[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: 16th IIGRS at L'Orientale University of Naples, Italy [Deadline: 10 April]

2026-03-16 Thread Luca Piscopo via INDOLOGY 
Dear Members of the INDOLOGY list,

Please note that the deadline for abstract submissions for the 16th IIGRS is 
coming up on 10 April. 

The 16th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS) will take 
place on 24 and 25 September 2026 at L’Orientale University of Naples, Italy.

We invite early-career researchers to send in an abstract. Please see the 
details of the Call for Papers below.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at 
[email protected] .

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,

Luca Piscopo
L’Orientale University of Naples


IIGRS 16 Call for Papers

Submission of papers:

If you wish to present a paper, please submit an abstract via the Google Form 
on our website (https://iigrs.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/) by 10 April 2026. 
You will be notified of your results by 8 May 2026.

Abstracts should include:

1. Your name and institution
2. Indication of research degrees and positions held
3. The title of your paper
4. An outline of its contents (in 300 words, excluding optional references)

Eligibility:

Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who have obtained their PhD 
within the last five years.

Subjects:

The subject of your paper may be any Indological topic, provided that it is 
based on primary sources in the original language. This includes, but is not 
limited to, philological, text-historical, manuscript-based, historical or 
literary studies.

Presentation:

If your abstract is accepted, you will be allowed a slot of thirty minutes for 
presentation and questions. This should consist of a twenty-minute presentation 
and a ten-minute discussion.

Organizing committee: Luca Piscopo, Dorotea Operato and Antonella Santoro.
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Re: [INDOLOGY] Call for Papers / Indological Conference at ELTE University, Budapest, 3-4 Sept 2026

2026-02-25 Thread Rekha Rani via INDOLOGY 
Dear All,
Could I present my paper in Hindi language.


Thanking you
Rekha

On Wed, Feb 25, 2026, 9:37 PM Dr. Ittzés Máté via INDOLOGY <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming Conference "Tradition
> and Innovation
> in the Languages and Cultures of Premodern South Asia" to be held on 3–4
> September 2026 at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
>
> Please find in attachment the Call for Papers with all the necessary
> information.
>
> Looking forward to welcoming many of you in Budapest in September.
>
> Best regards,
> Máté Ittzés
>
>
>
> -
>
> *Dr. habil. Ittzés Máté | Máté Ittzés PhD, habil.*
>
> egyetemi docens | Associate Professor
>
> tanszékvezető | Head of Department
>
> Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem | Eötvös Loránd University
>
> Bölcsészettudományi Kar | Faculty of Humanities
>
> Orientalisztikai Intézet | Institute of Oriental Studies
>
> Indológia Tanszék | Department of Indian Studies
>
> Indoeurópai Nyelvtudományi Munkacsoport | Indo-European Linguistics
> Research Division
>
>
>
> cím | address: 1088 Budapest, Múzeum krt. 6–8
> /A
> | Múzeum krt. 6–8
> /A,
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Re: [INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: International Symposium on Reading Bhakti as Relating to the Divine

2026-02-05 Thread Tarinee Awasthi via INDOLOGY 
Dear all

Just a gentle reminder to those interested that the abstract submission
deadline is February 15th, 2026. We look forward to receiving your
abstracts at [email protected]. Please do not hesitate to get
in touch with any questions.

Warm regards
tarinee


On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM Tarinee Awasthi 
wrote:

> With apologies for cross-posting.
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> Best wishes for the new year 2026!!
>
> We are delighted to post this call for papers for an International
> Symposium on Reading Bhakti as Relating to the Divine to be organised at
> the Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Patiala, in July 2026.
> Please see the attached poster for details.
>
> Rabi Prakash
> Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences,
> Patiala, Punjab
> Aditya Chaturvedi
> Ahmedabad University
> Tarinee Awasthi
> FLAME University
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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: 16th IIGRS at L'Orientale University of Naples, Italy

2026-01-12 Thread Luca Piscopo via INDOLOGY 
Dear Members of the INDOLOGY list,

The 16th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS) will take 
place on 24 and 25 September 2026 at L’Orientale University of Naples, Italy.

We invite early-career researchers to send in an abstract. Please see the 
details of the Call for Papers below.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at 
[email protected] .

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,

Luca Piscopo
L’Orientale University of Naples


IIGRS 16 Call for Papers

Submission of papers:

If you wish to present a paper, please submit an abstract via the Google Form 
on our website (https://iigrs.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/) by 10 April 2026. 
You will be notified of your results by 8 May 2026.

Abstracts should include:

1. Your name and institution
2. Indication of research degrees and positions held
3. The title of your paper
4. An outline of its contents (in 300 words, excluding optional references)

Eligibility:

Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who have obtained their PhD 
within the last five years.

Subjects:

The subject of your paper may be any Indological topic, provided that it is 
based on primary sources in the original language. This includes, but is not 
limited to, philological, text-historical, manuscript-based, historical or 
literary studies.

Presentation:

If your abstract is accepted, you will be allowed a slot of thirty minutes for 
presentation and questions. This should consist of a twenty-minute presentation 
and a ten-minute discussion.

Organizing committee: Luca Piscopo, Dorotea Operato and Antonella Santoro.

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Re: [INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: The 23rd SAGSC Conference at the University of Chicago

2025-12-08 Thread tancredi padova via INDOLOGY 

Dear list members,


There is a short extension the 23rd Annual South Asia Graduate Student 
Conference, (University of Chicago, March 5th-6th 2026).

The new deadline for the submission of abstracts is Sunday December 14th, 2025.

Details of the call are shared below.


Resonant Boundaries: (Inter)disciplinarity in and about South Asia.


The organizing committee of the South Asia Graduate Student Conference 
(SAGSC-XXIII) at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce its 
twenty-third annual conference: “Resonant Boundaries: (Inter)disciplinarity in 
and about South Asia.” This year’s conference will take place on March 5th-6th, 
2026. We cordially invite papers from independent scholars and graduate 
students at any stage of study and in any discipline from universities across 
the world.

