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Call for Papers "Meaning, Identity and Culture: East and West" International Interdisciplinary Conference Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion Kolkata (India) 28-30 December 2010 __________________________________________________ This is an international and interdisciplinary conference to be held in Kolkata, India, on 28-30 December 2010. Deadline for Abstract: 18 August 2010 Some Suggested Paper Topics: Cognitive Meaning, Emotive Meaning, Suggestive Meaning, Myth & Metaphor, Meaning as Universal, Meaning as Form, Universal & Particular, Structure & Identity, Personal Identity, Reductionist View, Ethnic Identity & Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Culture & Consumption, Politicizing Consumer Culture, Archaeological Approaches to Culture, Social Identification, Dynamics of Group Culture, Ethnic Boundaries, Constructing & Deconstructing Ethnic Identity, Evolution of Culture, Encountering Different Cultures, Indian Civilization & Culture, Cultural Shock, Civilization & the Effect of Colonization, Deconstruction, Indo-European Languages & Contacts of Civilizations, India & Europe, Death of a Civilization, Media & Culture, Pop Culture & MTV, Cultural Transformation, Role of Culture & Religion, Cultural Meaning, etc. Please email a 150-word abstract to Chandana Chakrabarti by 18 August 2010. Selected papers from the conference will be published (Journal of International and Interdisciplinary Studies / Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion). Advisory Board Members: Elizabeth Agnew (USA), Akhalaque Ahan (India), Sankar Basu (India), Kisor Chakrabarti (USA), Linda B. Elder (USA), Panos Eliopoulos (Greece), Gordon Haist (USA), Elizabeth Koldzak (Poland), Tommi Lehtonen (Finland), Maria Marczewska (Poland), JoAnne Myers (USA), Eve Mullen (USA), Ming Shao (China), Nancy Snow (USA), Andrew Ward (UK), Mark Wood (USA) Please note that there will be trips to various historical, archaeological and places of Hindu-Buddhist pilgrimage places before and after the conference. Contact: Chandana Chakrabarti, Ph.D. Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness Davis & Elkins College Elkins, WV 26241 USA Phone: +1 304 637-1293 Email: [email protected] Web: http://legacy.lclark.edu/~sipr/SIPR.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
