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"Meaning, Identity and Culture: East and West"
Call for Papers
"Meaning, Identity and Culture: East and West", International Interdisciplinary Conference, Society for Indian Philosophy and Religion, Kolkata (India), 28-30 December 2010
This is an international and interdisciplinary conference to be held in Kolkata, India, on 28-30 December 2010.
Deadline for Abstract: 18 August 2010
Some Suggested Paper Topics:
Cognitive Meaning, Emotive Meaning, Suggestive Meaning, Myth & Metaphor, Meaning as Universal, Meaning as Form, Universal & Particular, Structure & Identity, Personal Identity, Reductionist View, Ethnic Identity & Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Culture & Consumption, Politicizing Consumer Culture, Archaeological Approaches to Culture, Social Identification, Dynamics of Group Culture, Ethnic Boundaries, Constructing & Deconstructing Ethnic Identity, Evolution of Culture, Encountering Different Cultures, Indian Civilization & Culture, Cultural Shock, Civilization & the Effect of Colonization, Deconstruction, Indo-European Languages & Contacts of Civilizations, India & Europe, Death of a Civilization, Media & Culture, Pop Culture & MTV, Cultural Transformation, Role of Culture & Religion, Cultural Meaning, etc.
Please email a 150-word abstract to Chandana Chakrabarti by 18 August 2010.
Selected papers from the conference will be published (Journal of International and Interdisciplinary Studies / Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion).
Advisory Board Members:
Elizabeth Agnew (USA), Akhalaque Ahan (India), Sankar Basu (India), Kisor Chakrabarti (USA), Linda B. Elder (USA), Panos Eliopoulos (Greece), Gordon Haist (USA), Elizabeth Koldzak (Poland), Tommi Lehtonen (Finland), Maria Marczewska (Poland), JoAnne Myers (USA), Eve Mullen (USA), Ming Shao (China), Nancy Snow (USA), Andrew Ward (UK), Mark Wood (USA)
Please note that there will be trips to various historical, archaeological and places of Hindu-Buddhist pilgrimage places before and after the conference.
Contact:
Chandana Chakrabarti, Ph.D.
Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins, WV 26241
USA
Phone: +1 304 637-1293
Email: chandanachak(at)gmail.com
Web: legacy.lclark.edu/~sipr/SIPR.html