandy has

been associated with many movements and initiatives exploring alternatives in the realms

of knowledge and culture. His research has focused on the political psychology of

violence, cultures of knowledge, visions and utopias, and the human potential.

He is the author of many publications, among which we can mention Alternative Sciences

(1980), At the Edge of Psychology (1980), The Intimate Enemy: Loss and Recovery of Self

Under Colonialism (1983), The Tao of Cricket (1989), The Illegitimacy of Nationalism

(1994), The Savage Freud and Other Essays in possible and Retrievable Selves (1995),

An Ambiguous Journey to the City (2007), The Romance of the State and the Fate of

Dissent in the Tropics (2003), Time Warps (2002), Time Treks (2007), and Traditions,

Tyranny and Utopias (1987).

Jawhar Sircar

Born in Calcutta (India). BA in Political Science from the Presidency

College, Calcutta University. Master in History and Ancient Indian

Culture by the Calcutta University. Master in Sociology and Social

Anthropology. He has been the CEO of Prasar Bharati, the public

service broadcasting in India. He has been Secretary of the Ministry

of Culture in the Government of India (2008-2012). He received the

Silver Medal of the British Museum for its outstanding contribution

to the reforms of museums, archives and libraries. He has held the

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post of Chief Secretary for Education and Culture in West Bengal (2006-2008). He was

Commissioner for Development and the Government Secretary of India for

development of micro and medium enterprises (2006- 2008).

As CEO of Prasar Bharati, Sircar oversees public service broadcasting in India. He has

been able to introduce new digital technologies and reduce obsolescence, for which

has been awarded a number of times.

Sircar has researched and published on cultural, historical and anthropological issues.

His anthropological studies for the Indian Council for Social Sciences and Research

deserve to be particularly highlighted. He has also studied indigenous religions and

their dialogue with formal Hinduism. He is the author of The Construction of the Hindu

Identity in Medieval Western Bengal: The Role of Popular Cults (2005).

He is a member of several institutions such as the Asiatic Society, the India

International Center and the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA). He has also

received several awards during his career, most notably the award for Best CEO (for

his work in Prasar Bharati) and the International of Directors Distinguished Fellowship

Award.

He has given courses and lectures at universities in India, Melbourne, Seoul,

Wellington, Heidelberg and Bonn.

Kamal Sheel

Born in India, with a PhD in History from the University of Wisconsin-

Madison and a Master in Asian History from the University of Wisconsin-

Madison. BA Hons. (History) from the Banaras Hindu University,

Varanasi. Sheel is currently the Chancellor of the Banaras Hindu

University, as well as Coordinator of the Center for Studies and

Interculturalization of the Malaviya Human Values and Ethics Center. He

was also the dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts (2009-2012).

During his tenure as a professor at Panjab University, Chandigarh, he gave Graduate

courses in History of India and China. In this University he was Chairman of the

Department of Central Asian Studies.

His published works include India on the Silk Road, written in collaboration with Prof.

Charles C. Willemen and Lalji's Shravak (2011). He has published numerous articles and

publications on modern and ancient history of India and China.

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Malvika Singh

Born in India, Singh is the director and editor of the influential journal

Seminar, founded in 1959 by his father Ramosh Thapar, an influential

politician close to the Gandhi family. Seminar addresses social,

political and cultural thought from a variety of perspectives, providing

a platform for free thought. It is regarded as a prestigious publication

in India. She is also vice president of the Indian National Trust for Art

and Cultural Heritage.

She lectures on topics related to the transformation of India, cities and the rights of

women, in several universities in India and the United States.

She has published a number of books, among which we highlight Bhutan: Through the

Lens of the King, New Delhi: Making of a Capital (2009) and Delhi: India in One City

(2009). She has also worked extensively in theater and film, and was awarded the Order

of Civil Merit by the King of Spain in 2009.

Sunil Khilnani

Born in New Delhi, he earned a PhD in Social and Political Science

at Kings College, Cambridge. He is Professor of Political Science

and Director of the Indian Institute of King's College in London. He

was a Berlin Prize Fellow in 2010. He is married to the writer

Katherine Boo.

He is also professor of the Starr Foundation at the Johns Hopkins

University's School of Advanced International Studies, and Director

of Studies of South Asia (2002). He was Professor of Politics at

Birkbeck College, University of London.

