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The Blind Owl Hooting

Wednesday, 17th February 2016

Inaugural Session
10:30-11:30

  • Welcome Address- Dr Syed Akhtar Husain,
    President IIPS
  • Speech of the Guest of Honour- Mr. Syed Shahid Mahdi,
    Ex-Vice Chancellor, Jamia Millia Islamia
  • Speech of the Chief Guest- Professor Chander Shekhar, Head, Dept. of Persian,
    University of Delhi
  • Keynote Speaker- Professor Houra Yavari,
    Encyclopaedia Iranica, Columbia University, New York
  • Presidential Address- Dr Kapila Vatsyayan,
    Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project
  • Vote of Thanks- Professor Aleem Ashraf Khan,
    Vice President, IIPS

Session-1
11:30-13:00

In Chair : Professor Kiran Chaudhry, Centre of French and Francophone Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

  • Khatereh Sheibani, York University, Canada
    Like “An Image on a Pen-Case” Sadeq Hedayat’s Men and Women in The Blind Owl
  • Pinky Isha, Rabindrabharati University, India
    The Blind Owl : A Study through the lens of a fine Gothic Heritage blended with elements of Drakula Fiction.
  • Parminder Singh Bhogal, Punjab University, India
    Sadegh Hedayat : A Look into his Socio-Political Times
  • Syed Akhtar Husain, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
    Bits and Pieces of the Blind Owl

13:00-14:30- Lunch

Session-2
14:30-15:30

In Chair : Dr Khatereh Sheibani, York University, Canada

  • Mahmood Alam, EFL University, India
    The Inanimate Characters in The Blind Owl
  • Miad Rashedifar, Tehran Peace Museum, Iran
    Silent Women in The Blind Owl
  • Nahid Morshedlou, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
    To Be or Not To Be? A Comparative Study on Intellectual Dialogue in Afsaneh of Nima and Buf-e-Kur of Hedayat

Session-3
15:30-16:30

In Chair : Professor Aleem Ashraf Khan, Dept of Persian, University of Delhi

  • Behnaz Alipour Kaskari, Payam-i-Noor University, Iran Cultural Intertextuality in The Blind Owl
  • Golam Moinuddin, Hyderabad Central University, India
    Blind Owl in South Asia
  • Muzaffar Alam, English and Foreign Languages University, India
    Reproduction of Buf-i-Kur in Arabic: A Critical Study
  • Arif Naushahi, Gordon College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan Ajmal Kamal a translator of Buf-i-Kur in Pakistan

16:30- Tea
20:00-21:30- Dinner at Annexe Lounge Terrace, IIC (Annexe)

Thursday, 18th February 2016

Session-4 (Persian)
10:00-11:30

Chair : Professor Houra Yavari, Encyclopaedia Iranica

  • Mandana Mangeli, Islamic Azad University, Iran
    Violence in the Novel The Blind Owl
  • Md. Abul Kalam Sarkar, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Critical Evaluation of The Translation of The Blind Owl in Bangladesh
  • Nahid Tabatabai, Bokhara Journal, Iran
    The Letters of Hedayat
  • Ali Dehbashi, Bokhara Journal, Iran
    The Epistolary Genius of Hedayat

11:30-12:00 Tea

Session-5 (Persian)
12:30-13:30

Chair : Mr. Ali Dehbashi, Editor, Bokhara, Iran

  • Faranak Jahangard, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Iran India: A Lost Paradise of Hedayat in the Blind Owl
  • Asieah Zabinhia Emran, Payam-i-Noor University, Iran Prototypes in the Novella Blind Owl of Sadegh Hedayat
  • Mehrishah Hosseini, Iran
    The Blind Owl and Owl in Western and Eastern Stories
  • Md Ataullah, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
    A Critical Analysis of The Blind Owl of Sadeq Hedayat

13:30-14:30 Lunch

Special Panel On

Novel: A Canvas with Hues of Our Lives
15:30-16:30

Speakers:

HouraYavari, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Columbia University
Khatereh Sheibani, York University, Canada
Rakshanda Jalil, Writer, Critic and Literary Historian, New Delhi
G.J.V Prasad, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Syed Akhtar Husain (Moderator)

Syed Akhtar Husain (Moderator)

16:30-17:30- High Tea

Shab -i-Bokhara : A Tribute to Sadegh Hedayat
19:00-20:00

At Annexe Court, IIC (Annexe)

Speakers
Syed Akhtar Husain
Ali Dehbashi
HouraYavari
Nahid Tabatabai
Nahid Morshedlou
Nadeem Akhtar
20:00-21:30- Dinner

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