This conference seeks to explore the working interfaces and complex 
intertwinings of different textual canons, systems of knowledge, 
epistemological approaches and practices, mechanisms of community creation and 
affiliation, and trajectories of knowledge dissemination in scholarly research 
pertaining to South Asia. Conference papers may consider how textual genres and 
canons contribute to larger narratives across self-established formal or 
disciplinary scopes; inter- and intra-communal knowledge exchange; and how we 
situate these interfaces within broader histories of intellectual transmission, 
canon formation, and communicative exchange. In the titular spirit of “resonant 
boundaries,” papers might surface how interdisciplinary examinations help us to 
reconceive narratives and attest to hidden histories, draw new connections 
across doxographically conceived boundaries, and reconceptualize the categories 
of our disciplinary studies. How do our understandings of our received 
traditions change as we probe these borders? And which theoretical issues and 
avenues of inquiry can reconfigurations engender? We welcome consideration of 
not only the formulation, but also the acquisition and dissemination of 
disciplinary knowledge and borders. How do cultural and scholarly practices 
engender theoretical models, historical and sociological processes, and 
physical, demographic, and sacred geographies proliferating from South Asia? We 
welcome scholars who engage with both premodern and modern South Asia, whose 
research extends to surrounding regions, and its place in contemporary global 
academies. Please join the conversation to strive toward a shared inquiry into 
the shifting boundaries between genres, disciplines and inherited canons, and 
all the topics and communities this might meet, to give rise to forms of 
knowledge and knowing.

Paper topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:


  *   South Asia in global philosophical dialogues: patterns of exchange and 
adaptation of topics, themes and methods;

  *   Beyond the darśanas: ethical, anthropological, sociological and political 
philosophies across doxographic boundaries;

  *   Ethics in traditions of renunciation: normative and agential 
interpretations in the construction of identity and tradition(s) in word and 
practice;

  *   Intersecting arts and sciences: textualities, literarities, and practices 
of astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, economics and public policy across South 
Asia;

  *   Literacy and orality to theorize form and practice in performative arts 
(including, but not limited to, literature, prosody, music, theatrical and 
dance forms);

  *   Mutual imbrications of literature and philosophy: translation and 
(meta)commentary as mediation between the philosophical and the literary mode 
of thought;

  *   Intertextuality: diatopic transitions of scripts, texts, and editorial 
practices; modes of translation and (re)interpretation among Sanskrit, 
vernaculars, Persian, Tibetan, Chinese, and other languages; histories of 
textual reception, appropriation, censorship, and re-interpretation across 
authors, traditions and communities;

  *   Diachronic patterns of genre and canon formation: classical, modern, and 
hybrid forms of literary production;

  *   South Asian Studies inside-out: interdisciplinary approaches to the study 
of South Asia; toward disciplinary histories of South Asian Studies; whither 
South Asian studies? Themes and patterns for new avenues of inquiry.


We invite submissions from graduate students and unaffiliated scholars from 
a wide range of departments, including Anthropology, Archaeology, Area Studies, 
Art History, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Gender and Sexuality 
Studies, History, Law, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious 
Studies, and South Asian Studies. Abstracts for individual papers of no more 
than 500 words should be sent to [email protected] by 11:59pm US CST, 
December 14th, 2025. Panel proposals will not be considered. Applicants will be 
notified of a decision in December 2025. Food and lodging will be provided by 
the Universit

[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: The 23rd SAGSC Conference at the University of Chicago

2025-11-11 Thread tancredi padova via INDOLOGY 
Dear list members,

As members of the Organizing committee, we are pleased to circulate this call 
for papers for the 23rd Annual South Asia Graduate Student Conference, to be 
held at the University of Chicago on March 5th-6th 2026. For all information, 
please visit the Conference's website https://voices.uchicago.edu/sagsc/ or 
reach out to us at the address [email protected].
The organizing committee of the South Asia Graduate Student Conference 
(SAGSC-XXIII) at the University of Chicago is pleased to announce its 
twenty-third annual conference: “Resonant Boundaries: (Inter)disciplinarity in 
and about South Asia.” This year’s conference will take place on March 5th-6th, 
2026. We cordially invite papers from independent scholars and graduate 
students at any stage of study and in any discipline from universities across 
the world.
This conference seeks to explore the working interfaces and complex 
intertwinings of different textual canons, systems of knowledge, 
epistemological approaches and practices, mechanisms of community creation and 
affiliation, and trajectories of knowledge dissemination in scholarly research 
pertaining to South Asia. Conference papers may consider how textual genres and 
canons contribute to larger narratives across self-established formal or 
disciplinary scopes; inter- and intra-communal knowledge exchange; and how we 
situate these interfaces within broader histories of intellectual transmission, 
canon formation, and communicative exchange. In the titular spirit of “resonant 
boundaries,” papers might surface how interdisciplinary examinations help us to 
reconceive narratives and attest to hidden histories, draw new connections 
across doxographically conceived boundaries, and reconceptualize the categories 
of our disciplinary studies. How do our understandings of our received 
traditions change as we probe these borders? And which theoretical issues and 
avenues of inquiry can reconfigurations engender? We welcome consideration of 
not only the formulation, but also the acquisition and dissemination of 
disciplinary knowledge and borders. How do cultural and scholarly practices 
engender theoretical models, historical and sociological processes, and 
physical, demographic, and sacred geographies proliferating from South Asia? We 
welcome scholars who engage with both premodern and modern South Asia, whose 
research extends to surrounding regions, and its place in contemporary global 
academies. Please join the conversation to strive toward a shared inquiry into 
the shifting boundaries between genres, disciplines and inherited canons, and 
all the topics and communities this might meet, to give rise to forms of 
knowledge and knowing.
Paper topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:

  *   South Asia in global philosophical dialogues: patterns of exchange and 
adaptation of topics, themes and methods;
  *   Beyond the darśanas: ethical, anthropological, sociological and political 
philosophies across doxographic boundaries;
  *   Ethics in traditions of renunciation: normative and agential 
interpretations in the construction of identity and tradition(s) in word and 
practice;
  *   Intersecting arts and sciences: textualities, literarities, and practices 
of astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, economics and public policy across South 
Asia;
  *   Literacy and orality to theorize form and practice in performative arts 
(including, but not limited to, literature, prosody, music, theatrical and 
dance forms);
  *   Mutual imbrications of literature and philosophy: translation and 
(meta)commentary as mediation between the philosophical and the literary mode 
of thought;
  *   Intertextuality: diatopic transitions of scripts, texts, and editorial 
practices; modes of translation and (re)interpretation among Sanskrit, 
vernaculars, Persian, Tibetan, Chinese, and other languages; histories of 
textual reception, appropriation, censorship, and re-interpretation across 
authors, traditions and communities;
  *   Diachronic patterns of genre and canon formation: classical, modern, and 
hybrid forms of literary production;
  *   South Asian Studies inside-out: interdisciplinary approaches to the study 
of South Asia; toward disciplinary histories of South Asian Studies; whither 
South Asian studies? Themes and patterns for new avenues of inquiry.

