__________________________________________________
Call for Papers "Globalising Religions and Cultures in the Asia Pacific: Crossing Borders of Meaning" 2008 ARC-APFRN Signature Event Conference Adelaide Asian Studies Group Asia-Pacific Futures Research Network, Australian Research Council (ARC-APFRN) Adelaide, SA (Australia) 1-5 December 2008 __________________________________________________ Held at the beginning of Adelaides warm and sunny summer and the end of Australias academic year, this conference will be the culminating event of efforts by members of the Australian Research Councils Asia Pacific Futures Research Network to focus attention on key issues in the study of the Asia-Pacific. In 2008 the theme is the importance of religion and culture, recent evolution and the consequences of globalisation including changing of forms, content and meanings. This Signature Event is brought to you by the Adelaide Asian Studies Group, a consortium of scholars dedicated to raising the profile of Asian Studies around Australia and promoting cooperation between the South Australias three universities: the University of Adelaide, Flinders University and the University of South Australia. All members of the ARC-APFRN nodes and any scholars or interested parties who wish to participate in or support this event in any way are encouraged to contact the organisers with any questions or to register as soon as possible. The conference is based around but not limited to, a number of key themes and based on these, a number of panels have already been settled. The Adelaide Asian Studies Group invites contributions from scholars interested in the issues of change, adaptation, hybridisation, and secondary consequences of religion in the Asia Pacific region, including political and social ones. Proposals for panel sessions, paper presentations or posters are welcome on all these and related themes: - The current state of religions in the Asia-Pacific - Manifestations of Religion and Culture - Religion and Identity - Religious and Cultural Fundamentalisms - Religion, Violence and State Policies - Islamic Thinking at the Grassroots - The spread of religions within and from the Asia-Pacific - Missionaries to and from Asia - Popular Religions, Little Traditions and Cults - The Asianisation of Western Traditions - Asian Religions and the shaping of popular culture in Asia and around the world Deadline: 15 August 2008 Contact: Dr Gerry Groot Centre for Asian Studies University of Adelaide Adelaide, SA 5005 Australia Phone: +61 8 8303 5815 Fax: +61 8 8303 4388 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/sigevent08/ __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