He has been a guest professor at Seikei University, Tokyo. He was elected member of

research at Christ's College, Cambridge. He has also been a member of the Woodrow

Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC and a member of the Institute

for Advanced Study (Wissenschaftskolleg) in Berlin. He is Member of the American

Academy in Berlin. He has served as a member of several editorial boards, including

Economy and Society, Critique Internationale, and the Political Quarterly, and is a member

of the Scientific Council of the Institute for Advanced Study in Nantes, the Instituto Oriente

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in Lisbon, and a Governor of the Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Trust. He is a recipient of the

2005 Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, awarded by the Indian government.

Among his works: The idea of India (1999): Civil society: history and possibilities (2001)

and Democracy and its Indian pasts (2009)

Shashi Tharoor

He was born in London (UK). He is an elected Member of Parliament from

Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) for The Indian National Congress.

He was Indian State Minister for Human Resources Development.

He is a Doctor by the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy of

The Tufts University, and is an author and columnist.

His career in the United Nations began in 1978 as a member of

UNHCR in Geneva. In 2001 he was appointed Under-Secretary

General for Communications and Public Information at the United

Nations, and in 2003 Kofi Annan appointed him as United Nations Coordinator for

Multilingualism. In 2006 he was India's candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary-

General of the UN.

Since 2009 he has developed his political career in India, being sworn as Minister of State

for External Affairs. He has also been President of the Permanent Parliament Commission

on External Affairs.

He has been awarded with The Parvasi Bharatiy Samman Award and many others literary

prizes, included The Commonwealth Writer’s Prize.

He has published several literary works and many articles in international media such as

The New York Times, The Washington Post and The International Herald Tribune.

Among his books, we can highlight: Nehru: The invention of India (2012); The Great Indian

Novel (1989); Pax Indica: India and the world of the 21st century (2012) and India Shastra:

Reflections on the Nation in our Time (2015).

Satish Kumar

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He was born in Sri Dungargarh (Rajastan, India). He holds Honorary Doctorates in

Education by Plymouth University, in Literature by the University of Lancaster, and in Law

by the University of Exeter. In November 2001 he was awarded with The Jamnalal Bajaj

International Award for promoting Gandhian values. He has also been collaborator of the

BBC program Today.

He is the founder of Schumacher College (an international center for the

ecologiscal studies) and The Small School. He is the current editor of

the Resurgence & Ecologist magazine. He stands for nuclear

disarmament, and among his achievements we can highlight his two

years long Peace March (1962-1964), in which he walked from India to the four capitals of

the countries that at the time had nuclear weapons.

When he was 9 years old, Satish Kumar left his family to become a Jain monk. When he

was 18, after reading a book by Gandhi, he became a student of Vinoba Bhave. Among

his books, we can highlight: No Destination: An Autobiography (2000); You Are, Therefore

I Am: A Declaration of Dependence (2002); The Buddha and the Terrorist: The Story of

Angulimala (2006); Spiritual Compass: The Three Qualities of Life (2008); and Soil Soul

Society: A New Trinity for Our Time (2014).

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RIA (Research Innovation Action) Shreyashee Nag

Born in Calcuta (India), she is a Kathak dancer (classical dance of

northern India). She has a Degree in Chemistry (University of Saint

Louis USA-Spain) and a Master in Business Administration (MBA

CFE).

Trained as a Northern Indian classical ballerina dancer through the

methodology of "Guru Shishya Parampara” (teacher-pupil tradition)

at the Lahore Lucknow Gharana with the prestigious Pakistani dancer Fasih Ur Rehman.

She has studied with teachers such as Guru Vandana Sen, and in the Lucknow Gharana,

Kolkata and Jaipur Priya Pawar-Gharana, and in London, as well as at the Nagpur

Academy and with the singers of Hindustani music Guru Prabhakar Dhakde and Anwar

Qureshi.

She is the Director of the Barcelona Kathak Project and Founder of Núpura Cultural

Association. She is a Committee Member of the Nataraj School of Dance (affiliated to the

University of Allahabad). The school of dance of Kolkata is mainly focused on the works of

Tagore and as a committee member of this school, Shreyashee promotes the work of

Tagore in Spain. Chitrangada is her upcoming production based the work of Tagore and is

soon to be released in Spain.

She is Head of Culture of IAB (Indian Association of Barcelona) and has produced and

directed plays in London, Kolkata and Spain.

Chantal Maillard

Chantal Maillard was born in Brussels (Belgium), she is a Doctor of

Philosophy specialized in Indian philosophy and religions by the

Banares Hindu University. She has been professor of Aesthetica and

Art Theory at the University of Málaga and contributes to the cultural

supplements of the ABC and El País newspapers. She is also poet

and a philosopher.

