CURRICULUM VITAE. Annie KUNNATH (KUNNATH SIMON Annie-Mary)

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Name Present Designation Annie KUNNATH (KUNNATH SIMON Annie-Mary) Assistant Professor Centre of Comparative Religions and Civilizations Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi Telephone Electronic Address ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS Post Doctorate - Philosophy Fonds Ricœur, IPT, Paris, France 2011 Joint Doctorate - Philosophy University of Poitiers, France (Summa cum Laude) Catholic University of Paris, France (Maxima cum Laude) Masters in Advanced Studies in Religion University of Leuven, Belgium 2012 Masters in Theology University of Leuven, Belgium 2012 Capacité doctorale Philosophy Bachelors in Systematic Theology and Biblical Studies (STBS) M.Phil. in Philosophy Catholic University of Paris, France 2004 Catholic University of Paris, France University of Madras, India M.A. in Philosophy University of Madras, India 1990 (Gold Medal, and First Rank) 1

2 TOPICS OF RESEARCH 2013 (Nov-Dec) Catholic Social Teachings on the Indigenous Peoples, Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, Rome, Italy The Acts of Paul and Thecla and the Issue of Encratism. A Critical Analysis, Master of Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion, under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Joseph VERHEYDEN, University of Leuven, Belgium (Aug-Sep) A Catholic Lexicography of Human Rights, Pontifical Commission of Justice and Peace, Rome, Italy (April-July) «Faillibilité et reconnaissance. Paul Ricœur à la croisée de l herméneutique philosophique et de l herméneutique biblique». Post Doctorate in Philosophy under the guidance of Professor Jean GREISCH and Professor Olivier ABEL, Fonds Ricœur, Protestant Institute of Theology, Paris, France «De l homme faillible à l homme de la reconnaissance. Une relecture de l anthropologie herméneutique de Paul Ricœur». Joint Doctorate in Philosophy under the guidance of Professor Jean GREISCH and Professor Jean-Louis VIEILLARD-BARON, Catholic University of Paris, France, and University of Poitiers, France «La place du pardon dans la phénoménologie de l'homme capable». Capacité doctorale in Philosophy under the guidance of Professor Jean GREISCH, Catholic University of Paris, France The Philosophical Hermeneutics of Hans Georg Gadamer. M.Phil. in Philosophy, under the guidance of Prof. PANEERSELVAM, Radhakrishnan Institute of Advanced Study in Philosophy, University of Madras, India. AREAS OF RESEARCH Hermeneutics (Philosophical and Biblical) Philosophers: Paul Ricœur, Hans Georg Gadamer Philosophy of Religion Existential Philosophy Feminist Philosophy Apocryphal Literature Dead Sea Scrolls Second Temple Judaism Early Christianity Semitic Religions Religious Minorities in the Arab World 2

