Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics

Call for Papers: National Seminar on "Ambivalence of Justice: Readings of Billy Budd and Beyond." Deadline for abstracts: 20th February, 2026

Call for Participation: Climate Vulnerability in Literature, A Workshop, Feb 12-14, 2026. Abstract deadline: Jan-31, 2026. For more info, email [email protected]

BPC Baroda invites you to a Public Lecture on "Resisting Emerging Hegemonies: Crafting Digital Tools for the Global South" by Arjun Ghosh on March 13th, 2025, 4.00 pm. All are welcome!

Public Lecture on "Relevance of Classical Sanskrit Treatises to Contemporary Art Practice", by Uma Anantani, on 27th January, 2025, 4.00 pm -5.15 pm. All are welcome!

National Level Short Term Certificate Course on Indian Knowledge Systems and General Semantics, Organized by Balvant Parekh Centre for General Semantics and Department of English & CLS, Saurashtra University, Rajkot on 24th-28th, 2025. Last date to register: 15th February. To register, click https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfa2bke_abXS51EpyIlm07pOkZuNYfsME8O5Z4Fyy-nWBybRQ/viewform?usp=header

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Call for Papers: Seminar on Orality, Textuality, Time Binding, March 11-13, 2025
Deadline: 10th January, 2025
More Information: balvantparekcentre.in, https://balvantparekhcentre.in/ Email : [email protected]

Call for Papers: Seminar on Orality, Textuality, Time Binding, March 11-13, 2025
Deadline: 10th January, 2025
More Information: balvantparekcentre.in, Email : [email protected]

FILM SCREENING AND DISCUSSION ON The Frontier Gandhi: Badshah Khan, a Torch for Peace by Teri C. McLuhan, 12th November, 3.30 pm, as a part of Balvant Parekh Centenary Celebrations

The Centre is pleased to announce the upcoming Tenth Balvant Parekh Memorial Lecture, as a part of the celebrations in the Balvant Parekh Centenary Year, which will be delivered by Lance Strate, Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University, and President of the Institute of General Semantics, New York. 11th November, 4 pm.

Dear all,

Please join us for the memorial gathering to celebrate the life and work of Fred Dallmayr, renowned political theorist, philosopher and a lifelong friend of both FCT and BPC. The program is to be conducted in a hybrid mode: those in Baroda are requested to come to our centre on June 26th, 2024, 2.30 pm onwards and everyone else also has the option of joining via this google link. All are invited.
Link: https://meet.google.com/gmo-pyvv-uoe?hs=224

Our upcoming public lecture followed by a discussion is by Bharatnatyam Dancer and research scholar Mouparna Roy on 24 April, Wednesday, 2024, 4 pm. Please do attend