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January 2013

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Call for Proposals

This Group seeks proposals on the topics listed below. Please contact the listed organizers if you wish to contribute to the following themes:

  • For a possible cosponsored session with the Tantric Studies Group, the transmission of Hindu tantra to North America — Lola L. Williamson, Millsaps College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • The use and interpretation of Hindu texts in North America — Jennifer B. Saunders, Stamford, CT, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Priests, pundits, and the promotion of Hinduism in North America — Alexandra Kaloyanides, Yale University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Hindu temples as sites of healing (for the individual, family, or community) in North America — Aimee Hamilton, Pacific Lutheran University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • For a possible cosponsored session with the Religion and Politics Section, Hinduism in the American political consciousness — religion, identity, and citizenship — Anya Pokazanyeva, University of California, Santa Barbara, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Hinduism in Maryland, Washington D.C., Virginia, Pennsylvania, and/or Delaware — Aimee Hamilton, Pacific Lutheran University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Food and festival in North American Hinduism — Aimee Hamilton, Pacific Lutheran University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Images and material culture in North American Hinduism — Alex Kaloyanides, Yale University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Conversion in North American Hinduism — Shreena Gandhi, Kalamazoo College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • For a possible cosponsored session with the Childhood Studies and Religion Group and the Religion and Migration Group, the transmission of tradition to North American Hindu children — Rita Biagioli, University of Chicago, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Hinduism in the American West — Michael Altman, Emory University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Transcendence and North American Hinduism — Anya Pokazanyeva, University of California, Santa Barbara, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • North American Hindus in the academy: deconstructing insider/outsiders — Leena Taneja, Stetson University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • Who’s missing in the field of North American Hinduism — Leena Taneja, Stetson University, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

  • For a possible cosponsored session with the Body and Religion Group, North American Hindu women: their practices, bodies, and lives — Shreena Gandhi, Kalamazoo College, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Mission

This Group was established in 2006 for the purpose of drawing greater scholarly attention to Hinduisms outside of South Asia. Though it will focus on North America, the Group also welcomes relevant research on Hinduisms in other non-Indian contexts. The Group has three main goals:

  • To study and describe Hinduisms in North America and related diaspora contexts

  • To develop a more sophisticated understanding of what distinguishes these Hinduisms from those in South Asia

  • To nurture thoughtful debate on the methodologies unique to and appropriate for their study

Anonymity of Review Process

Proposer names are visibleto Chairs and Steering Committee members at all times.

Questions?

Michael Altman
Emory University
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Shreena Gandhi
Kalamazoo College
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Method of Submission

 

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