Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 16:48:40 -0400 (EDT)
From: bhaatasari <gajjala+-AT-pitt.edu>
Subject: International Conference in India (fwd)



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Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 12:58:31 -0400
From: Chandana Chakrabarti <chakraba-AT-NUMEN.ELON.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list SASIALIT <SASIALIT-AT-LISTSERV.RICE.EDU>
Subject: International Conference in India

Dear Colleagues:
Kindly join us for the international conference which will be held
inCalcutta.
  The Society for Indian Philosophy & Religion will hold an International
  Conference in Calcutta on August 4-7, l997.

  The Conference theme is Relativism: Science,  Religion  and Philosophy.
  The theme can be addressed Critically, reflectively and creatively by the
  philosophical, religious and scientific traditions of the  world s great
  civilizations.  The program will include plenary addresses, volunteered
  papers, invited papers and panel discussions.  Registered participants who
  are members of professional  associations or societies are encouraged to
  submit proposals for holding meetings in the Conference on behalf of their
  associations or societies.  The organizers are committed to upholding the
  highest academic standards with emphasis on the exchange of ideas and face
  to face dialogues among thinkers drawn from a wide range of the world s
  cultural traditions and movements.

  How much will it cost?  The advance registration fee for the conference is
  $4O and the on site registration fee is $6O.  The registration fee covers
  special events and an Indian dinner.  Arrangements have been made for
  airline tickets at substantial discounts and a seven-day trip inside
  India.  Interested parties should contact the organizers. Hotel
  reservations during the conference have also been made.  Information will
  also be available  on line   early in March, l996.

  Some suggested topics:  Alternative Logics,  Authority, Vilolence and
  Social Order, Critique of Essentialism, Critique of Foundationalism,
  Critique of Necessitarianism, Deconstruction, Evolutionary Epistemology,
  Evolutionary Ethics, Fallibilism, Feminism and Rationality, Moral
  Relativism, Non-Classical Mathematics, Rel ativity Theory and Quantum
  Mechanics, Religious Pluralism. Scepticism and Agnosticism, Science of
  Consciousness, Science and Paradigm Shift, Sociology of Knowledge,
  Sociology of Religion .

  The Advisory Board Comprises: Karuna Bhattacharyya(India) Kisor. K.
  Chakrabarti (USA),  Owen Flannagen (USA), Jay Garfield
  (Australia), Steve Laycock (USA),  William McBride
  (USA), J. N. Mohanty (USA), Clair Myers (USA), Karl Potter (USA), John
  Powers (Australia), Nityananda Saha (India), Sukharanjan Saha (India),
  J. L. Shaw (New Zealand), John Sullivan (USA).  We welcome your
  participation and suggestions. For further information, contact the
  Conference Director: Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti, CB 2336, Elon
  College, Elon College, N.C. 27244, USA. E-Mail chakraba.-AT-numen.elon.edu.
  Phone (9lO)538-27O5.
         Journal of Indian Philosophy
                 and Religion

     The Society for Indian Philosophy & Religion will commence
  publishing a Journal on Indian Philosophy & Religion annually from Fall,
  l996.  The Journal will cover the wide range of philosophies and
  religions which are indigenous to South Asia.  It will also include
  scholarly work of comparative and critical studies of Eastern and
  Western philosophies and Religions.
     The Chief Editor: Kisor K. Chakrabarti  (USA).  The editorial
  Board includes:  Karuna Bhattacharyya (India),  Owen Flanagan (USA),
  Ashoke Ganguly (India),  Jay Garfield ( Australia), Michael Krausz
  (USA), Steve Laylock (USA), J.N.Mohanty (USA), Steven Phillips (USA),
  Karl Potter (USA), John Powers (Australia), Sukharanjan Saha (India),
  J.L. Shaw (New Zealand), and Mark Sidrites (USA).
     The Journal will also include sections on discussion  articles and
  book reviews.  Scholars interested in submitting manuscripts may kindly
  contact:  Dr. Chandana Chakrabarti, CB 2336, Elon College, Elon College,
  N.C. 27244, USA. E-Mail  Chakraba -AT-numen.elon.edu. Phone (9lO)538-27O5.
  Individual Journal Subscription:  $20.00
  Institution:  $35.00

Thanking you,
C. Chakrabarti