We invite submissions from graduate students and unaffiliated scholars from a 
wide range of departments, including Anthropology, Archaeology, Area Studies, 
Art History, Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Gender and Sexuality 
Studies, History, Law, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political Science, Religious 
Studies, and South Asian Studies. Abstracts for individual papers of no more 
than 500 words should be sent to [email protected] 
 by 11:59pm US CST, December 10th, 2025. Panel 
proposals will not be considered. Applicants will be notified of a decisio

[INDOLOGY] Call for papers : The 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana Conference. Authenticity, Authority and Adaptation 27th-29th May 2026, Paris

2025-09-20 Thread Voix Raphael via INDOLOGY 
The 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana Conference.

Authenticity, Authority and Adaptation

27th-29th May 2026, Paris

Proposal submission deadline is 21st September 2025

The 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana conference will take place
in person from Wednesday 27th midday to the evening of Friday 29th of May
2026 in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and Himalayan Studies
(CESAH) at the School for Higher Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris.

Yoga’s popularity as a global practice continues to support an
exponentially increasing number of publications on yoga across a wide range
of academic fields. This conference seeks to support dialogue and
collaboration between scholars of the social sciences and humanities, who
are critically exploring traditions, beliefs and practices associated with
‘yoga’ in the past and the present.

We have chosen three themes for inspiration and to provide a loose
conceptual focus for the discussion of the conference. Authenticity,
authority and adaptation are interlinked concerns of both the earliest
recorded discussions of yoga and the teachings of contemporary yoga
advocates. Where did these traditions come from? What are their ultimate
purposes? Why should a practitioner trust the teacher, method or practices
available to them in particular times and places? These are enduring and
complex issues.

We do not expect these themes to be tightly interwoven into all paper
proposals, but we hope that these ideas will inspire engagement with the
critical preoccupations of many yoga studies scholars. Early career
scholars and PhD students are encouraged to apply and we welcome
presentations of work in progress. We welcome both stand-alone papers and
full panel proposals (3-4 papers grouped together) especially those that
bridge the philological and sociological, exploring the continuities and
changes through time of how yoga traditions adapt, establish authority and
negotiate authenticity.

Individual papers will be for presentations 20 minutes in length with 10
minutes for questions. Please note that this will be an in-person event.

To submit an abstract two steps are required:

First, open an account here
,
you will need to verify your e-mail, log in and then proceed to the second
step which is submitting your abstract here
.

Note on panel/discussion/round table proposals:

We also recently added the possibility of proposing a panel and/or a
round-table: the panel or round table organizer should propose the panel as
a different submission (‘panel’ or ‘round-table’) listing the different
panelists and each panelist should submit their own individual abstract
separately. In order to foster wider discussion between scholars, after the
review process we retain the right to add papers to the proposed panels.

All the best,

YSDS Organizing committee.

Suzanne Newcombe, Raphaël Voix, Amandine Wattelier-Bricout, Ruth Westoby,
Theo Wildcroft.

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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: Jaina Material Culture, 27th Jaina Studies Workshop, SOAS 27-28 March 2026

2025-06-24 Thread Peter Flugel via INDOLOGY 
Papers are invited for the 27th Jaina Studies Workshop, SOAS 27-28 March 2026, 
on the topic of Jaina Material Culture, in the widest sense.

Please write to: [email protected]

Speakers are encouraged to subsequently submit their papers to the 
peer-reviewed IJJS:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/international-journal-jaina-studies


Prof. Dr. Peter Flügel
Chair, Centre of Jaina Studies
Professor of the Study of Religions and Philosophies
Department of History, Religions and Philosophies
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H OXG
Tel.: (+44-20) 7898 4776
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.soas.ac.uk/jainastudies



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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: Second Volume of 'Perspectives on Reincarnation'

2025-06-18 Thread Jeffery Long via INDOLOGY 
Dear Colleagues,

With apologies for the cross-posting, please see the following call for papers 
for a special edition of Religions–essentially a sequel to the 2019 issue 
Perspectives on Reincarnation. In addition to the information mentioned below, 
I will add that authors of papers for special editions are thankfully not 
charged any fees for submission. If you are interested, please feel free to 
contact me off list at: [email protected] .

All the best!

Jeff

Special Issue

Perspectives on Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, Scientific, and Beyond—Second 
Edition

Message from the Guest Editor

In 2019, a Special Issue of Religions, with the title Perspectives on 
Reincarnation: Hindu, Christian, and Scientific, was published to great 
acclaim, tapping into the considerable interest on the topic of reincarnation 
that exists in both popular and scholarly discourse. The intent of this sequel 
is both to deepen the work of the previous Special Issue, inviting further 
contributions tapping into Hindu, Christian, and scientific points of view, and 
to broaden it, inviting contributions that focus on the topic of reincarnation 
from Buddhist or Jain perspectives, Esoteric Jewish, Christian, and Islamic 
perspectives, New Age perspectives, and perspectives drawn from the ancient or 
classical cultures of Europe: Graeco-Roman, Celtic, and so forth, as well as 
perspectives from the varied indigenous traditions across the globe. The hope 
is that sufficient interest will be garnered in this Special Issue to enable 
it, as with its first edition, to be published as a freestanding volume. The 
deeper hope, of course, is that it will spark further discussion and 
investigation of this fascinating topic and advance reincarnation studies as a 
field of academic inquiry.

