Dear all,

This is a follow-up notice of our upcoming conference (notice below).  The abstracts of the talks and bios of presenters are now available at www.sarii.org/2017abstracts.html.  For free registration, please send the full name, phone number, and email address of each attendee to women@sarii.org by September 10, 2017. Free lunch will be provided to those who register by the deadline. 

Please feel free to forward this information to those who might be interested and feel free to contact me off list if you need further information for visiting Dallas, etc.

My best,

Steven

STEVEN LINDQUIST, PH.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, RELIGIOUS STUDIES

DIRECTOR, ASIAN STUDIES

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Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, SMU

PO Box 750202 | Dallas | TX | 75275-0202

Email: slindqui@smu.edu

Web: http://faculty.smu.edu/slindqui

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Asian Studies at SMU and the South Asia Research and Information Institute, Dallas, present a day-long conference:

Women and Power in Indian Tradition: Royalty, Renunciation, and Matriliny

Saturday, Sept. 16th, 9am-5pm

McCord Auditorium, SMU Campus

Presentations include:

The Queen, the Dasi, and Sexual Politics in the Sabhaparvan of the Mahabharata

Uma Chakravarti, Ph.D.

Delhi University (Emerita)

Ruby of the Dynasty: Our Lady, Sembiyan Mahadevi 

Vidya Dehejia, Ph.D.

Columbia University

Women and Truth Speech: The Classical Saint Karaikkal Ammaiyar Then and Now 

Karen Pechilis, Ph.D.

Drew University

Kinship, Power, Gender: Some Questions from the History of Matriliny in Kerala

G. Arunima, Ph.D.

Jawaharlal Nehru University

The Power a Woman's Story Creates: Stories, Lives, and Female Renunciation in India 

Antoinette DeNapoli, Ph.D.

Texas Christian University

Chair:

Steven Lindquist, Ph.D.

Southern Methodist University 

More information on organizers at:

www.smu.edu/asianstudies

www.sarii.org