She has been awarded the National Poetry Award for her work Matar a Platón (Killing

Plato, 2004), as well as the Critique National Prize and the Andalucia Award for Hilos

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(Threads, 2007). She is also an author of diaries: Filosofía en los días críticos (Philosophy

in the critical days), Diarios indios (Indian Diaries), Husos (Spindles) and Bélgica

(Belgium); and an author of essays: Contra el arte y otras imposturas (Against art and

other impostures) and La baba del caracol (The snail slime). She has gathered her works

about India in a volume called India (2014). Her most recent book is La herida en la

lengua (The injury in the tongue, 2015).

Currently, Chantal Maillard participates in interdisciplinary projects with national and

international artists from the visual arts as well as from the fields of music and cinema.

Indian diaries is a performance-reading of her writings from Varanasi, in dialogue with the

audiovisual works that David Varela made also in Varanasi.

David Varela

David Varela is a film-maker born in Madrid, where he studied

cinema script and direction in several private schools. In 2008 he

travelled to India in order to record the film Banaras me (2010), as

well as several short films and audiovisual pieces which have been

presented in many national and international festivals.

In 2011 he travelled again to Asia in order to record a new film called

Milagro (Miracle), which is currently being assembled. That same year, he also took part

as film editor in the film Banderas Falsas (Fake Flags), directed by Carlos Serrano

Azcona.

In 2012 he worked with Chantal Maillard in order to make documentaries and other

projects. Currently he is working as a programmer for DOCMA (Association of

Documentary Cinema).

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DIALOGUES' FACILITATORS

Agustín Pániker

He was born in Barcelona (Spain). He is the director of the publishing

house Kairós, and a writer specialized in Indian culture. He teaches and

lectures about India and Asian cultures at universities, being a lecturer

in Masters and postgraduate programs at the University of Barcelona

and at the Pablo de Olavide University in Seville.

He is the President of the Ramuni Paniker Trust, a foundation devoted

to the cultural exchange between India and Spain. Among his books,

we can highlight Índika: Una descolonización intelectual (Indika, an

Intellectual Decolonization, 2005). Los Sikhs. Historia, identidad y religión (The Sikhs:

History, Identity and Religion, 2007), El sueño de Shitala: Viaje al mundo de las religiones

(Shitala's Dream: Journey to the World of Religions, 2011), and La sociedad de castas:

Religión y política en la India (Caste Society: Religion and Politics in India, 2014).

Jordi Pigem

He was born in Barcelona (Spain). He is a Doctor of Philosophy from

the University of Barcelona, he taught at Schumacher College (England)

and he is a lecturer at a number of universities.

Jordi Pigem is a contributor to media such as the Cultura/s supplement

of the La Vanguardia newspaper. Among his books we can mention

Buena crisis: hacia un mundo postmaterialista (Good Crisis: Towards a

Postmaterialistic World, 2009), GPS (Global Personal Social): Valores

para un mundo en transformación GPS [Global Personal Social]: Values for a World in

Transformation, 2011) and La nueva realidad: Del economicismo a la conciencia cuántica

(The New Reality: From Economicism to Quantum Consciousness, 2013).

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Rosa Fernández

Rosa Fernández was born in Spain and she is a Doctor in Philosophy

from the University of Málaga. She currently lectures at the University of

Málaga in the degrees of Philosophy, East Asian Studies and

Audiovisual Communication. She has completed postgraduate studies

in Philosophy and Indian Religions at the Banaras Hindu University and

she has done research on the dialogue between the aesthetic

parameters of East Asia and the West.

She is on the Board of Directors of SEyTA (Spanish Society of Aesthetics and Art Theory)

and she is member of the International Association for Aesthetics and the European

Society of Aesthetics. She is also member of the Editorial Board of the Laocoonte

magazine.

Among her publications we can mention: Hacia un tercer sistema de las artes: entre

pragmatismo y estética transcultural (Towards a Third Art’s System: Between Pragmatism

and Transcultural Aesthetics, 2011), Horizontes en movimiento: De la estética comparada

a la estética transcultural (Horizons in Motion: From Comparative Aesthetics to

Transcultural Aesthetics, 2013) and El arte indio de Hegel: extravagancia natural (Hegel’s

Indian Art: Natural Flamboyance” (2010).

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RELEVANT INFORMATION

Know Bilbao

www.bilbaoturismo.net

www.turismo.euskadi.eus

1. Move around Bilbao:

Tram

www.euskotren.eus/es/tranviabilbao

Underground

www.metrobilbao.eus

Bus

www.bilbao.net/cs/Satellite?cid=1279132680834&language=es&pagena

me=Bilbaonet%2FPage%2FBIO_detallePagina

2. How to arrive

Bilbao is a city located in the north of Spanish peninsula, its important network of transport

connects it with the main European cities by land, sea and air.

