Guest guest Posted March 14, 2003 Report Share Posted March 14, 2003 >Bal Ram Singh <bsingh >bsingh >Vivekananda Conference - Second Announcement >Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:26:18 -0500 > >Dear Colleagues and Friends, > >Please take a note the SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT of the Vivekananda Conference. > >http://www.umassd.edu/indic/vivekananda_voyuage2.html#second > >Second Announcement > >The Center for Indic Studies, UMass Dartmouth, is pleased to announce a >two-day conference on "Impact of Swami Vivekananda's Voyage to the West" >at the UMD campus. This unique event will bring together academicians, >monks of the Ramakrishna order, students, and general public to discuss the >contributions of Swami Vivekananda to the West, and the relevance of his >teachings today and in the future. > >Venue: > UMass Dartmouth >***Directions*** > >Date: > June 28 & 29 (Saturday & Sunday), 2003. > >Time: > 9:00 AM > > > >Program Schedule > > >General Themes : > > Western approach toward Indian spiritual traditions after Swami >Vivekananda . > >Applicability of Swami Vivekananda's message to contemporary world. > >Swami Vivekananda's interpretations of Hinduism . > > >Panel Discussion : > "Swami Vivekananda: The next 100 years" > > >Panelists: > >Swami Tyagananda, Ramakrishna Vedanta Society of Massachusetts, MA. > >Swami Atmarupananda, Vivekananda Ridgely Retreat, NY. > >Pravrajika Gayatriprana, Vedanta Society of Southern California, Hollywood, >CA. > >Prof. Carl Jackson, Professor of History, University of Texas at El Paso, >TX. > >Prof. Hal French, Professor of Religious Studies, University of South >Carolina. > >Prof. Anantanand Rambachan, Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College, >Minnesota. > >Dr. Jay Lakhani, Director, Vivekananda Centre, London, UK. > >Prof. Sitansu Chakravarti, School of Continuing Studies, University of >Toronto, Canada. > >Prof. Rina Chakravarti, Department of South Asian Studies, University of >Toronto, Canada. > >Abstract Submission: If you desire to submit a paper on any of the >above-mentioned themes, please send an abstract (350 words or less) to >ssengupta *before March 15, 2003*. Please specify clearly the >theme (of the three mentioned above) under which the abstract is submitted. >The abstracts will be reviewed by a committee. Selected authors will be >notified by March 25 and will be invited to submit a full paper. Details >regarding the full paper submission guidelines will be provided shortly. >The full paper will be published in Conference Proceedings which will be >printed before the conference and given to each registrant as part of the >Conference packet. Authors of full papers will be requested to read a >modified version of their paper at the conference in about 20 minutes. > >The Conference will begin at 9:00 AM on June 28 (Saturday) and end at 4:00 >PM on June 29 (Sunday), 2003. > > > > > > > >Registration fees : > >General : $40 per person for both days or $25 for each day. > >Students : $25 for both days. > >Dinner coupon on June 28 : $10 per person. > >Breakfast and lunch on June 28 & 29 can be purchased by attendees at their >own >cost from the university cafeteria or from outside of the university >campus. > >Accommodation : > >A block of rooms has been reserved at the Dartmouth Motor Inn, which is at >walking distance from the Conf. venue. To avail of the discounted rates >specified below, please mention 'Vivekananda Conference' when you call the >Motor Inn at (508) 997-0008. > >A room with 2 beds - $75 + tax > >A room with King size bed - $64 + tax > >A room with full size bed - $60 + tax > >Note: > >For details please contact Prof. Sukalyan Sengupta [phone: (508) 999-8470, >fax: (508) 999-8964, >email: ssengupta] > > > > > > > >Regards, > >Bal Ram Singh > >_________ > > > > >Bal Ram Singh, Ph.D. >Director, Center for Indic Studies >University of Massachusetts Dartmouth >285 Old Westport Road >Dartmouth, MA 02747 > >Phone: 508-999-8588 >Fax: 508-999-8451 >Email: bsingh > >Internet address: http://www.umassd.edu/indic _______________ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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