International Interdisciplinary Conference: Meaning, Society and Values: East and West
28-30 December 2011
Kolkata, India
Call for Papers
Conference Topic: Meaning, Society and Values: East and West
This is an international and interdisciplinary conference to be held in Kolkata, India on 28-30 December 2011.
Abstract due: 31 May 2011
Please email a 150-word abstract to Chandana Chakrabarti.
Date of proposal acceptance: Week after the proposal is submitted.
Registration Deadline: 2 August 2011
Subtopics:
Cognitive Meaning, Emotive Meaning, Suggestive Meaning, Myth & Metaphor, Meaning as Universal, Meaning as Form, Universal & Particular, Structure & Identity, Personal Identity, Reductionist View, Ethnic Identity & Culture, Society, Culture & Consumption, Politicizing Consumer Society & Culture, Social Identification, Dynamics of Group Culture, Ethnic Boundaries, Constructing & Deconstructing Ethnic Identity, Evolution of Society, Encountering Different Cultures, Indian Civilization & Society, Cultural Shock, Society & Effect of Colonization, Media & Society, Morality & Society, Rules of conduct, Taoist view on Morality, Enlightened Anarchy, Values in Confucius Ethics, Perfectionist & Situational Ethics, Spirituality & Modern age, Humanism & Positivism, Reductionist Approach to Moral Responsibility, Ethnic Identity & Culture, Cultural Anthropology, Society, Culture & Consumption, Politicizing Consumer Culture Archaeological Approaches to Society, Social Identification, Dynamics of Group Culture, Ethnic Boundaries, Evolution of Society, Asian Society & Culture, Cultural Shock, Civilization & Effect of Colonization in Social Structure, Cultural Transformation, Role of Culture & Religion, Cultural Meaning, Buddhism & Postmodernity, Buddhist Ethics, Buddhism & Philosophy of Deconstruction, Ethics of Modernity, Etc.
Please email a 150-word abstract to Chandana Chakrabarti.
Selected papers from the conference will be published (Journal of International and Interdisciplinary Studies / Journal of Indian Philosophy and Religion).
Advisory Board Members:
Michael Allen (USA), Kisor Chakrabarti (USA), Linda B. Elder (USA), Gordon Haist (USA), Elizabeth Koldzak (Poland), Maria Marczewska (Poland), JoAnne Myers (USA), Eve Mullen (USA), Ming Shao (China), Nancy Snow (USA), Tommi Lehtonen (Finland) Andrew Ward (UK), Mark Wood (USA)
Please note that there will be trips to various historical and archaeological sites before and after the conference.
Contact:
Chandana Chakrabarti, Ph.D.
Dean of International Programs
Director of the Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness
Davis & Elkins College
Elkins
West Virginia 26241
USA
Phone: 304-637-1293
Link:
I have submitted an abstract for the conference in N. Delhi, to be held in January, 2012. If it is selected, could I request you to arrange for participation at the Kolkata conference in December, 2011? Though I understand that the dead line for submission of the abstract has been over, may you try if there is any scope?
Best regards
Dr. Sanusri Bhattacharya
Bankura