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 Welcome to the Nordic conference Ritual Practices in Indian Religions and Contexts arranged by the Department of History and Anthropology of Religions, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, in cooperation with the academic journal Chakra – Tidskrift för indiska religioner. The conference will be held at Akademiska föreningen (The Academic Society) opposite the main University Building in the centre of Lund.
The conference aims at initiating an interdisciplinary dialogue on various aspects of Indian religions and ritual practices in India as well as in other contexts, such as diaspora communities outside Asia. The conference wants to emphasize different perspectives on ritual practices and encourage new theoretical and methodological approaches in the field.
The response to our first announcement has been very positive. Students and scholars from Denmark. England, Finland, Germany, India, Norway, Sweden and the USA have registered and will present papers within the different panels. Consequently, we are now inviting graduate students and scholars to attend the conference and participate in the scholarly discussions without presenting papers.
Keynote speakers (view)
Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere, Princeton University
Prof. Gurinder Singh Mann, University of California at Santa Barbara
Dr. Elisabeth Schömbucher, University of Heidelberg
Dr. Peter Flügel, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Panel Sessions (view)
1. Ritual Theories and Methods
2. Rituals and History
3. Rituals and Modernity
4. Rituals and Texts
5. Rituals and Daily life
Each panel session will last for about 2 hours and include three to five presentations followed by discussions. As the main aim of the conference is to provide an opportunity for students and scholars to get feedback on their research projects, the major part of the sessions should be dedicated to scholarly discussion and debate.
The tentative program as well as an overview of the different panel sessions will be available on the conference website. In addition, all registered participants will receive. password by email in order to access the different papers to be presented at the conference.
For those participants who are going to present papers, the final version must be submitted by November 12, at the latest. In order to facilitate digital distribution, all papers must be converted into. pdf-file and sent to
• chakra@teol.lu.se
Registration and conference fee (view)
Participants, who are attending the conference without presenting papers, should register by November 12, at the latest. Kindly make a print-out of the registration form from the website and send it by email to chakra@teol.lu.se or by snail mail to Chakra, Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University, Allhelgona Kyrkogata 8, SE-223 62 Lund, Sweden. Registration by fax is not accepted.
The conference fee amounts to 700 SEK or 80 Euros and includes free access to keynote lectures, panel sessions, lunch, coffee & tea, as well as special dinner on December 10. If any of you prefer vegetarian food, please specify this on the registration form.
Participants residing in Sweden should either pay the registration fee in cash on the first conference day, or to Postgiro 1 56 50-5 by November 12 at the latest. Please note that the following information must be indicated on the inpayment form: “Kostnadsställe 55 10 21, CTR, ritualkonferens”, in addition to your name, address and university. Participants coming from outside of Sweden should pay in cash on the first day of the conference.
For additional information, please contact Kristina Myrvold & Katarina Plank at chakra@teol.lu.se
Welcome to Lund !
Organizing committee (view)
Tord Olsson
Professor in History of Religions
Olle Qvarnström
Associate Professor in Indian Religions
Anne-Christine Hornborg
Assistant Professor in Ritual Studies
Kristina Myrvold
PhD Candidate in History of Religions, editor of Chakra
Katarina Plank
PhD Candidate in History of Religions, editor of Chakra |
