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Authors in Conversation
Exploring the Subject as Freedom: A Dialogue with Jay and Nalini
With Keynote Speaker Prof. Jay L. Garfield
& Prof. Nalini Bhushan
(Moderated by Nilambar Chakrabarti)
Saturday, February 21, 2026
6:00 PM IST
Online (Microsoft Teams)
Free Admission
Academic Discourse Overview & Abstract
Join us for an enriching dialogue on one of modern Indian philosophy's most significant yet underexplored texts. "Authors in Conversation: Exploring the Subject as Freedom" brings together distinguished scholars Prof. Jay L. Garfield and Prof. Nalini Bhushan to discuss their groundbreaking contemporary translation of Krishnachandra Bhattacharyya's seminal 1930 work.
Distinguished Keynote Speaker(s)
Prof. Jay L. Garfield
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Jay L. Garfield FAHA is the Doris Silbert Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Buddhist Studies at Smith College, Emeritus, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Melbourne.
Prof. Nalini Bhushan
Discussant / Co-Speaker
Prof. Nalini Bhushan is Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emerita in the Humanities and Professor Emerita of Philosophy at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Session Moderator
Nilambar Chakrabarti
PhD research scholar at Jadavpur University, Sylff fellowship recipient, Former Research fellow at Smith College.