This seminar will be jointly conducted by Profs. Rajendra Dengle, a Germanist from New Delhi,and Justin Stagl, a Sociologist of Culture from Salzburg.It will be held in English. The basic texts – recommended for previous reading – are: Samuel P. Huntington: Clash of Civilizations (German: Der Kampf der Kulturen, Vienna 1996) and Helga Reimann: Globalisierung: Die universelle Herausforderung (Konstanz 2OO2).
Both speakers will make presentations – interspersed with theoretical questions – on various aspects of the theme and initiate discussions on them.
Aspects dealt with by Dengle will be: cultural identity and anonymity, multi-culturalism and multi-lingualism, religion and spiritualism. Though emphasizing “India” ,as a Germanist Dengle will be also referring to German literary texts along with selected texts from the Indian diaspora. Stagl will present a theoretical overview on the concept “globalization” and deal with some of its specifically cultural aspects, such as “eurocentrism”, fundamentalism and cultural relativism versus human right.
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Rajendra DENGLE
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Centre of German Studies, School of Language, Literature Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi | |
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Justin STAGL
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o. Univ.-Prof. der Soziologie an der Universität Salzburg | |
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Centre of German Studies, School of Language, Literature Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
| 1972 | S.S.C. Pune Board (Schulabschlussprüfung) |
| 1976 | B.A. (Philosophy) University of Pune |
| 1977 | B.A. (German) University of Pune |
| 1979 | M.A. (German Literature) Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi |
| since 1979 | teaching at the Center of German Studies, New Delhi |
| 1990 | Ph.D. Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| 1979-1987 | Assistant Professor at JNU |
| 1987-1995 | Associate Professor at JNU |
| since 1995 | Professor at JNU |
| 2002-2005 | Dean of Students at JNU |
| | Stipendien des Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienstes: |
| 1978 | University of Heidelberg |
| 1983-1984 | University of Bielefeld |
| 1989 | DAAD Fellowship, University of Bielefeld |
| 1995 | DAAD Teachers' Fellowship for three months at the University of Bonn |
| 2002 | University of Beyreuth |
o. Univ.-Prof. der Soziologie an der Universität Salzburg
| | Studium der Völkerkunde, Psychologie, Sprachwissenschaft und Soziologie |
| 1960 | -65 Studium an der Universität Wien |
| 1965 | -66 Studium an der Rijksuniversiteit Leiden |
| 1966 | -67 Studium an der Universität Münster |
| 1967 | -69 Universitätsassistent in Graz |
| 1970 | -74 Universitätsassistent in Salzburg |
| 1974 | -91 Universitätsprofessor in Bonn |
| 1991 | - o. Univ.-Prof. der Soziologie an der Universität Salzburg |
