‘Asia on the Move: Histories of Mobility and the Making of Asia’

‘Asia on the Move: Histories of Mobility and the Making of Asia’
International Conference convened by the IIC-International Research Division
22-24 February 2024
Working Session 3
Stories of Travel and Encounter
Friday 23 February 2024
Chair: Prof. Nayan Chanda, Ashoka University
‘Traversing Cultural Landscapes: Alberuni’s Glimpses into India and its People’
Prof. Syed Ali Nadeem Rezavi, Aligarh Muslim University, India
‘Ibn Battuta: The Rolling Stone who Gathered Moss’
Prof. Syed Akhtar Husain, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India
‘Peregrinaçao: What does it tell us Today?’
Prof. Peter Ronald deSouza, former Director, Indian Institute of Advanced Study,
Shimla, India
‘The Life and the Intellectual Heritage of an Ascetic Scholar: Alexander Csoma de Karos (Kőrösi Csoma Sándor)’
Prof. Zoltàn Wilhelm, University of Pécs, Hungary