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Colloquium by Prof. Kellens, June 9-10, 2011 - Yama/Yima : Indo-Iranian variations on the mythical gesture

Program

Thursday, June 9th

9:00 - 9:25: Jean Kellens (Collège de France) "Introduction to the symposium themes
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9 h 25 - 10 h 05 : Charles Malamoud (École Pratique des Hautes Études) " Gémellité du Yama indien " (Gemellity of the Indian Yama)
10 h 05 - 10 h 25 : Coffee break
10 h 25 - 11 h 05 : Audrey Tzatourian " La notion d'espace dans le Vīdēvdād 2 " (The notion of space in the Vīdēvdād 2)
11:05 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.: Céline Redard (Collège de France) "La description de la vie dans le vara- " (The description of life in the Vara- )
11:45 a.m. - 1:50 p.m.: Lunch break
1:50 - 2:35 pm: Alberto Cantera (University of Salamanca, Spain) "Yima and the Mazdean daēnā "
2:35 - 3:15 pm: Miguel Ángel Andrés-Toledo (Institut für Iranistik, Frei Universität Berlin) "Yama Astiguhāda"
3.15pm - 3.40pm: Break
3:40 - 4:20 pm: Georges-Jean Pinault (École Pratique des Hautes Études) "Sur l'hymne védique dialogué de Yama et Yamī (RV X. 10)"
4:20 - 5:00 pm: Frantz Grenet (École Pratique des Hautes Études) "Yima in Bactria and Sogdiana: new documents"

Friday, June 10th

9:00 - 9:40 am: Gérard Fussman (Collège de France) "Qu'y-a-t-il dans un nom : Imro au Nouristan" (What's in a name: Imro in Nouristan)
9 h 40 - 10 h 20 : Antonio Panaino (Università di Bologna, Polo di Ravenna) "The triadic Symbolism of Yima's vara- and related Structures and Patterns"
10 h 20 - 10 h 40 : Coffee break
10:40 - 11:20 a.m.: Samra Azarnouche (Collège de France) "Jam's stay in the underworld"
11 h 20 - 12 h 00 : Eric Pirart (Université de Liège) " Les enfants que sa soeur lui donnea " (The children his sister gave him)
12:00 - 12:30: Clarisse Herrenschmidt (Collège de France) "Conclusion"

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