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CALL FOR PAPERS
Gender and Spiritual Praxis in Asian Contexts
25-28th September 2006
Hosted by the Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University
The Conference invites papers in the following three areas:
* Gender and society in East Asian religions
* Gender and spiritual praxis in South Asia
* Gender and religious change in Southeast Asia
International speakers to include:
Monica Lindberg Falk (Goteborg University, Sweden),
Hema Goonatilake (Centre for Women's Research, Sri Lanka),
Noriko Kawahashi (Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan),
Ursula King (University of Bristol & SOAS, UK),
Ellen Schattschneider (Brandeis University, USA),
Masakazu Tanaka (Kyoto University, Japan),
Geoffrey Samuel (Cardiff University, Wales),
Meenakshi Thapan (Delhi University, India),
Susan Visvanathan (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India), and many others.
Abstracts of 250-300 words, title of paper and short biographical details should be sent to Katharine Moody.
Paper format to be 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions.
Deadline for abstracts: Monday 14th August 2006
If you would like any further information please contact:
The Conference Organisers
Katharine Moody [log in to unmask]
Dr Hiroko Kawanami [log in to unmask]
Department of Religious Studies
Furness College
Lancaster University
Lancaster LA1 4YG
UK
Tel: + 44 (0)1524 592425
Fax: + 44 (0)1524 847039
The Conference Website can be found at
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fss/events/spiritualpraxis/
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