Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Yoga & Visual Culture: An Interdiscplinary Symposium,, Washington, DC, Nov. 22-23, 2013

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> H-ASIA
> December 21, 2012
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> Call for Papers: Yoga and Visual Culture An Interdisciplinary Symposium,
> Washington, DC, November 22-23, 2013
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> Call for Papers: Yoga and Visual Culture An Interdisciplinary Symposium
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> Location: District of Columbia, United States
> Call for Papers Date: 2013-02-04
> Date Submitted: 2012-12-19
> Announcement ID: 199680
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> Call for Papers: Yoga and Visual Culture An Interdisciplinary Symposium
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> This symposium invites papers that explore yogas histories, meanings,
> transformations, or practices through the lens of visual culture.
> Twenty years ago, yoga was largely understood as a monolithic and
> unchanging tradition. While today we have a far richer understanding of
> yogas historical transformations and trans-sectarian manifestations,
> visual culture ranging from sectarian, court and popular imagery to
> architecture and photography -- remains the least tapped of archival
> resources.
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> Preference will be given to papers that foreground the potential of visual
> culture to historicize aspects of yoga over the last two millennia. We
> welcome proposals that examine yogic constructs (e.g. embodiment, guru,
> philosophical traditions); illuminate social roles and perceptions of
> yogis (e.g. militant ascetics); interrogate text-driven or
> anthropologically-based perspectives on yoga, or provide new insights into
> regional, tran-sectarian, or chronological transformations.
>
> Scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to submit proposals for
> 30-minute papers meant for both scholars and general audiences. The
> symposium will be webcast. Travel, hotel and per diem funds will be
> provided.
>
> Deadline for abstracts (maximum 250 words and 2 - 3 attached images)
> February 4, 2013
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> Symposium date: November 22-23, 2013, Freer and Sackler Galleries,
> Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
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> The symposium accompanies the exhibition, Yoga: The Art of Transformation
> at the Sackler Gallery, October 19, 2013-January 26, 2014,
> http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/future.asp
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> Please send abstracts or direct questions to Nancy Micklewright, Head,
> Scholarly Programs and Publications, Freer|Sackler Galleries,
> micklewrightn@si.edu.
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> Nancy Micklewright
> Head, Scholarly Programs and Publications
> Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
> Smithsonian Institution
> micklewrightn@si.edu
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