"A Symposium: The re-emergence of Delhi as capital" at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 9am onwards on 27th & 28th March 2012
Time : 9:00 am
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Event Details : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Symposium on 'A Symposium: The re-emergence of Delhi as capital' in association with Ministry of Culture.
The centenary of the shift of the imperial capital in 1911 has been occasion for commemoration and also for reflection. Concerns about heritage have been paralleled by reconsidering the longer term imperial impact on the cultural and social fabric. Yet, it is easy to forget that Delhi has had a longer past against which the changes of the last hundred years need to be viewed. Equally so, the city or rather the cities within it have not one but different stories that are still unfolding. These contested spaces and memories, the sense of an urban cityscape with not one but many narratives is what the two day symposium hopes to focus on.
The long term history of the flood plain is as engaging as the choice of trees in the last century. The unmaking of the rural commons was often a prelude to colonial town building; and the making and remaking of New Delhi in turn entailed both fresh design and displacements of livelihoods and cultures. These pasts matter all the more in reconsidering the future. Leading historians, planners and thinkers will reflect on the contested pasts and changing present of a city whose history is invitation for critical and creative thought.
Programme Schedule :
Tuesday, 27th March, 2012
9:00 - 9:10 a.m.
Welcome by Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, NMML
9:10 - 11:30 a.m.
Session I
Rural Pasts, Nature’s Histories
Chair: Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi
Dr. Minoti Chakravarty-Kaul, formerly Reader, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi
Unmaking the Rural Commons: The Making of Imperial Delhi
Mr. Pradip Krishen, Author of Trees of Delhi
Revisiting the Trees of Lutyens’ Delhi
11:30 - 12:00 noon
Tea/Coffee Break
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Session II
Transitions in Planning
Chair: Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi
Prof. Ravi Sundaram, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
Late Imperium and the Coming of the Master Plan, 1930s to 1960s
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Lunch
2:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Continuation of Session II
Chair: Prof. Madhavan Palat, Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi
Dr. Awadhendra Sharan, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
The Optimum City. Delhi, 1936-1962
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Tea/Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Session III
Heritage Dilemmas and Opportunities
Chair: Prof. Ravi Sundaram, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
Prof. K.T. Ravindran, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi
Architecture, Planning and the Real Life Crisis
Dr. A.G. Krishna Menon, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
Heritage City: Perils and Promise
Wednesday, 28th March, 2012
Session begins at 11.30 a.m.
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Tea/Coffee
11:30 - 12:45 p.m.
Session IV
Multiple Histories
Chair: Prof. Narayani Gupta, Former Prof. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Prof. Mushirul Hasan, Director General, National Archives of India, New Delhi
The Delhi of Ghalib
12:45 - 2:15 p.m.
Lunch
2:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Continuation of Session IV
Chair: Prof. Amar Farooqui, Department of History, University of Delhi
Prof. Shahid Amin, Department of History, University of Delhi
New Delhi: The Early Phase, 1911-1931
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Tea/Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Session V
Future Challenges
Chair: Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi
Mr. Ratish Nanda, Director, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, New Delhi
Nizamuddin Urban Renewal: Reviving 700 years of heritage
Concluding Remarks
Related Events : Talks
Entry : Free (Seating on First-Come First-Served basis)
Place : Seminar Room, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg, New Delhi
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Event Details : The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library cordially invites you to a Symposium on 'A Symposium: The re-emergence of Delhi as capital' in association with Ministry of Culture.
The centenary of the shift of the imperial capital in 1911 has been occasion for commemoration and also for reflection. Concerns about heritage have been paralleled by reconsidering the longer term imperial impact on the cultural and social fabric. Yet, it is easy to forget that Delhi has had a longer past against which the changes of the last hundred years need to be viewed. Equally so, the city or rather the cities within it have not one but different stories that are still unfolding. These contested spaces and memories, the sense of an urban cityscape with not one but many narratives is what the two day symposium hopes to focus on.
The long term history of the flood plain is as engaging as the choice of trees in the last century. The unmaking of the rural commons was often a prelude to colonial town building; and the making and remaking of New Delhi in turn entailed both fresh design and displacements of livelihoods and cultures. These pasts matter all the more in reconsidering the future. Leading historians, planners and thinkers will reflect on the contested pasts and changing present of a city whose history is invitation for critical and creative thought.
Programme Schedule :
Tuesday, 27th March, 2012
9:00 - 9:10 a.m.
Welcome by Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, NMML
9:10 - 11:30 a.m.
Session I
Rural Pasts, Nature’s Histories
Chair: Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi
Dr. Minoti Chakravarty-Kaul, formerly Reader, Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi
Unmaking the Rural Commons: The Making of Imperial Delhi
Mr. Pradip Krishen, Author of Trees of Delhi
Revisiting the Trees of Lutyens’ Delhi
11:30 - 12:00 noon
Tea/Coffee Break
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Session II
Transitions in Planning
Chair: Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi
Prof. Ravi Sundaram, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
Late Imperium and the Coming of the Master Plan, 1930s to 1960s
1:00 - 2:15 p.m.
Lunch
2:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Continuation of Session II
Chair: Prof. Madhavan Palat, Nehru Memorial Fund, New Delhi
Dr. Awadhendra Sharan, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
The Optimum City. Delhi, 1936-1962
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Tea/Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Session III
Heritage Dilemmas and Opportunities
Chair: Prof. Ravi Sundaram, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi
Prof. K.T. Ravindran, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA), Delhi
Architecture, Planning and the Real Life Crisis
Dr. A.G. Krishna Menon, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH)
Heritage City: Perils and Promise
Wednesday, 28th March, 2012
Session begins at 11.30 a.m.
11:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Tea/Coffee
11:30 - 12:45 p.m.
Session IV
Multiple Histories
Chair: Prof. Narayani Gupta, Former Prof. Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Prof. Mushirul Hasan, Director General, National Archives of India, New Delhi
The Delhi of Ghalib
12:45 - 2:15 p.m.
Lunch
2:15 - 3:30 p.m.
Continuation of Session IV
Chair: Prof. Amar Farooqui, Department of History, University of Delhi
Prof. Shahid Amin, Department of History, University of Delhi
New Delhi: The Early Phase, 1911-1931
3:30 - 3:45 p.m.
Tea/Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
Session V
Future Challenges
Chair: Prof. Mahesh Rangarajan, Director, Nehru Memorial Museum & Library, Teen Murti House, New Delhi
Mr. Ratish Nanda, Director, Aga Khan Trust for Culture, New Delhi
Nizamuddin Urban Renewal: Reviving 700 years of heritage
Concluding Remarks
Related Events : Talks
"A Symposium: The re-emergence of Delhi as capital" at Teen Murti House, Teen Murti Marg > 9am onwards on 27th & 28th March 2012
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