3 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1. Assistant Professor, Centre of Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. From 5 August 2015 till date. Subjects taught: Semitic Religions ; Challenges to Modernity ; Research Methodology ; Christianity ; Judaism Hermeneutics. 2. Deployed Faculty, India Arab Cultural Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. From 16 June 2017 till date. Subjects taught: Religious Minorities in the Arab World. 3. Extension Lecture series, Feminist Philosophy, Institute Mater Dei, Santa Monica, Old Goa, 29 January to 3 February Extension Lecture series, Feminist Philosophy, Institute Mater Dei, Santa Monica, Old Goa, 9-14 January Extension Lecture series, Feminist Philosophy, St Peters Pontifical Institute, Bangalore, June Extension Lecture series, Feminist Philosophy, Institute Mater Dei, Santa Monica, Old Goa, 4-9 January Visiting Professor, St. Peters Pontifical Institute, Bangalore, January Subject taught: Feminist Philosophy. 8. Visiting Professor, Institute Mater Dei, Santa Monica, Old Goa. February Subject taught: Feminist Philosophy. 9. Adjunct Faculty, Centre for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. From 5 March 2010 to April 2011 and from September 2012 to May Subjects taught: 1) Judaism 2) Christianity ; 3) Hermeneutics. 10. Visiting Professor, St. Joseph s Seminary, Chingeleput. Academic years: Subject taught: Catholic Faith. 11. Visiting Professor, St Alphonsus College, Fraser Town, Bangalore. Academic year: Subject taught: Logic. 12. Visiting Professor, Sacred Heart College, Poonamallee, Chennai. Academic year: Subject taught : Vedanta. RESEARCH GUIDANCE 1. Rajni ADLAKHA, The Socio-Religious Implications of The Manji system and The Development of Sikhism Under Guru Amar Das. An Analysis of The Period CE, M.Phil. Dissertation, Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, (Ongoing). 2. Nahida, The Status of Talak al bida in India. Is it Islamic or Un-islamic? ( ), M.Phil. Dissertation, Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, (Ongoing). 3. Suman Kumari, Communalism and Women: A Study of Uttar Pradesh, M.Phil. Dissertation, Centre for Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies, School of Social Sciences, Central University of Gujarat, (External Examiner). 3

4 ACADEMIC AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS, RESEARCH PROJECTS 1. MHRD-GIAN course, Religious Minorities in Western Asia. A Historical Perspective, at the Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, 30 January 4 February Foreign Faculty: Prof. Dr. Herman G.B. Teule, KU Leuven, Belgium. 2. Bursary for Post-Doctorate Research from «Oratoire-Fonds Ricoeur », Protestant Institute of Theology, Paris, France. 3. Bursary from «Fondation Catholique Ecossaise», Catholic University of Paris, France, Bursary from «Missions Etrangères de Paris», Paris, France, , , , Junior Research Fellowship, University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India, SLET (State of Tamil Nadu), India, Third Prize at the All India Youth Seminar, Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), New Delhi, India, The Samuel Satyanadhan Memorial Gold Medal, University of Madras, India, First Rank, M.A., University of Madras, India, Thiru S. Laksmiratnam Bharati Endowment Prize, University of Madras, India, Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan Shasthyabadapurthi Commemoration Endowment Prize, University of Madras, India, PAPERS PRESENTED / LECTURES AT INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES (Since 2005) 1. The Status of Women in Christianity, World YWCA Day Seminar on Women and Christian Community: Perspectives, Realities and Challenges, 24 April 2018, New Delhi, India. 2. From the Air There Are No Frontiers. A Retrospection On The Udayamperoor Sunnahadose (Synod of Diamper) For The Future of Asian Ecumenism, IJAC International Symposium, 8-10 January 2018, Chennai, India. 3. The Struggle of Hermeneutics: Between the Fertile Desert of Suspicion and the Magic of Trust, Research Seminar, October 2017, Association of Christian Philosophers of India, Gawahati, India. 4. Two lectures: 1) Living Up to Death. Paul Ricœur: His Life and His Works ; 2) And then their eyes were opened Wayfaring with Paul Ricœur on the route of recognition. Delivered at the Department of Christian Studies, University of Madras, Chennai, 6 October Hermeneutics of Trust, Suspicion, and Attestation, Round Table Conference on Religious Coexistence and Respect for Diversity in the Indian Context, co-organised by Woolf Institute, Cambridge, and Interfaith Foundation India, 26 November 2016, Willow Hall, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India. 4

