AAR, Religion in South Asia Section: Please make online submissions by March 31 2005

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As you all know, AAR is a premier institution in America which

attracts over 10,000 participants for their annual meetings.

 

As good a forum as one can get to present a proper perspective of

hindu civilization.

 

Please do get involved. K.

 

2005 Call for Papers; The 2005 AAR Annual Meeting and Book Exhibit

will be held at the Philadelphia Marriott Hotel and the Convention

Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 19-22, 2005.

 

Religion in South Asia Section

 

Some topics covered (can be expanded as needed):

Teaching Hinduism in the survey course

Vastu

media and the transformation of religion

religion and money

vanishing village deities

public ceremonial and political ritual

dialogue, debate, and verbal contest

personal law vs. uniform civil code

web-based education

yoga and ecology

and ethics in South Asian religions

media representations of Hinduism

Sikh identity

embodied religion and performance

sacred and profane love in mystical traditions

the Bhakti movement -- says who?

South Asian religions and the Web

South Asian students studying South Asian religions

can North American religionists talk to South Asians?

 

We invite proposals for fully developed paper sessions or panels on

any aspect of religion in South Asia, including field research,

textual studies, and pedagogy. Proposals with a multireligious or

interreligious dimension and those concerned with parts of South Asia

other than India are especially welcome. Given the special

international focus of the 2005 Annual Meeting, we encourage

contributions from colleagues in Central and Eastern Europe.

Proposals

must be made through the online system. Individual paper proposals

are

not accepted. Topics suggested for the 2005 Annual Meeting are listed

below; this list is by no means exhaustive or definitive. Teaching

Hinduism in the survey course (John Cort, cort@d...); Can

Hindus talk to Muslims? (Phyllis Herman, phyllis.k.herman@ csun.edu);

Vastu (Laurie Patton, lpatton@ emory.edu); word and image in South

Asian religions (Karline McLain, kmclain@m...); media and

the transformation of religion (Deepak Sarma, deepak.sarma@c...);

religion and money (Whitney Kelting, w.kelting@n...); vanishing

village deities (Venkatakrishna Sastry,

sastry_bvk@h...); public ceremonial and political

ritual (Richard Davis, rdavis@b...); dialogue, debate, and verbal

contest (Tamar Reich, treich@u...); personal law vs. uniform

civil code (Purushottama Bilimoria, p.bilimoria@ unimelb.edu.au);

web-based education (Kuldip Gupta, gupta (AT) hindu-university (DOT) edu); yoga

and ecology (Chris Chapple, cchapple@l...); aesthetics and ethics

in South Asian religions (Emily Hudson, ehudson@

learnlink.emory.edu);

media representations of Hinduism (M. K. Sridhar, sridhar@

hindu-university.edu); Sikh identity (Susan Prill,

sprill@h...); embodied religion and performance (Linda Hess,

lionda@ stanford.edu); sacred and profane love in mystical traditions

(Daniela Rossella, ghezziem@t...); the Bhakti movement -- says who?

(Jack Hawley, jsh3@c...); South Asian religions and the Web

(Andrew Fort, a.fort@t...); South Asian students studying South

Asian religions (Pankaj Jain, pankaj-jain@u...); can North

American religionists talk to South Asians? (Robin Rinehart,

rineharr@l...).

 

http://www.aarweb.org/annualmeet/2005/call/list-call.asp?

PUNum=AARPU058

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