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

[Voix Raphael]

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
<https://portal.sciencesconf.org/user/create?forward-action=create&forward-controller=user&lang=en>,
you will need to verify your e-mail, log in and then proceed to the second
step which is submitting your abstract here
<https://ydys2026.sciencesconf.org/submission/submit?lang=en>.

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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