From: "Monika Lehner" <monika.lehner@UNIVIE.AC.AT>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:36 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Asian Encounters: Networks of Cultural Interaction (Nov
1-3, 2011)
> H-ASIA
> January 26, 2011
>
> Call for papers: Asian Encounters: Networks of Cultural Interaction
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> From: Sumit Guha sguha@history.rutgers.edu
>
> Call for papers:
> ASIAN ENCOUNTERS: NETWORKS OF CULTURAL INTERACTION
>
> An International Conference Organized by
>
> IIC-Asia Project and
> the Department of History, University of Delhi
> (November 1-3, 2011)
>
> The centuries-old exchange of ideas, knowledge systems, resources, skills,
> and materials among the people of the Asian continent left a lasting
> legacy in various spheres of human experience. This was a dialogue that
> involved a rich exchange of literary, religious and artistic ideas and
> forms across the regions of Asia. The proposed conference focuses on the
> processes and manifestations of these cultural interactions in pre-modern
> times.
>
> While studies in the history of Asian cultures have addressed some of
> these processes, a holistic understanding of their various dimensions and
> the totality of the impact of this intense and prolonged cultural
> interaction is still very inadequate. How has cultural discourse been
> shaped and shared by Asians? How do Asians view their shared past through
> their artistic, literary, and religious discourse? What were the political
> and social contexts, motivating factors and modes of communication and
> interaction that made this exchange possible? What systems of knowledge
> were communicated through these transactions and how do these reflect the
> distinctiveness as much as the commonalities of Asian cultures? In what
> ways are these understandings revealed in modern-day museum displays and
> the management of ancient and medieval heritage sites? How do such
> displays and strategies of heritage management in turn influence academic
> discourse on Asian pasts? These are some of the issues that scholars are
> invited to address in this conference.
>
> The many textures and levels of cultural 'exchange' and 'dialogue' among
> Asians are of course, rooted in larger concerns and circumstances and need
> to be understood in their historical context. The scope of the conference
> thus extends across the disciplines of history, art history, aesthetics,
> archaeological and conservation practices, epigraphy, museology, studies
> in Asian religions and literature, and other allied disciplines. Papers
> that include comparative perspectives or collaborations across two or more
> Asian regions in relation to pre-modern art and cultural heritage would be
> especially pertinent to its objectives.
> Some of the specific themes include the following:
>
> 1.Historical contexts and avenues of cultural interaction
> 2.Aesthetic theories and praxis
> 3.Religious and cultural matrices of artistic and literary discourse
> 4.Art, religion, and literature: inter-relationships, transmission and
> transformation of the narrative, iconic, and built traditions
> 5.The artist and the creative process; context, patronage, and reception
> of art
> 6.The past in the present: museums of Asian art; archaeological and
> conservation practices
>
> Place: Delhi: India International Centre and the University of Delhi
>
> Submission of Paper Proposals: Paper proposals should include a title and
> a 400-word abstract, together with a short biography of the applicant.
> Proposals should be received by 15th March 2011 and successful applicants
> will be informed of their acceptance by 31st March 2011.
>
> Proposals should be e-mailed to the conference convenors:
>
> Prof. Upinder Singh (upinders@gmail.com) and Dr. Parul Pandya Dhar
> (parulpd@gmail.com)
> Department of History, University of Delhi, Delhi 110007
>
> and to Dr Kapila Vatsyayan, Chairperson, IIC-Asia Project:
> email: asiaprojectiic@yahoo.com
> India International Centre, 40 Max Mueller Marg, New Delhi 110003
>
> --
> Sumit Guha
> http://history.rutgers.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=159&Itemid=140
>
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> Ed. note: CFP is online at
> http://www.du.ac.in/index.php?id=43&back=single&uid=62
>
> ML
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