CFP: Mysticism, Reason, Art and Literature: East West Perspectives

[Guest guest]

Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti <chakraba

Call for Papers

 

Mysticism, Reason, Art and Literature: East West Perspectives

 

The Society of Indian Philosophy & Religion will hold an International

Interdisciplinary Conference in Calcutta July 30-August 2, 2002. The Conference

theme is " Mysticism, Reason, Art and Literature: East West Perspectives " .

 

The theme can be addressed critically, reflectively and creatively by the

philosophical, religious, and scientific traditions of the World's great

civilizations. The program will include plenary addresses, volunteered papers,

invited papers, and panel discussions. Registered participants who are members

of professional associations or societies are encouraged to submit proposals for

holding meetings in the conference on behalf of their associations or societies.

The organizers are committed to upholding the highest academic standards with

emphasis on the exchange of ideas and dialogues among thinkers drawn from a wide

range of the world's cultural traditions and movements.

 

Possible topics include: Art, Literature and Religion, Mysticism and

Romanticism, Art and creativity, Art and Imitation, Myth, Metaphor and Reality,

Fact, Fiction and Reason, Language, Thought and Reality, Deductivism and

Inductivism, Holism and Atomism, Ineffable and knowable, Esoteric Traditions of

the World, God and Absolute, Transcendence and Immanence, Scepticism and

Agnosticism, Realism and Anti-Realism, Reason, Revelation and Faith, Self and

Absolute, Tao and Brahman, Emptiness and Nothingness, Theories of

Deconstruction, Existentialism and essentialism. This list is illustrative and

not exhaustive.

 

The Advisory Board comprises: Kisor K. Chakrabarti (USA), Jens Christenson

(Denmark), Wendy Donner (Canada), Sanjukta Dasgupta (India) ,Terri Elliott(USA),

Ellen Goldberg(Canada), Lucy Hartley (U.K.), Jonathan Kramer (USA), Andre Kukla

(Canada), Jarek Pluciennik (Poland), Maria Rytko (Poland), Sukharanjan Saha

(India), Christina Schwaband (U.K.), G. Strelkova (Russia), Aydan Turanli

(Turkey).

 

Program Committee: Linda B. Elder (USA), Ketaki Goswami (India), Sunny Jung

(USA), Lambert Stepanich Mexico), Devasish Mukherjee (India), Scott Stroud

(USA), Ornan Rotem(Israel), David Webster (U.K.).

 

Arrangements have been made for airline tickets at substantial discounts and a

weeklong trip (pre and post -conference) trip inside India. Interested persons

should contact the organizers. Hotel reservations during the conference have

also been made.

 

Registration: The advance registration fee for the conference is $100 and on

site registration fee is $140. Conference events are currently expected to

include a reception and an evening cultural program.

 

We welcome your participation and suggestion. The deadline for submission of

abstracts is January 5, 2002. The advance registration fee of $100 (due by

April 5, 2002) should be paid by check drawn in favor of the Society for Indian

Philosophy and Religion mailed to the Secretary, Society of Indian Philosophy

and Religion and mailed to the

 

Secretary

Society of Indian Philosophy & Religion

Campus Box 2336

Elon College, NC 27244

 

If you would like to contribute a paper to this event, please send an abstract

of about 150 words to:

 

Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti

Elon College

Elon College, NC 27244

E-Mail: Chakraba

Phone: 336-278-5713

Fax: 336-278-5627

Webpage:

 

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