Guest Editor

Prof. Dr. Jeffery D. Long

School of Arts and Humanities, Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA 17022, 
USA

Deadline for manuscript submissions

31 January 2026

Dr. Jeffery D. Long
Carl W. Zeigler Professor of Religion, Philosophy, & Asian Studies
School of Arts & Humanities
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA
 
https://etown.academia.edu/JefferyLong
 
Series Editor, Explorations in Indic Traditions: Ethical, Philosophical, and 
Theological
Lexington Books
 
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Re: [INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: 15th IIGRS at Leiden University, the Netherlands

2025-05-01 Thread Olli-Pekka Littunen via INDOLOGY 
Dear list members,

Please note that the deadline for abstract submissions for the 15th IIGRS
is coming up on 31 May. This symposium will be held at Leiden University,
the Netherlands, on 30 and 31 October 2025. If you have any questions, feel
free to contact us through [email protected].

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
Olli-Pekka Littunen
Leiden University

On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM Olli-Pekka Littunen 
wrote:

> Apologies; a small correction to the previous email. The email address for
> any questions should be [email protected].
>
> Best regards,
> Olli-Pekka Littunen
>
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM Olli-Pekka Littunen <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Dear Members of the INDOLOGY list,
>>
>> The 15th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS) will
>> take place at Leiden University, the Netherlands, on 30 and 31 October 2025.
>>
>> We invite early-career researchers to send in an abstract. Please see the
>> details of the CfP below.
>>
>> If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at
>> [email protected].
>>
>> On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
>>
>> Olli-Pekka Littunen
>> Leiden University
>>
>>
>> *IIGRS 15 Call for Papers*
>>
>> *Submission of papers:*
>>
>> If you wish to present a paper, please submit an abstract via the Google
>> Form on our website (https://iigrs.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/) by 31
>> May. You will be notified of your results by 15 June.
>>
>> *Abstracts should include*:
>>
>> 1. Your name and institution
>> 2. Indication of research degrees and positions held
>> 3. The title of your paper
>> 4. An outline of its contents (in 300 words, excluding optional
>> references)
>>
>> *Eligibility*:
>>
>> Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who have obtained their
>> PhD within the last five years.
>>
>> *Subjects*:
>>
>> The subject of your paper may be any Indological topic, provided that it
>> is based on primary sources in the original language. This includes, but is
>> not limited to, philological, text-historical, manuscript-based, historical
>> or literary studies.
>>
>> *Presentation*:
>>
>> If your abstract is accepted, you will be allowed a slot of thirty
>> minutes for presentation and questions. This should consist of a
>> twenty-minute presentation and a ten-minute discussion.
>>
>> *Organizing committee*: Sanne Dokter-Mersch, Kristen de Joseph and
>> Olli-Pekka Littunen.
>>
>

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Re: [INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: 15th IIGRS at Leiden University, the Netherlands

2025-01-31 Thread Olli-Pekka Littunen via INDOLOGY 
Apologies; a small correction to the previous email. The email address for
any questions should be [email protected].

Best regards,
Olli-Pekka Littunen

On Fri, Jan 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM Olli-Pekka Littunen 
wrote:

> Dear Members of the INDOLOGY list,
>
> The 15th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS) will
> take place at Leiden University, the Netherlands, on 30 and 31 October 2025.
>
> We invite early-career researchers to send in an abstract. Please see the
> details of the CfP below.
>
> If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at
> [email protected].
>
> On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
>
> Olli-Pekka Littunen
> Leiden University
>
>
> *IIGRS 15 Call for Papers*
>
> *Submission of papers:*
>
> If you wish to present a paper, please submit an abstract via the Google
> Form on our website (https://iigrs.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/) by 31
> May. You will be notified of your results by 15 June.
>
> *Abstracts should include*:
>
> 1. Your name and institution
> 2. Indication of research degrees and positions held
> 3. The title of your paper
> 4. An outline of its contents (in 300 words, excluding optional references)
>
> *Eligibility*:
>
> Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who have obtained their PhD
> within the last five years.
>
> *Subjects*:
>
> The subject of your paper may be any Indological topic, provided that it
> is based on primary sources in the original language. This includes, but is
> not limited to, philological, text-historical, manuscript-based, historical
> or literary studies.
>
> *Presentation*:
>
> If your abstract is accepted, you will be allowed a slot of thirty minutes
> for presentation and questions. This should consist of a twenty-minute
> presentation and a ten-minute discussion.
>
> *Organizing committee*: Sanne Dokter-Mersch, Kristen de Joseph and
> Olli-Pekka Littunen.
>

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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: 15th IIGRS at Leiden University, the Netherlands

2025-01-31 Thread Olli-Pekka Littunen via INDOLOGY 
Dear Members of the INDOLOGY list,

The 15th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS) will
take place at Leiden University, the Netherlands, on 30 and 31 October 2025.

We invite early-career researchers to send in an abstract. Please see the
details of the CfP below.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at
[email protected].

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,

Olli-Pekka Littunen
Leiden University


*IIGRS 15 Call for Papers*

*Submission of papers:*

If you wish to present a paper, please submit an abstract via the Google
Form on our website (https://iigrs.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/) by 31
May. You will be notified of your results by 15 June.

*Abstracts should include*:

1. Your name and institution
2. Indication of research degrees and positions held
3. The title of your paper
4. An outline of its contents (in 300 words, excluding optional references)

*Eligibility*:

Graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who have obtained their PhD
within the last five years.

*Subjects*:

The subject of your paper may be any Indological topic, provided that it is
based on primary sources in the original language. This includes, but is
not limited to, philological, text-historical, manuscript-based, historical
or literary studies.

*Presentation*:

If your abstract is accepted, you will be allowed a slot of thirty minutes
for presentation and questions. This should consist of a twenty-minute
presentation and a ten-minute discussion.

*Organizing committee*: Sanne Dokter-Mersch, Kristen de Joseph and
Olli-Pekka Littunen.

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[INDOLOGY] Call for papers

2025-01-13 Thread Sufi Santa via INDOLOGY 
Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to share our call for submissions to the panel "State Law,
Religious Identity, and Cultural Transformation: Hinduisation and
Sanskritisation in the Himalayas" at this year’s European Conference on
South Asian Studies (ECSAS).

The conference will take place in Heidelberg in October 2025, and the
deadline for submissions is January 30th. For the details regarding the
panel, paper submission and registration, please follow this link:

https://ecsas2025.com/panel/70-state-law-religious-identity-and-cultural-transformation-hinduisation-and-sanskritisation-in-the-himalayas/
.

Please feel free to circulate this with your colleagues and students who
are engaged in research related to these topics.

