Indic And WAVES Conferences in June and July, 2006

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WAVES Conferences in June and July, 2006Thu, 02 Feb 2006 12:57:50

-0500Fourth Annual Indic Conference Series (June 23-25, 2006)Indian

Civilization: Origin and PracticesThe Center for Indic Studies, University of

Massachusetts Dartmouth, announces its Fourth Annual Conference to be held at

UMass Dartmouth campus on Friday, June 23 through Sunday, June 25, 2006.The

Dartmouth campus, about 60 miles south of Boston, and only about 30 miles from

Cape Cod and Providence, provides a beautiful summer setting for conferences in

serene and green ambience of the New England. There are plenty of opportunities

for site seeing, beaches, and quiet walking the trails.The basic goal of the

conference is to bring out scholars from varying academic fields of humanities,

social sciences, and natural sciences to present and discuss scholarly works

related to art, culture, history, music, philosophy, sciences, and traditions

of ancient and modern India.Two areas being especially focused in this annual

conference will be:

(a) The origin and sustenance of Indian civilization and culture, which will

focus on the ancient origin and modern understanding of Indian civilization.

The topics will include controversial issues of Aryans, ethnicity of Indian

people, and historicity of Indian civilization. (b) Family system

in the Indian culture and traditions. Topics will include philosophy,

economics, sociology, and spirituality of joint family system.In addition,

there will be a Workshop on Indian Civilization, and proceedings of the

Workshop will be published as a textbook to be used in an Introductory course

to teach Indian civilization in Western universities.List of participants is

being developed, and includes the following:1. Professor Asiananda,

Philosophy, Intercultural Open University (Netherlands)2. Honorable C. M.

Bhandari, Indian Ambassador, United Arab Emirates3. Professor Shiva

Bajpai, History, California State University, Northridge 4. Professor V.

D. Misra, Sociology, Lucknow University5. Dr. Divya Pandey, Sanskrit,

Independent Researcher, Delhi, India6. Professor Makarand Paranjape,

English Literature and Culture, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India7.

Professor V. T. Patil, Former Vice Chancellor, Pondicherry University8.

Dr. N. S. Rajaram, Indologist9. Professor Yvette Rosser, Education, UMass

Dartmouth10. Professor R. P. Singh, Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru

University, India11. Dr. Jerry Solfvin, Sociology, UMass Dartmouth12.

Professor Timothy Walker, History, UMass DartmouthA website is being setup to

receive online registration and abstracts. This message is to save the date.

For participants from abroad, it is notable that WAVES 2006 conference is being

held on July 8-10, 2006, in Houston, TX. It will be convenient for those

participants to plan for both conferences at the same time.World Association

for Vedic Studies (WAVES), Inc.

(A Multidisciplinary Academic Society - Tax Exempt in USA) Sixth International

Conference: “Vedic Ideas for Global Harmony and Peace in the Modern

Context”July 8 10, 2006University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA

Call for Papers And ParticipationVisit website: http://www.umassd.edu/indic/waves

Bal Ram Singh, Ph.D.Director, Center for Indic StudiesUniversity of

Massachusetts Dartmouth285 Old Westport RoadDartmouth, MA 02747Phone:

508-999-8588Fax: 508-999-8451Email: bsingh (AT) umassd (DOT) eduInternet address:

http://www.umassd.edu/indic