GANDHI BHAWAN
UNIVERSITY OF DELHI
Conference: Call for paper presentation: 26th & 27th September 2014
Conference theme: Peace within
Mahatma Gandhi said ‘…there is no peace without strife. Strife is inherent in peace. We should know it (strife). Life is a perpetual struggle against strife whether within or without. Hence, the necessity of realizing peace within in the midst of strife’.
The conference seeks to look into and explore and attempt to understand peace within and answer fundamental questions about its meaning, process and necessity with special reference to Mahatma Gandhi.
Within this conference theme, papers are invited from every discipline in the humanities, social sciences and sciences. The conference will support hermeneutical interpretations, narrative life stories and tradition, philosophical, historical, scientific and other approaches and investigations into all essential aspects of Gandhian studies which are conducive to peace. The conference is especially interested in areas of peace research that have cross-disciplinary, cross-religious relevance and new implications for this field of scholarly interest.
The Conference will be held at Gandhi Bhawan, University of Delhi
on Friday & Saturday, the 26th & 27th September 2014
Proposals are invited on issues broadly related to or on any one of the following themes:
- Understanding/locating peace in Mahatma Gandhi
- Religion, Spirituality and Peace
- Justice, moral responsibility and peace
- Peace as a social reconstruct
- Standards, approaches and challenges that promote peace
- Peace through hands-on experiences; spinning, etc
Dates and Deadlines
Deadline for submission of abstract is Thursday, the 31st July 2014
All abstracts will go through a blind review process and will be notified by Thursday, the 14th August 2014.
Final full text papers of the notified abstracts must be submitted by Monday, the 1st September 2014.
Full paper presentation will be of 12 minutes and 3 minutes discussion. Authors are advised to prepare their presentation accordingly and strictly follow the time limit.
Proposals must include: (i) Name of the author, (ii) Institution, (iii) Email & phone, (iv) title of the paper and (iv) Language of presentation (English/Hindi), (v) Theme, (vi) a 300-word abstract, (vii) A brief bio data of 100 words describing the author, affiliation, background, accomplishments and research interests should also accompany the abstract.
Proposals should be sent electronically to gandhibhawan32@gmail.com.
E-mails should be entitled: Peace: GB
As a mark of personal courtesy and professional respect to all colleagues and all delegates, it would be required that all participants attend the full duration of sessions.
Publication Opportunity
Papers presented at the conference will be considered for publication. All accepted full papers will go through a blind review process before they are accepted for publication. All authors are deemed to be individually and collectively responsible for the content of papers published by Gandhi Bhawan. Hence, it is the responsibility of each author to ensure that papers submitted to Gandhi Bhawan attain the highest ethical standards with respect to plagiarism.
Best paper awards
Few best papers are likely to be awarded by eminent Gandhian scholars.
Hospitality
Participants will manage their own funding for travel. Local hospitality and accommodation will be provided by Gandhi Bhawan. Gandhi Bhawan will also arrange a local trip for all participants to Gandhi Smriti, Gandhi Samadhi and NationalGandhiMuseum on Sunday, the 28th September 2014.
Joint Chairs Conference Convenor Dr. M. Aslam Parvaiz Dr. Nisha Bala Tyagi Prof. Ashum Gupta inpeacenisha@gmail.com
Gandhi Bhawan, 32 Chhatra Marg, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007, India
Phone: 011-27666243, Email: gandhibhawan32@gmail.com
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