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Call for Papers Theme: Culture, Meaning and Art Type: International and Interdisciplinary Conference Institution: Institute of Cross Cultural Studies and Academic Exchange Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion Location: Kolkata (India) Date: 5.–7.1.2017 Deadline: 1.7.2016 __________________________________________________ Subtopics: Culture and Morality; Society, Culture and Religion; Globalization of Culture; Globalization and Internalization; Third World Country and the Effect of Globalization of Culture; Globalization and Colonization; Culture and Global Ethics; Global Village; Theories of Meaning; Meaning in Semantics; Referential Theory of Meaning; Conventional Meaning; Speaker Meaning; Meaning Therapy; Meaningful Living; Health, Spirituality and Peace through Meaning; Art and Imitation; Art and Creativity; Art and Aesthetic Experience; Romanticism and Art; Art of Living and Dying; Art and Globalization; Art and Values; Art and Meaning; etc. Subtopics are suggestive only. Conference organizers are open to other relevant topics addressing the theme. Scholars can bring also their students to join the undergraduate competition and “Encounter India program”. Undergraduates can also submit papers for international competition. The best 2 papers selected will be awarded a trip inside India to the Safari along with free tickets to Tribal Dance and cultural programs. Submit abstracts (150 words) to the Conference Director, Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti at [email protected]; also send a copy to [email protected]. Deadline: July 2016 Acceptance of proposal will be mailed within 2 weeks or earlier to participants. Advisory Board Members: Yolanda Espina (Portugal), Jonathan Kramer (USA), Tommi Lehtonen (Finland), Asha Mukherjee (India), Debkumar Mukhopadhyya (India), Deven Patel (USA), Nina Petek (Slovenia), Ming Shao (China), Richard Vulich (USA), Su Chen Wu (Taiwan), Yanling Xu (China) Scholars from different corners of the world join our conferences. The Cambridge Scholars Press has published seven books co-edited by members of our advisory board from selected papers from our last conferences. We also publish papers in our Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion if the theme of the paper is in the area of publication of the Journal. Conference website: https://sites.google.com/a/lclark.edu/sipr/sipr/kolkata Contact: Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti Email: [email protected] __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
