Space, language, culture and politics in South Asia: Common Patterns and Local Distinctions – The 5th Coffee Break Conference
Ever thought that the nicest part of a conference are the coffee breaks, whereas the rest is usually boring and/or just a way of showing off? Then you are ready to participate in a Coffee Break Conference. The 5th one will take place in Rome from tomorrow to Saturday. Further details here.
You think it is a great idea, but you do not have the time to join us in Rome? Consider participating to the 6th Coffee Break Conference (Venice 2015). Further details are available here.
Further details on the Coffee Break Project can be read here (and in the posts linked from it)
Self in Indian and Greek Philosophy
Lots of interesting people (and friends) will discuss the issue in July in Exeter.
Note that there will be an interesting methodological section: On which basis can one compare Greek and Indian philosophy? Because of their common origin? Because of a convergence in human thought?
Kumārila on language
Workshop with Lars Göhler
The aim of the workshop is the translation and analysis of the Ślokavārttika sections on the status of language and on meaning. The workshop will focus on the sections about language in Kumārila’s Ślokavārttika (especially śabdādhikaraṇa and vākyādhikaraṇa). These include interesting discussions of the main philosophical positions about word- and sentence-meaning. (more…)
EAAA CONFERENCE—A Panel on the Reuse in visual and performative arts
After years of separate work on the topic of reuse (applied to texts, concepts and images, see the volume Re-Use 2012, edited by J. Hegewald; the panel on reuse at the 2013 DOT, and the one at the 2012 CBC), we (Cristina Bignami, Elisa Freschi and Julia Hegewald) now joined forces to organize a panel for the next EAAA conference in September 2014 (http://www.ea-aaa.eu/). The provisional title is Reuse at the Borders of South Asia: Himalayas and South India.
If you have been working on the topic of reuse or are willing to work through this approach on South Indian or, preferably, Himālayan materials, contact us. However, please note that we need to send the panel proposal by November the 15th, thus we would need to get in touch with us as soon as possible and to receive your title and abstract (around 250 words) by November the 1st.
Bibliography:
Hegewald, Julia A. B., and Subrata Kumar Mitra (eds.). 2012. Re-use: the art and politics of integration and anxiety. New Delhi, India: SAGE.
Freschi, Elisa (2012) “Proposals for the study of quotations in Indian philosophical texts”. In Religions of South Asia, 6, pp. 161–189.
Bignami, Cristina (2014) “Re-use in the art field: the iconography of Yakṣī”. In Elisa Freschi (ed.), The re-use of texts in Indian philosophy (special issue of the Journal of Indian Philosophy 2014).
Other workshops and conferences on this topic organised by us:
2008 “Re-use: The Art and Politics of Integration and Anxiety” (Julia Hegewald with Subrata K. Mitra), European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies, The University of Manchester
2012 “Quotations and re-use of texts in Sanskrit śāstras” (Elisa Freschi), Coffee Break Conference, “Sapienza” University of Rome
2013 “Adaptive Reuse of Texts, Ideas and Images” (Elisa Freschi with Philipp Maas), Deutscher Orientalisten Tag, Münster.
IIGRS 5
It is always a pity to miss an IIGRS (International Indological Graduate Research Seminar), although I am now too old to take actively part to it. You can read the program, and decide to fly to Bochum and enjoy some great indological chats, here. If you do, please carry my best wishes to all with you!
Have you written your first manuscript? AIIS BOOK PRIZE
For those who may be working on their first book manuscript, this is a reminder about the AIIS BOOK PRIZE:
In order to promote scholarship in South Asian Studies, the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS) announces the award of two prizes each year for the best unpublished book manuscript on an Indian subject, one in the humanities, “The Edward Cameron Dimock, Jr. Prize in the Indian Humanities” and one in the social sciences, “The Joseph W. Elder Prize in the Indian Social Sciences”. Only junior scholars who have received the PhD within the last eight years (2005 and after) are eligible. This must be the first book by the author.
A prize committee will determine the yearly winners, though the committee may choose not to award prizes for any year in which worthy submissions are lacking. The prize will include a subvention of $2500 for the press publishing the manuscript. There is no designated press for publication. Authors are advised to submit their manuscript for publication at the most appropriate press; concurrent submission to multiple presses is recommended. Manuscripts under contract at the time of application are not eligible.
Unrevised dissertations are not accepted. Applicants must demonstrate they have revised the original dissertation.
Manuscripts are due October 1st, with an announcement of the awardees in the winter of 2013-14 . Send TWO copies of your manuscript, postmarked no later than October 1, 2013, to the Publications Committee Chair, Brian Hatcher, Dept of Religion, Tufts University, 314 Eaton Hall, Medford, MA 02144.
Queries can be addressed to brian.hatcher@tufts.edu
Please remember that the surest way not to get a prize is just not to participate!
Coffee Break Conference 4: Panel on the Philosophy of Testimony
From Tuesday the 3rd of September to Sunday the 8th I will be in Turin, for the Forth Coffee Break Conference. You can find the program here: orario_CBC_13.
(Additional information can be found on the CBC’s website.)
More in detail, I will be hosting a panel on the Philosophy of Testimony (aka śabdapramāṇa). Beside trying to answer to testimony/śabda-related problems and questions, we will also focus on the possibility to discuss about it in a way which should not take into account the opposition between Western vs. Indian philosophy. This is hopefully the first attempt of doing “just philosophy” (with no further geographical boundary added). Ideas for the next “just philosophical” panels are always welcome.
(You can find my short .ppt presentation introducing the panel here: Intro.)