5 6. Memory and Forgetting in Becoming a Nation, Research Seminar, October 2016, Association of Christian Philosophers of India, Ranchi, India. 7. This is my body Incarnation, Resurrection and the Betwixt. Hermeneutics of the Body in the Bible and in Christian Traditions, Research Seminar, Philosophising the Body: Challenges and Opportunities, October 2015, Association of Christian Philosophers of India (ACPI), Vijnananilayam, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India. 8. «Transmission-Engagement-Réception : La relation maître-disciple (Guru sishya parampara) en Inde», International Conference Jean Greisch: raison phénoménologique et raison herméneutique, from 2 September to 9 September 2015, Centre Culturel International de Cerisy-La-Salle, Normandy, France. 9. Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven. The Acts of Paul and Thecla and the Issue of Encratism, International Conference, March 2014, Centre for the Study of Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. 10. Practise of Abstinence and its Relevance in Judaism and Christianity, Conference, 31 July 2013, Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India. 11. «Rta : L ordre moral dans la pensée indienne», 29 April 2011, 21 Nuit de l éthique, Protestant Institute of Theology, and Oratory of Louvre, Paris, France. 12. A Philosophical Analysis of Caritas in Veritate, 27 November 2009, Christian Chair, University of Calicut, and Institute of Theology, Thrissur, DBCLC, Kerala, India. 13. The Jacob Narrative as a Recognition Narrative. Through the Looking Glass of Paul Ricœur, October 2008, International Congress, Paul Ricœur: Poetics and Religion, University of Leuven, Belgium. 14. «Le sens de réseau dans le contexte du dialogue interculturel», June 2007, International Congress, Réseau Euro-méditerranéen de phénoménologie pour le dialogue interculturel, Universita degli Studi di Napoli Frederico II, Naples, Italy. 15. «Après le raz-de-marée (Tsunami). Le défi relevé par les chrétiens de Madras», 10 March 2005, Association ODILE, Notre-Dame de Lorette, Paris, France. SESSIONS CHAIRED AT INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL CONFERENCES (Since 2013) 1. Course co-ordinator of MHRD-GIAN course, Religious Minorities in Western Asia. A Historical Perspective, Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, from 30 January to 4 February Foreign Faculty: Prof. Dr. Herman G.B. Teule, KU Leuven, Belgium. 2. Co-ordinator, Extension Lecture, The Importance of Interreligious Understanding and Tolerance, Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi on 23 November Speaker: Dr. Edward KESSLER, Founder Director, Woolf Institute, Cambridge, UK. 3. Chaired two sessions, and participated as Consultant at workshop to establish the Academy of Asian Christian Studies, and to launch the Journal of Asian Christian Studies, November 2015, Asian Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies, Chennai, India. 4. Chaired session «L âge herméneutique», on 7 September 2015, International Conference Jean Greisch : raison phénoménologique et raison herméneutique, from 2 September to 9 September 2015, Centre Culturel International de Cerisy-La-Salle, Normandy, France. 5

6 5. Chaired session on 16 October 2014, The Symbolic World: Construction and Deconstruction, October 2014, Annual Research Seminar, Association of Christian Philosophers of India, The Pontifical Institute, Alwaye, India. 6. Chaired session on 26 October 2013, Studying Religions in South Asia: Multidisciplinary Perspectives, October 2013, Research Scholars Conference, CSCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. PARTICIPATION IN COURSES, CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS (since 2006) 1. Induction Programme, UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, 20 February-23 March Religious Minorities in Western Asia. A Historical Perspective, Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, from 30 January to 4 February Foreign Faculty: Prof. Dr. Herman G.B. Teule, KU Leuven, Belgium. 3. Induction Programme, UGC-HRDC, Jamia Millia Islamia, December Religious Fundamentalism in a Global Perspective, 8-13 February 2016, MHRD- GIAN Course, Centre of West Asian Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. 5. The Making of Religious Identities: Historical and Contemporary Themes, March 2013, International Seminar, CSCRC, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. 6. Philosophy and its Role in Social Integration, 25 Feb 2011, Dept. of Philosophy, Kamala Nehru College, New Delhi. 7. Philosophy and Distance Learning: Innovations in Knowledge Infusion, October 2010, National Seminar, IGNOU, New Delhi. 8. The Permanent and Changing Aspects of Religion, 1-3 October 2010, National Seminar Shri Guru Karshni Ashram, Govardhan, Mathura. 9. World Philosophy Day, International Conference, November 2006, UNESCO, Paris, France. ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS BOOKS 1. De l homme faillible à l homme de la reconnaissance. Une relecture de l anthropologie herméneutique de Paul Ricœur, Lille, France, ANRT, 2012, pages 347, ISBN ** Peer-reviewed. By, Prof. Dr. Felix WILFRED, Vidyajothi. Journal of Theological Reflections, May 2013, pp , New Delhi, ISSN De l homme faillible à l homme de la reconnaissance. Une relecture de l anthropologie herméneutique de Paul Ricœur, SUDOC, France, Electronic Diffusion Ref. Worldcat :

7 ARTICLES (since 2006) 1. «Transmission-Engagement-Réception», in Stefano Bancalari, Jérôme de Gramont, Jean Leclercq (eds.), Jean Greisch, les trois âges de la raison. Métaphysique, phénoménologique, herméneutique, Paris, Hermann, 2016, pp , ISBN «Paul Ricœur : La route de la reconnaissance de l homme faillible à l homme capable», Segni e comprensione International, Universita del Salento, Italy, anno xxvi, nuova serie n. 82, January-April 2014, pp , ISSN Index of Persons, Index of Authors, in FAESEN, Rob, and KENIS, Leo (eds.), The Jesuits of the Low Countries: Identity and Impact ( ), Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, Leuven, Belgium, Peeters, 2012, pp , ISBN: Philosophy of Christianity, World Religions (MPYE.005), Block 3: Judaism and Christianity, IGNOU, Unit 4, 2011, pp , ISBN Charity in Truth is Faithfulness. A Re-Reading of the Encyclical Caritas in Veritate from a Jewish Religious Perspective, Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture, University of Calicut, vol. 3, n 1, January-June 2010, pp , ISSN From the Fallible Man to the Man of Recognition. A Re-reading of the Hermeneutic Anthropology of Paul Ricoeur. Abstract published in Open Grey «La Sagesse tout simplement», Transversalités, n 99, Revue, Institut Catholique de Paris, 2006, p. 56, ISSN STUDIES IN FOREIGN UNIVERSITIES 1. Master of Advanced Studies in Theology and Religion, and Master of Theology, University of Leuven, Belgium ( ). 2. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Fonds Ricœur, Institute Protestant of Theology, Paris, France (2011). 3. Visiting Scholar, University of Leuven, Belgium (Summer 2007, 2008 and 2009). 4. Student, Alliance Française, France (1996, 2006). 5. Doctoral Student, University of Poitiers, France ( ). 6. Student, In lingua, Ulm, Germany (Summer 2000). 7. Student, Catholic University of Toulouse, France (2000). 8. Student, Catholic University of Paris, France ( ). LANGUAGES KNOWN Fluent in English, French, Malayalam and Tamil. Working knowledge of German, Biblical Hebrew, Biblical Greek, Latin. 7

8 ADMINISTRATIVE AND NON-TEACHING EXPERIENCES (since 2005) 1. Assistant Superintendent of Examinations, 2 semester exams, May 2017, Centre for Comparative Religions and Civilizations, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. 2. Resident Warden, New Hall of Girl s Residence, Jamia Millia Islamia, August 2015-May Member, Standing Committee, Vision Document, Jamia Library Cataloguing, Maurits Sabbe Library, KU Leuven, Belgium, Active Member of Ecole Doctorale, ( Schools for Ph.D. Students ), University of Paris, France, Doctoral Students Representative, Third Cycle Studies, Faculty of Philosophy, Catholic University of Paris, France, MEMBER 1. Executive Member of Association of Christian Philosophers of India (ACPI), India. 2. Member, Islamic Studies Association, (ISA), India. 3. Member, Editorial Board, International Journal of Asian Christianity (IJAC). 4. Laboratoire de phénoménologie et herméneutique, Catholic University of Paris, France. 8