Best regards,
Rajan Khatiwoda, also on behalf of Manik Bajracharya and Nirajan Kafle

-

This panel examines the processes of Hinduisation and Sanskritisation in
the Himalayan region, with a focus on Nepal’s distinct legal and cultural
history in contrast to (British) India. It explores the intricate
relationship between Brahmanical norms and local customs (deśācāra),
particularly through the integration of Hindu legal scriptures
(dharmaśāstra). The Himalayan region presents a unique context, where the
application of these laws has sparked ongoing scholarly debate about the
balance between Dharmaśāstra and indigenous practices. A key focus is the
Mulukī Ain (MA) of 1854 CE, Nepal’s first codified legal code introduced by
Prime Minister Jaṅga Bahādura Rāṇā. This legal reform sought to enforce
Brahmanical norms across Nepal’s diverse communities, including Buddhist
and non-Brahmanical groups. It was not only a legal initiative but also a
political strategy to solidify Nepal’s identity as a Hindu kingdom and
resist external threats, especially from colonial forces. The process of
Sanskritisation and Hinduisation served to bring together Nepal’s various
cultural groups under a common legal framework while preserving its Hindu
ethos. The panel will explore the interaction between state-imposed laws
and local traditions, analyzing how these frameworks shaped religious
practices, social norms, and community identities in Nepal and the broader
Himalayan region, including Tibet. Comparative studies of Nepal, India, and
Tibet’s legal histories are encouraged, offering insights into how states
with different colonial experiences addressed similar challenges. Scholars
are invited to use archival and anthropological methods to investigate
these transformations, shedding light on the dynamic relationship between
state law and local customs in shaping the legal and cultural landscapes of
the Himalayas.

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[INDOLOGY] Call for papers: The LINGUINDIC Conference: Modern Linguistics and Ancient India

2024-12-20 Thread Adriana Molina via INDOLOGY 
Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce "The LINGUINDIC Conference: Modern Linguistics
and Ancient India", which will take place on *12–14 June 2025 at Wolfson
College, University of Oxford, UK*.

We invite submission of abstracts in any subject related to Ancient Indian
languages and linguistics, addressing, but not limited to, the following
topics:

   - Ancient Indian contributions to linguistic thought (broadly conceived,
   including e.g. Pāṇinian vyākaraṇa, non-Pāṇinian vyākaraṇa, nirvacana,
   śikṣā, nirukta, Mīmāṃsā, Nyāya, etc.).
   - Modern linguistic analyses (in any field of linguistics) of phenomena
   in ancient Indian languages (Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali, Prakrit), for example
   compounding (samāsa), case (kāraka), etc.
   - Work that interfaces modern linguistics and the ancient Indian
   linguistic traditions;
  - for example, work that explores the relevance of ancient Indian
  linguistic analyses for modern linguistics,
  - or work that offers a modern linguistic take on a topic originally
  analysed by the ancient Indian linguistic tradition.

Presentations will last 20 minutes, with an additional 10 mins for
discussion.
Abstract Submission Guidelines

Anonymized abstracts in PDF format should be sent to
[email protected] by the *31** January 2025*. Abstracts should be no
more than 1 page excluding tables/figures and references.
Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: *31 January 2025*
Notification of acceptance: *28 February 2025*

For further updates please visit the conference website:
https://www.linguindic.com/conference/. For any queries please write to
[email protected]

Best regards,

Dr. Adriana Molina-Muñoz
Researcher 'LINGUINDIC: New ideas for modern linguistics
from Ancient India' | Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Research Fellow | Wolfson College
University of Oxford

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[INDOLOGY] Call for papers: "The LINGUINDIC Conference: Modern Linguistics and Ancient India"

2024-11-06 Thread Adriana Molina via INDOLOGY 
Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce "The LINGUINDIC Conference: Modern Linguistics
and Ancient India", which will take place on *12–14 June 2025 at Wolfson
College, University of Oxford, UK*.

We invite submission of abstracts in any subject related to Ancient Indian
languages and linguistics, addressing, but not limited to, the following
topics:

   - Ancient Indian contributions to linguistic thought (broadly conceived,
   including e.g. Pāṇinian vyākaraṇa, non-Pāṇinian vyākaraṇa, nirvacana,
   śikṣā, nirukta, Mīmāṃsā, Nyāya, etc.).
   - Modern linguistic analyses (in any field of linguistics) of phenomena
   in ancient Indian languages (Sanskrit, Tamil, Pali, Prakrit), for example
   compounding (samāsa), case (kāraka), etc.
   - Work that interfaces modern linguistics and the ancient Indian
   linguistic traditions;
  - for example, work that explores the relevance of ancient Indian
  linguistic analyses for modern linguistics,
  - or work that offers a modern linguistic take on a topic originally
  analysed by the ancient Indian linguistic tradition.

Presentations will last 20 minutes, with an additional 10 mins for
discussion.
Abstract Submission Guidelines

Anonymized abstracts in PDF format should be sent to
[email protected] by the *31** January 2025*. Abstracts should be no
more than 1 page excluding tables/figures and references.
Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: *31 January 2025*
Notification of acceptance: *28 February 2025*

For further updates please visit the conference website:
https://www.linguindic.com/conference/. For any queries please write to
[email protected]

Best regards,

Dr. Adriana Molina-Muñoz
Researcher 'LINGUINDIC: New ideas for modern linguistics
from Ancient India' | Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Research Fellow | Wolfson College
University of Oxford

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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers for the Computational Sanskrit and Digital Humanities Section : WSC 2025

2024-09-07 Thread Amba Kulkarni via INDOLOGY 
Apologies for cross postings.

Call for FULL Papers for the Computational Sanskrit and Digital Humanities
Section

Key Dates:

   - Submission of Full Papers: Closes on 31st January 2025.
   - Acceptance Notification: 15th March 2025.
   - Camera-Ready Copy: Due by 30th April 2025.
   - Proceedings for Publication: 25th June 2025.

Please note that only FULL papers will be considered for review in this
section.

Abstracts will not be accepted.

Authors are requested to submit their full papers to PC chairs (
[email protected]   and  [email protected]) with
subject "Paper for Computational Sanskrit WSC2025".

If you have already submitted an abstract, please ensure you submit a full
paper by the deadline.

For more detailed information about this section, please visit this
dedicated page ( http://sanskrit.uohyd.ac.in/19WSC ) that contains
additional details and guidelines.

