Paper written for the annual ‘Toward a Science of Consciousness’ (TSC) conference held in Hong Kong
June 19, 2009
Philosophy department recently completed a paper titled’ Revisting the relationship between mind and genes as a first step towards understanding the origins of the contemporary human mind, its current functioning and problems’, which was chosen for poster presentation in the annual ‘Toward a Science of Consciousness’ conference held from Jun 11-14, 2009 in Hong Kong.
For details of the conference visit: http://www.asiaconsciousness.org/TSC/.
To read the full text of the paper click here: TSC 2009 conference Paper.
To see the poster presentation of this paper click below:
Published Article by Rakae Jamil
June 3, 2009
Rakae Jamil recently wrote an article titled,
‘ Classical Music – currently a mere novelty in Pakistan’, which was published in the online magazine, ‘The Green Kaleidoscope’. in March 2009. To check out the article, click on the link below:
The philosophy department recently submitted two abstracts for the 15th annual Toward a Science of Consciousness (TSC) conference to be held in June 2009 in Hong Kong. The conference titled “Investigating Inner Experience Brain, Mind, Technology” accepts original papers related to philosophy, psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, phenomenology, media, technology, games, computer science, and other related fields. For further information regarding the conference visit:
www. asiaconsciousness.org/TSC and www.consciousness.arizona.edu
The following is the text of the submitted abstracts: Read the rest of this entry »
Sagar Veena concerts and Raza Kazim’s lectures in Delhi and Bhopal, India
September 10, 2008
On August 23, 2008, while participating in a two-day convention on Hindustani music and partition at the Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, Raza Kazim shared his theoretical and practical work of the past 38 years on music with a large number of scholars and musicians from India and Pakistan. On the last day of the convention, Noor Zehra Kazim, also gave a debut (in India) performance on the Sagar Veena. On August 28, 2008, Raza again gave a stimulating lecture on music and philosophy at the Bharat Bhavan in Bhopal and Noor Zehra gave a presentation on the Sagar Veena. Another concert of the Sagar Veena was also held for a large audience at the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi on September 2, 2008. To view newspaper coverage and pictures of these events please click the links below:
Hindustani Music and Partition, High Tension Wires, Divided Pitch, Convention Pictures,
In August 2008, the Director of Sanjannagar will be participating in a workshop on the ‘Impact of the 1947 partition on the Art Music of South Asia’, supported by Asian Scholarship Foundation and co-hosted by the Academy of Third World Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. To view a write-up and program of the workshop Click workshop-on-music-aug-2008 and music-workshop-program
Samaa TV Compere interviews Raza Kazim
July 9, 2008
In June 2008, Faisal Qureshi from Samaa Television, came to interview Raza Kazim. After the interview he also listened to a lot of his favorite music on ‘Bhulley Senior’, the sound reproduction system designed and made in the Institute
On Dec 22, 2007, Ustad Shujaat Khan, the a renowned sitarist from India, visited Lahore and the institute to meet the director and to test the stringed instrument known as the Shruti Bahar, which is a redesigned version of the Surbahar. The Shruti-Bahar is a product of Raza Kazim and Mohammed Riaz, the instrument-maker.
A solo exhibition of Raza’s photographs titled ‘Seeing comes before words’ was held on May 16, 2003 at the National College of Arts, Lahore. It was inaugrated by the then Federal Minister for education. There was a display of almost 50 prints both in black and white and colour. To view a sample of the coverage of the exhibition Click daily-times-article-on-razas-photography-exhibition
On Dec 22, 2007, Ustad Shujaat Khan, the a renowned sitarist from India, visited Lahore and the institute to meet the director and to test the stringed instrument known as the Shruti Bahar, which is a redesigned version of the Surbahar. The Shruti-Bahar is a product of Raza Kazim and Mohammed Riaz, the instrument-maker.
Exhibition of photographs in Morocco
July 9, 2008
Selected photographs of Rashida Raza were exhibited as a part of a two month long exhibition titled “From Pakistan with Love” held in Morocco from March 2008 till April 2008.
