SFU Nonviolence Conference Schedule

Eastern and Indigenous Perspectives on Sustainability and Conflict Resolution
Center for India Studies, South Florida University

November 14, Monday
8:00-9:00 AM Registration and coffee

9:00-9:05 AM Welcome Address by Professor Karen Holbrook, Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation & Global Affairs, University of South Florida.

9:05-9:15 AM Address by Professor Ved Nanda, Chair, Uberoi Foundation.

9:15-9:45 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Professor Christopher Chapple, Navin and Pratima Doshi Professor of Indic and Comparative Theology, Department of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles.
Sustainability in Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism

9:45-10:15 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Professor David Haberman, Chair, Department of Religious Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington.
Vedantic Approaches to Environmental Activism

10:15-10:45 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Professor Timothy Morton, Department of English, University of California, Davis.
Disturbing Gentleness: The Ontological Depth of Nonviolence

10:45-11:00 AM Discussion

11:00-11:15 AM Break

11:15 AM-12:35 PM Keynote Session: SUSTAINABILITY ACROSS RELIGIONS
CHAIR: TBA

Pankaj Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies, University of North Texas.
Sustainability and Social Development from Hindu Perspective

Ronnie Littlejohn, Professor and Chair, Department of Philosophy and Director, Asian Studies, Belmont University.
When Dao Merges with the Dusty World: Some Teachings of Daoists on the Environment and Sustainability

Balbinder Singh Bhogal, Associate Professor and Sardarni Kuljit Kaur Bindra Chair in Sikh Studies, Department of Religion, Hofstra University.
The Animal Sublime: Rethinking the Sikh Mystical Body as Sustainable Ecology

Dilip Kumar Mohanta, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Calcutta, India and Fulbright Nehru Visiting Lecturer Fellow, Department of Religion, University of Florida.
Ecological Awareness and Indian Buddhism

12:35-1:35PM Lunch