Best,
Amba Kulkarni on behalf of the convenors,
Section 23, Computational Sanskrit and Digital Humanities
WSC 2025, Nepal


-- 

आ नो भद्रा: क्रतवो यन्तु विश्वत: ll
Let noble thoughts come to us from every side.
- Rig Veda, I-89-i.

Professor & Head
Department of Sanskrit Studies
University of Hyderabad
Prof. C.R. Rao Road
Hyderabad-500 046

(91) 040 23133802(off)

http://scl.samsaadhanii.in 
http://sanskrit.uohyd.ac.in/scl
http://tdil-dc.in/san/
http://sanskrit.uohyd.ac.in/faculty/amba

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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: 14th IIGRS, Toyo University (Japan)

2024-07-09 Thread Kenji Takahashi via INDOLOGY 
Dear list members,

We are happy to announce that the 14th International Indology Graduate Research 
Symposium (IIGRS 14) will be held at the Faculty of letters, Toyo University, 
Tokyo, Japan, on 7-9 December 2024.

We invite submissions of abstracts. If you wish to give a presentation, please 
submit your application from the following link by 25th August 
(https://iigrs.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/).

Details of the call are shared below:

Submission of papers:
If you wish to present a paper, please submit a 300-word abstract via the 
designated Google Form (please visit our website) by 25th August. You will be 
notified of your results by 8th September.

Abstracts should include:
1. Your name and institution
2. Indication of research degrees and positions held
3. The tilte of your paper
4. An outline of its contents

Eligibility
・Graduate students
 ・ Post-doc researchers who have obtained their PhD within 5 years.

Subjects
The subjects of your paper may be any Indological topic, provided that it is 
based on primary sources in the original language. This includes, but is not 
limited to, philological, text-historical, manuscript-based, historical, or 
literary studies.
If you are unsure about whether your paper is suitable, don’t hesitate to 
contact us as soon as possible at [email protected].

Presentation
If your abstract is accepted, you will be allowed a slot of thirty minutes for 
presentation and questions. 

Organisational committee: Kenji Takahashi (Toyo University), Chikamitsu 
Taniguchi (Nagoya University)

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 
[email protected].

Kenji Takahashi,
Toyo University


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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers and Special Issues: International Journal of Hindu Studies (Springer)

2024-01-16 Thread Mittal, Sushil - mittalsx via INDOLOGY 
Call for PAPERS and SPECIAL ISSUES

Now in its twenty-eighth year of publication, the International Journal of 
Hindu Studies (Springer) is committed to publishing excellent scholarship on 
well-established topics in Hindu Studies (or Indian religions in ways that will 
connect with Hindu texts or traditions), to fostering new work in neglected 
areas, and to stimulating alternative perspectives as well as exchange of 
information on a wide range of issues. The Journal supports critical inquiry, 
hermeneutical interpretive proposals, and historical investigation into all 
aspects of Hindu traditions. While committed to publishing articles that will 
advance scholarship in any discipline relevant to Hindu Studies, the Journal is 
especially interested in areas of research that have cross-disciplinary 
relevance or new implications for this emerging field of scholarly interest. 
Submissions of a comparative or theoretical nature in every discipline in the 
humanities and social sciences will receive serious and respectful 
consideration.

Each submission to the Journal receives double-blind review.

Remember that the aims of the International Journal of Hindu Studies can be met 
only if we are able to think about its title "Hindu Studies" in a broadly 
civilizational way rather than in some parochial or narrowly religious way. 
There is no need to think in terms of the religious versus secular dichotomy 
when referring to things Hindu. No need to restrict articles or other 
contributions to the realm of "religion." Don't hesitate to send us an article 
"because the Journal doesn't publish in my discipline"; we may not yet have 
received a publishable article in your discipline.

And send us your best articles! Two important points will encourage you to do 
so. First, we no longer have the backlog that characterized the Journal for 
some time. Once accepted in final form, an article will go into the next issue. 
Second, we make every effort to give you a rapid response -- within 4 to 6 
weeks.

WE ALSO WELCOME PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL ISSUES ON TOPICS THAT FALL WITHIN THE 
SCOPE OF THE JOURNAL.

Correspondence regarding material for possible publication (including Special 
Issues) and editorial matters should be addressed to Sushil Mittal at 
.



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[INDOLOGY] Call for papers: Indian Theories of Meaning and Grammar – Novel Perspectives, INALCO June 6-8 2023

2023-02-20 Thread John Lowe 
Dear all,

Please see the following link: https://indian-meaning2023.sciencesconf.org/.

Deadline for abstracts is April 15th.

John
(on behalf of Ghanshyam Sharma)

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Re: [INDOLOGY] Call for Papers - The 38th Annual Sanskrit Traditions Symposium

2022-03-24 Thread Rembert Lutjeharms 
Dear colleagues,

This is a reminder that the deadline for the call for papers for the 38th
Sanskrit Traditions Symposium is tomorrow, Friday 25 March. Proposals
should be sent to the organising committee at .

The original call for papers is copied below.

Best wishes,
Rembert


*The 38th Annual Sanskrit Traditions Symposium*
*Friday 27th May 2022*
Hosted online by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies

The 38th annual The Sanskrit Traditions Symposium will take place *online* on
Friday 27th May, 2022, hosted by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. We
invite proposals for papers on any aspect of South Asia’s rich
Sanskrit religious
and intellectual culture.

Proposals of 300-500 words should be submitted by *Friday 25th March 2022*.
They should be sent to the organising committee: *[email protected]
.*

*Papers and Format *- Papers are presented by leading scholars in the field
as well as by research students. Papers are pre-circulated so that
participants can read them before the seminar to ensure the best possible
use of discussion time. Papers are therefore *not* read out at the seminar
itself but instead briefly introduced by the chair who will then raise
questions to the paper-giver, before opening the discussion. Papers should
be no longer than 20 A4 pages, including notes and references. To
facilitate discussion for those short of reading time, paper-givers should
provide a one-page abstract of the key argument of the paper, along with
their paper. Please include your email address for further feedback.

