|
13th SECOND CIRCULAR |
[Next Section] - [ CONTENTS ]
SUBJECT SECTIONS
The thirteen subject sections, along with the names of their chairpersons and provisional information about the specialised panels, are indicated below. The number of sessions allotted to each section will be determined in the light of the numbers of papers offered and accepted.
- Veda - Joel Brereton, Theodore Proferes
- Epics - John Brockington, John Smith
- Puranas - Greg Bailey, Renate Söhnen-Thieme
- Agamas and Tantras - Bruno Dagens, Gavin Flood
- Vyakarana - Jim Benson, Eivind Kahrs
- Linguistics - Jared S. Klein, Elizabeth Tucker
- Poetry, Drama and Aesthetics - Mandakranta Bose, David Smith
- Scientific Literature - S. R. Sarma, Gyula Wojtilla
- Buddhist Studies - Rupert Gethin, Andrew Skilton
- Jaina Studies - Paul Dundas, Olle Qvarnström
- Philosophy - Jonardon Ganeri, Walter Slaje Thematic panel: Sastrarambha - Philosophy of Introduction
- History, Epigraphy and the Arts - Daud Ali, Anna Dallapiccola, Richard Salomon, Michael Willis
- Law and Society -Werner Menski, Donald R. Davis
in addition,
Sastracarcasadas, organised by Professor V. Kutumba Sastry
Kavisammelana, presided over by Professor Radhavallabh Tripathi
panel on Pedagogical issues in teaching Sanskrit (Christopher Chapple)
Russian scholars' panel on the Structure of a Canonical Text (Maxim Fomin)
More details will be announced in the 3rd circular (April 2006), to be distributed solely by e-mail. We plan to present a preliminary list of the individual speakers and the titles of their papers in our 3rd circular as well as on the conference web-site.
[Next Section] - [ CONTENTS ]