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By air:

The international airport of Bilbao is located 12 kilometers from the Old town of the city,

and it has good connections in order to arrive to the city’s center.

Airport of Bilbao www.aena.es/bilbao

- Bus

The airport is connected with the center of the city through the bus line A324, which arrives

to Termibus bus station. This line functions approximately from 6.15 am. until 00.00 am.

(direction to Bilbao), and between 5.20 am. and 22.00 pm. (airport direction).

To see the schedule: www.termibus.es

- Taxi

There is also the option of taking a taxi in order to go from the airport to the city center.

The route has a length of 15 minutes approximately.

www.taxibilbao.com

www.teletaxibilbao.com

- Vehicles’ rent

The own airport offers the possibility to rent your car by your own, there are five

companies available: Avis, National Atesa, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt.

By land:

In order to arrive to Bilbao by land, there are many options: train, bus or road.

- By train

In Bilbao there are three companies that provide train services:

- RENFE: It arrives to Abando train station.

clientecercaniasbilbao@renfe.es / www.renfe.com/

- FEVE: It arrives to La Concordia train station.

www.feve.es/

- EUSKOTREN: It arrives to Atxuri station.

attcliente@euskotren.es / www.euskotren.es/

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- By bus

The bus station called Termibus, is the place where all long and main short way lines stop.

It is located next to San Mamés Stadium, and it is perfectly connected with the

underground station and Renfe.

www.termibus.es

- By road

The main Access by road are the following:

- From France A8 Highway

- From Madrid A1Highway

By sea:

Brittany Ferries Company offers routes between Bilbao and Portsmouth (UK). It sets sail

from The Port of Bilbao.

www.brittanyferries.es

www.bilbaoport.eus

3. Interesting places and routes

o Bilbao’s travelling guide: www.euskoguide.com/es/lugares-pais-

vasco/espana/bilbao-turismo/

o Website: www.euskoguide.com/es/

o Iphone app about Bilbao: www.euskoguide.com/es/lugares-pais-

vasco/espana/bilbao-app/

Bilbao is a city mainly known due to its commercial activity, and huge architectural and

infrastructural projects, which have enabled to transform and modernize the city.

Nowadays, Bilbao is a cosmopolitan city, which has a wide cultural, commercial and

gastronomic supply.

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- Guggenheim Bilbao Museum

The own building is a fine art, apart from the gallery that it has inside. It has both permanent and temporal expositions. More

information available in its website: www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/

- Arriaga Theatre

It is inspired in Paris’ Opera, created in 1890, it has been renovated in several occasions. It has a constant activity during all the year,

hosting opera, theatre and ballet performances, concerts or cultural acts. More information available in its website: www.teatroarriaga.com

- Fine Arts Museum of Bilbao The building was inaugurated in 1908. The Fine Arts Museum collection has more than 7 thousand pieces, from XIIth century until now. More information available in its website: www.museobilbao.com/

- Maritime Museum of Bilbao

Bilbao is a city related to the sea. The collection of this museum shows objects and elements connected with fishermen and maritime activity. More information available in its website: www.museomaritimobilbao.eus

- Azkuna Zentroa

It was an old wine warehouse, but some years ago it was transformed into a cultural and free time space. More information available in its website: www.azkunazentroa.com

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- Old town of Bilbao

In the Old town, you could see the oldest monuments of the city. The Old town main part is composed by The 7 Streets, where you could find many restaurants, bars and stores. More information available in the following website: www.bilbaoturismo.net/BilbaoTurismo/es/turistas

- Gastronomic tour and pintxos in Bilbao

Gastronomy is really attractive in Bilbao. In the center of the city there are many restaurants and bars where you could enjoy a great traditional Basque meal, accompanied with high quality wines. More information available in the following website: www.depintxos.net/