The Sanskrit Traditions Symposium is a forum for the discussion of the
Sanskrit traditions of South Asia, and the texts and cultures that have
arisen out of them. This event, formerly known as Sanskrit Tradition in the
Modern World (STIMW), was renamed, in consultation with past and current
organisers, The Sanskrit Traditions Symposium, to better reflect the
direction that the event has taken in well over a decade. The Sanskrit
Traditions Symposium continues the format and spirit of STIMW, which
fosters focussed conversation on pre-circulated papers.



-- 
Dr. Rembert Lutjeharms
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
13-15 Magdalen Street
Oxford OX1 3AE United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 (0)1865 304300

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[INDOLOGY] call for papers: Anchoring the Invention of Writing in Ancient Societies

2022-03-23 Thread peter bisschop via INDOLOGY 
Dear colleagues,

The organizers of the conference Anchoring the Invention of Writing in
Ancient Societies: A Global Comparative Approach, to be held on 15 December
at Leiden University, have asked me to share this call for papers:

https://anchoringinnovation.nl/events/anchoring-innovation-in-ancient-cultures-conference-day-1

For any questions, please contact the organizers via the email
addresses provided on the website.

Best wishes,
Peter Bisschop
Leiden University

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[INDOLOGY] Call for papers: ECR Event on Archaeology, Early Medieval Texts and Heritage in South Asia

2022-03-23 Thread Nina Mirnig via INDOLOGY 
[with apologies for cross-posting]

Dear colleagues,

Please find below a link to a call for papers for the online Early Career 
Research Event on Exploring the Nexus between Archaeology, Early Medieval Texts 
and Heritage in South Asia on 7th September 2022. 

https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/archaeology/events/exploring-the-nexus/
 


With best wishes,
Nina Mirnig


———

Dr. Nina Mirnig MSt DPhil (Oxon)
Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Hollandstrasse 11–13
A-1020 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: +43 1 51581 / 6411 // HOME OFFICE: +43 660 8375709
Fax: +43 1 51581 / 6410
https://www.oeaw.ac.at/ikga/team/forschung/mirnig-nina/






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Re: [INDOLOGY] Call for Papers - The 38th Annual Sanskrit Traditions Symposium

2022-03-11 Thread Rembert Lutjeharms 
Dear colleagues,

Please note that the deadline for the submission of proposals for the
Sanskrit Symposium has been extended, to Friday 25 March 2022. Please note
the call for papers below, for more details about the symposium and how to
submit a proposal.

Best wishes,
Rembert

*The 38th Annual Sanskrit Traditions Symposium*
*Friday 27th May 2022*
Hosted online by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies

The 37th annual The Sanskrit Traditions Symposium will take place *online* on
Friday 27th May, 2022, hosted by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. We
invite proposals for papers on any aspect of South Asia’s
rich Sanskrit religious and intellectual culture.

Proposals of 300-500 words should be submitted by *Friday 25th March 2022*.
They should be sent to the organising committee: *[email protected]
.*

*Papers and Format *- Papers are presented by leading scholars in the field
as well as by research students. Papers are pre-circulated so that
participants can read them before the seminar to ensure the best possible
use of discussion time. Papers are therefore *not* read out at the seminar
itself but instead briefly introduced by the chair who will then raise
questions to the paper-giver, before opening the discussion. Papers should
be no longer than 20 A4 pages, including notes and references. To
facilitate discussion for those short of reading time, paper-givers should
provide a one-page abstract of the key argument of the paper, along with
their paper. Please include your email address for further feedback.

The Sanskrit Traditions Symposium is a forum for the discussion of the
Sanskrit traditions of South Asia, and the texts and cultures that have
arisen out of them. This event, formerly known as Sanskrit Tradition in the
Modern World (STIMW), was renamed, in consultation with past and current
organisers, The Sanskrit Traditions Symposium, to better reflect the
direction that the event has taken in well over a decade. The Sanskrit
Traditions Symposium continues the format and spirit of STIMW, which
fosters focussed conversation on pre-circulated papers.

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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: Centre for South Asian Studies Graduate Symposium 2022, University of Toronto

2022-02-14 Thread Liwen Liu via INDOLOGY 
2nd Annual Centre for South Asian Studies Graduate Symposium

University of Toronto – Asian Institute (Online)
April 21 – April 22, 2022



Call for Papers

In and of the Everyday: Thinking with and across South Asia



Following a successful first year symposium which featured a range of emerging 
research of graduate students working in and across South Asian Studies, we 
invite submissions of papers for this year’s 2022 online symposium broadly 
framed around the key theme of ‘The Everyday.’ As we complete another year of 
ongoing, intersecting pandemics, the realities of everyday life are 
increasingly transformed. We are interested in what different forms the 
‘everyday’ has taken and continues to take in relation to and/or in diasporic 
and continental South Asia. We invite all University of Toronto students from 
all disciplines and stages in their graduate careers who see their work 
relating to the study of South Asia (broadly construed and not limited to the 
continental geography) to participate.



The ‘everyday’ calls on us to think about and beyond the mundane and the 
spectacular, public and private spaces, acts of resistance, hegemonies, and 
more. How do expressions of the everyday look within material archives, 
political movements, or domestic spaces? How do people today and in the past 
conceive of their ‘everyday,’ and how have scholars of South Asia theorized it? 
Paper proposals can address (but are not limited to) one of the following 
themes:



Everyday speech and voice

Language and translation

Cultural activities and performance

Religious worship (texts, ritual)

Formulations of ‘sacred’

Politics

Mass media

Everyday forms of resistance

Visual representation, art history, everyday cultures

Mundane archives

Security, Political Violence

Dwelling, gathering, communal kinship, gossip

Affective archives, subaltern histories

Alterity

Global feminist theory, Women of Color Feminisms

Infrastructure, place, land, built environment

Other and alternative South Asias

Diasporic Asia, capitalisms, and economies of everyday life



Please submit a 250 – 300 word abstract as PDF by February 28, 2022 at 5pm to 
be considered for the symposium. Include your name, email address, department, 
and year of study in the heading of your proposal. Within your abstract, please 
identify 2 – 5 key words or themes your research speaks to. Selected abstracts 
will be organized into panels on either Thursday April 21 or Friday April 22.



If you have any questions, please reach out to the organizers (Atif, Janani, 
Liwen, or Mirela) at 
[email protected].


