New Light on Yoga: Insights, Perspectives, and Methods

International Conference: September 17–19, 2021

Yoga Vidya e.V., Bad Meinberg, organized in co-operation with the

University of Leipzig and the University of Hamburg

https://www.yoga-vidya.de/events/conference-new-light-on-yoga/

Over the last three decades, Modern Yoga Studies has established itself as a vibrant and multifaceted field of research that fruitfully combines approaches from the disciplines of Indology and South Asian studies, religious studies, philosophy and anthropology. Through this multidisciplinary effort, the perception of Yoga in the academic world has fundamentally changed. These significant improvements in the state of research need to be communicated, discussed, and shared within the circle of specialists and the broader public with a sustained interest in the history of Yoga theory and practice. With this thought in mind, Yoga Vidya e.V. organizes an international academic conference in co-operation with the Universities of Leipzig and Hamburg, where some of the world-leading specialists in Modern Yoga Studies will gather to highlight their recent discoveries, insights and innovative methodological approaches in comprehensive and comprehensible live-on-stage and online presentations, each of which will be concluded with a public discussion.

Speakers:

Christèle Barois (University of Vienna, Austria)

Jason Birch (SOAS, University of London, UK)

Gudrun Bühnemann (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)

Shaman Hatley (University of Massachusetts, Boston, USA)

Catharina Kiehnle (University of Leipzig, Germany)

Corinna Lhoir (University of Hamburg, Germany)

Nils Liersch (Philipps University of Marburg, Germany)

Philipp Maas (University of Leipzig, Germany)

James Mallinson (SOAS, University of London, UK)

Andrew J. Nicholson (Stony Brook University New York, USA)

Karen O´Brien (University of Roehampton, UK)

Dominik Wujastyk (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada)