APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING
Dear INDOLOGY list members,
On
behalf of the Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian
University, and of the Modern Yoga Research website management group, it
is my pleasure to circulate information about our forthcoming
conference.
The basic details are as follows:
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DATE: 19-21 May 2016
CONFERENCE TITLE:
yoga darśana, yoga sādhana
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traditions, transmissions, transformations
WHERE:
Jagiellonian University, Krakòw, Poland
WEBSITE and CFP:
www.ydys.confer.uj.edu.pl
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Call for papers deadline: 21 December 2015
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Further details:
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS (in alphabetical order)
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Michel Angot (EHESS, Paris)
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Jason Birch (SOAS, London)
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Philipp Maas (University of Vienna)
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James Mallinson (SOAS, London)
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Federico Squarcini (Università Ca’ Foscari, Venice).
OVERVIEW
The
conference was conceived in response to the most recent developments in
yoga research at various institutional levels. The aim of the event is
to showcase and advance contemporary research on yoga. By bringing
together an international community of researchers we hope to both
initiate and to continue substantial discussion on the subject, taking
into account the polysemy of the term yoga and the historical
developments of the phenomena it designates.
During this
conference, we would like to focus on yoga in both its textual and
performative aspects, drawing attention to the dialectical relationship
between the two. We are also keen to discuss methodological approaches
to the study of yoga. We aim to provide ground for interdisciplinary
discussions involving, amongst others, indologists, scholars of
religion, philosophers, philologists and linguists, anthropologists,
sociologists, and historians. Last but not least, we are hoping to offer
the non-academic public and yoga practitioners a nuanced,
research-based insight into these complex topics.
With best regards,
Elizabeth De Michelis, PhD,
on behalf of the
Conference Organising Committee
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Matylda Ciołkosz, MA (Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University)
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Robert Czyżykowski, PhD (Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University)
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Elizabeth De Michelis, PhD (Independent scholar; Senior Manager, Modern Yoga Research)
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Suzanne Newcombe, PhD (Inform, based at the London School of Economics; Manager, Modern Yoga Research)
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Mark Singleton, PhD (SOAS, London; Manager, Modern Yoga Research)