——-

Liwen Liu

PhD Candidate

Department for the Study of Religion

University of Toronto


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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers - The 38th Annual Sanskrit Traditions Symposium

2022-02-09 Thread Rembert Lutjeharms 
*The 38th Annual Sanskrit Traditions Symposium*
*Friday 27th May 2022*
Hosted online by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies

The 37th annual The Sanskrit Traditions Symposium will take place *online* on
Friday 27th May, 2022, hosted by the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies. We
invite proposals for papers on any aspect of South Asia’s
rich Sanskrit religious and intellectual culture.

Proposals of 300-500 words should be submitted by *Monday 7th March 2022*.
They should be sent to the organising committee: *[email protected]
.*

*Papers and Format *- Papers are presented by leading scholars in the field
as well as by research students. Papers are pre-circulated so that
participants can read them before the seminar to ensure the best possible
use of discussion time. Papers are therefore *not* read out at the seminar
itself but instead briefly introduced by the chair who will then raise
questions to the paper-giver, before opening the discussion. Papers should
be no longer than 20 A4 pages, including notes and references. To
facilitate discussion for those short of reading time, paper-givers should
provide a one-page abstract of the key argument of the paper, along with
their paper. Please include your email address for further feedback.

The Sanskrit Traditions Symposium is a forum for the discussion of the
Sanskrit traditions of South Asia, and the texts and cultures that have
arisen out of them. This event, formerly known as Sanskrit Tradition in the
Modern World (STIMW), was renamed, in consultation with past and current
organisers, The Sanskrit Traditions Symposium, to better reflect the
direction that the event has taken in well over a decade. The Sanskrit
Traditions Symposium continues the format and spirit of STIMW, which
fosters focussed conversation on pre-circulated papers.

-- 
Dr. Rembert Lutjeharms
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
13-15 Magdalen Street
Oxford OX1 3AE United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 (0)1865 304300

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[INDOLOGY] Call for papers on mantras--extended deadline

2021-11-30 Thread Finnian Moore-Gerety via INDOLOGY 
Dear colleagues—
On behalf of Borayin Larios, Carola Lorea, and myself, I’m sharing this updated 
call for papers for our planned workshop on mantras in spring 2022 in Vienna. 
(To those who have already submitted proposals—thank you!) To encourage further 
participation, we're extending the CfP deadline by two more weeks, until Dec. 
15. Please spread the word to colleagues working on mantras, broadly conceived. 

Yours,
Finnian

CALL FOR PAPERS
“Mantras: Sound, Materiality, and the Body” || May 12-14, 2022 || Workshop at 
the Department South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, University of Vienna; 
co-organized by the Center for Contemporary South Asia, Brown University; and 
the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore.

For the last three thousand years, mantras in Sanskrit and other Indic 
languages have profoundly influenced religions in South Asia and around the 
world. Mantras take many forms, materializing in the sound of the human voice, 
the silence of thought, the script of writing and diagrams, the space of 
shrines and temples. In spite of the ubiquity and relevance of mantras, 
academic scholarship on mantras has proceeded in fits and starts, impelled by 
research on specific texts, traditions, and contexts—but only rarely through 
the systematic investigation of mantra as a category in its own right. While 
some studies of mantra in terms of language, sound, and ritual have gained wide 
attention, the intersections of mantra and other important scholarly 
categories—the body, performance, media, materiality, religious authority and 
identity—are relatively unexplored.

“Mantras: Sound, Materiality, and the Body” is an international workshop 
convened at the the Department South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies at the 
University of Vienna and co-organized by the Center for Contemporary South Asia 
at Brown University and the Asia Research Institute, National University of 
Singapore. This workshop aims to further the growth of mantra studies by 
bringing together scholars from various disciplines— religious studies, Asian 
studies, sound studies, anthropology, art history—around our shared interest in 
mantras. We will curate several days of conversation on mantras in all their 
multiformity, with a focus on sound, materiality, and the body. What is a 
mantra, exactly? How does the philosophy of mantra relate to practice (and vice 
versa)? What role does embodiment play in mantra systems? How do mantras 
mediate between practitioners and their material or spiritual goals? How do 
mantras change when adapted to new technologies and media? How do mantras shape 
identities, communities, and traditions? With the aim of grappling with these 
big questions (and more), we are calling for papers on mantras in premodern and 
contemporary contexts, in major Asian religions as well as global 
spiritualities, and addressing texts, practices, material culture, lived 
religion, and critical theory. Proposals may be works-in-progress, ideas for 
future research projects, summations of previous research, and theoretical or 
methodological interventions. We encourage contributions that span disciplines, 
consider mantras in vernacular languages and popular traditions, address 
neglected domains of inquiry, examine mantras using digital and audio-visual 
resources—and otherwise cultivate synergy between scholars working on mantra 
with different materials, approaches, and framings. This workshop will offer a 
forum for exploring future collaborations on mantras and the prospects for 
securing funding for a multi-year, international research project on mantras.

Extended deadline
Please submit proposals via email to Finnian Gerety 
([email protected] ), 
Borayin Larios ([email protected] 
) or Carola Lorea ([email protected] 
). The extended submission deadline is December 15, 
2021 with responses sent out by January 15, 2022. 
Each paper proposal should include: name, affiliation of the author; paper 
abstract in English (not longer than 1,400 characters with spaces or 250 
words); a short bibliography (optional, not included in the word limit). We’re 
planning for an in-person workshop in Vienna as well as virtual panels 
conducted online via Zoom. When you submit your abstract, please indicate 
whether you plan to participate virtually or in-person.


Finnian M.M. Gerety
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
[Affiliated] Faculty of Contemplative Studies and Center for Contemporary South 
Asia
Brown University
www.finniangerety.com 









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[INDOLOGY] Call for Papers: 23rd Jaina Studies Workshop at SOAS, 25-26 March 2022: Jaina Knowledge Systems

2021-10-14 Thread Peter Flugel 
Dear Friends,

This is a conference announcement and call for papers

Jaina Knowledge Systems
23rd Jaina Studies Workshop at SOAS
Friday, 25th March 2022 - Saturday, 26th March 2022
SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

The conference will be held on site at SOAS under Covid precautions.
A few speaker's slots are still open.

with best wishes

Peter


Prof. Dr. Peter Flügel
Chair, Centre of Jaina Studies
Professor of the Study of Religions and Philosophies
Department of History, Religions and Philosophies
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
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