If the seminarium was originally a place for nurturing seeds, a university seminar could be construed as a community forum for cultivating seminal thoughts through critical yet constructive engagement. A seminar is thus a space, where all its members seek to learn rather than instruct; and hence, a non-hierarchical environment is most appropriate for such scholars. One of the principal aims of scholarly engagement within the framework of an academic seminar is to persuasively demonstrate the route of arrival of what is believed to be knowledge rather than its mere transfer. 

 

Consequently, the seminar of the Department of Humanities and Languages aims at procuring for its participants a rigorous yet flexible environment that may be conducive to scholarly interaction. The participants of the seminar routinely present an overview of their research in the form of both current output and prospective agenda. Participation in the seminar is extended by invitation and access to  presentations/working papers may be considered on receiving a written request addressed to the presenter and the Head, Department of Humanities and Languages. 

 

Seminar conveners (second semester 2012-'13) Suman Luhach and Hari Nair.