4. Accomodation

Barceló Viajes

Email: upv-ehu@bcdtravel.es

Telephone: (0034) 944 25 70 55

Viajes Halcón

Email: bilbaoempresas@halcon-viajes.es

Telephone: (0034) 94 420 60 75

Viajes Ecuador

Email: upv-ehu@globalia.com

Telephone: (0034) 94 442 10 45

HOTEL CATEGORY ADDRESS

Meliá Bilbao ***** Lehendakari Leizaola, 29

48001 Bilbao

Carlton ***** Plaza de Federico Moyúa, 2

48009 Bilbao

Abando **** Colón de Larreategui, 9

48001 Bilbao

Barceló Nervión **** Paseo del Campo Volantín, 11

48007 Bilbao

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Ercilla **** Ercilla, 37

48011 Bilbao

Hesperia Bilbao **** Campo Volantín, 28

48007 Bilbao

Hesperia Zubialde **** Camino de la Ventosa, 34

48013 Bilbao

Holiday Inn Bilbao **** Avenida Zumalacárregui, 40

48006 Bilbao

NH Villa de Bilbao **** Diego López de Haro, 87

48011 Bilbao

5. Restaurants

Restaurants located next to the Bizkaia Aretoa Building of The University of

Basque Country (Abandoibarra Avenue, 3)

RESTAURANT TYPE OF CUISINE ADDRESS

Sanwi coffee Sandwiches, salads, portions…

Plaza de Euskadi (Ramón Rubial, nº4)

48009 Bilbao

La Mafia de sienta a la mesa Italian cuisine CC Zubiarte (Lehendakari Leizaola, nº 2) 48001 Bilbao

Cervecería Cruz Blanca Menus, portions, sandwiches, salads,

CC Zubiarte (Lehendakari Leizaola, nº 2) 48001 Bilbao

Restaurante Wok Asiatic cuisine CC Zubiarte (Lehendakari Leizaola, nº 2) 48001 Bilbao

Bistró Guggemheim Bilbao Selected Basque cuisine Abandoibarra, 2

48001, Bilbao

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APPENDIX1. Communication/Poster brief format

TITLLE OF THE COMMUNICATION/POSTER (20 WORDS LIMIT )

Author*, Author** and Author***

Contact Email *, contact email** and contact email ***

Choose the type (communication or poster): ………………………………………

Choose the area (education and thinking, art or society): …………………………

Key words (5 maximum):

…………, …………., ……….……………………………….

Abstract ( 500 words maximum)

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APPENDIX 2. Extensive format of communication

TITLE OF COMMUNICATION

Author*, Author** and Author***

Contact email*, contact email** and contact email***

Abstract (500 words with spaces, Times New Roman of 10 points, justified and single-spaced. In English

too). Key words: five (in Times New Roman of 10 points, cursive and centered)

Communications must be between 6 and 10 pages long. The text will be written justified,

using Times New Roman of 12 points, with following space of 6 points and single-spaced.

The first level format will be aligned to the left, written in capital letters and in bold; and the

second level format will be written in bold, with the first letter in capital letters and the rest

in small letters. Margins will have 3 cm. and lower left pagination. Tables, graphics or

images will have between 7-12 cm. width, and 20 cm. of height as maximum.

The communications must have the following parts:

INTRODUCTION

It will be a general description of about 8,000 characters (with spaces).

DEVELOPMENT

It will have the following parts: a) aims; b) description of the work; c) results and/or

conclusions.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES

References will be written with a French indentation of 1 cm. and they will follow the APA

(version 6) format. Examples:

Lieberman, A. & Miller, L. (2003). The inquiry as the base of teaching formation and the

education improvement. Barcelona: Octaedro.

Sancho, J. M., Petry, P. P., Domingo, L., Müller, J., & Giró, X. (2012). La Mallora Institute.

A bet for TIC integration. In J. M. Sancho & C. Alonso (Eds.). The fugacity of politics,

the inertia of the practices (pp. 61-85). Barcelona: Octaedro.

Tansley, C. y Bryson, C. (2000). Virtual seminars: a viable substitute for traditional

approaches? Innovations in Education and Training International, 27 (4), 32

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INFORMATION

First family name Second family name Name

Address Number Floor Letter

ZIP code City Region

Nationality Birth date ID/Passport

Phone number E-mail Man Woman

INSCRIPTION APPLICATION

Must be attached the payment justifying to the inscription application (pdf format)

Bank account:

Title holder:

INSCRIPTION PRICES

Until 4th October 190 €

From 5th October until 6th November 225 €

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ADDRESS TO SEND THE INSCRIPTION DOCUMENT

Inscription must be formalized sending the inscription document and the inscription payment justifying (scanned), indicating the name of the participant, from 15th July 2015 until 6th November.

I. INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS: MEETING WITH INDIA

congress@indiabilbao.com // http://indiabilbao.com Tel.: 0034 944 232 116 Asiatic Research Institute Address: Marqués del Puerto 13 1º Izq. 48009. Bilbao. Vizcaya. España.

GENERAL INFORMATION *Inscription document and payment justifying, starts from 15th July 2015.

. * If the inscription is rejected, money will not be returned.