SCHEDULE
All events are held at Jnanapravaha. Please arrive by .9:15 AM on the first day of the conference to check in. Events will begin promptly at 9:45 am on Thursday, Aug 6th and Friday, Aug 7th.
Day 1: THURSDAY, AUG 6, 2020
WELCOME: 9:45
Rashmi Poddar, Srilata Raman, Archana Venkatesan
SESSION 1: 10:00-Noon
Vaikuntam Pukuvatu Maṇṇavar Vitiyē: The journey to Vaikuṇṭha in Tiruvāymoḻi 10.9
Suganya Anandakichenin, University of Hamburg
Visions of Vaikuṇṭha: Salvation in Viṣṇu-Nārāyana’s Supreme Abode
Sucharita Adluri, Cleveland State University
Moderator: Archana Venkatesan
LUNCH
Noon-1:15 PM
SESSION 2: 1:30-3:30
The Significance of Vaikuṇṭha in Rāmānuja’s Srivaikuṇṭhagadyam and Nityagrantham
Francis X. Clooney, Harvard University
The Sky that is Beyond the Darkness – Vaikuṇṭha in the Poetry of Rāmānuja’s Disciple
Srilata Raman, University of Toronto
Moderator: Rashmi Poddar
BREAK
3:30-4:00
SESSION 3: 4:15-6:15
Pāñcarātrikas on their way to Vaikuṇṭha: Catching a glimpse into the formation of Śrīvaiṣṇavism
Marion Rastelli, University of Vienna
The Supreme Realm of Vishnu: The Vaikuntha Perumal Temple in Kanchipuram and Preah Vishnulok (Angkor Wat)
Vasudha Narayanan, University of Florida
Moderator: Srilata Raman
Dinner for Conference Participants
8:00 PM
Day 2: FRIDAY, AUG 7, 2020
SESSION 4: 9:45-11:45
Life after Liberation: Vedāntadeśika’s Tamil Portrayal of Vaikuṇṭha in the Paramapatasōpāṉam
Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, Cornell University
The multisensorial experience of Vaikuṇṭha in Veṅkaṭanātha's works
Elisa Freschi, University of Toronto
Moderator: Rashmi Poddar
LUNCH
11:45-1:00
SESSION 5: 1:10-3:10
Gateway to Heaven: portals and processions in the Śrīvaiṣṇava temple
Crispin Branfoot, SOAS, London
Cosmic Doorway: Time, Space and Transformation in ‘Goodbye, Mokṣa’ at Tirukkurungudi
Archana Venkatesan, University of California, Davis
Moderator: Rashmi Poddar
BREAK
3:10-3:30
Session 6: 3:40-5:40
Vaikuṇṭham in this very world: Śrīvaikuṇṭham beside the Tamraparni River
Leslie C. Orr, Concordia University
Vaikuṇṭha, Arca, and the Body – On Earth as they are in Heaven?
Anna Seastrand, University of Minnesota
Moderator: Srilata Raman
Round-table: 5:45-6:45