CFP: South Asia and the West:
Entwined, Entangled and Engaged
Los Angeles, CA, April 10-11, 2010
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the two shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of
the earth.
The popular mind tends to focus on the differences between South Asia and the West, yet throughout history there has been constant interchange, with each side learning from and impacting the other. In 2010 SASA wishes to examine the intertwined nature of East and West, beginning with Alexander the Great’s conquests in Northwest India and continuing through the first use of a decimal zero in the Lokavibhâga, Columbus’ search for a sea route to the Indies, Thoreau’s impact on Gandhi/Gandhi’s on M.L. King, and concluding with today’s bidirectional globalization and the explosive South Asian diaspora.
We particularly invite papers which explore cultural and religious interchanges, entertainment cross-fertilization, economic globalization, and the diaspora experience. Regardless of the theme, however, we welcome papers from all academic disciplines and all periods of time that address the rich tapestry that is South Asia’s past, present and future.
About the Conference
We encourage you to join us for a stimulating, intellectually refreshing
confluence of scholars from across the world. SASA enjoys a solid reputation
as the place to network in the most congenial, relaxed atmosphere to be
found in academia. Just by attending you will be sending a strong signal
that South Asian Studies programs need to figure prominently in university
life across the country and around the world. The deadline for submssions is
January 10, 2010.
About our Host
Co-hosting the SASA 2010 conference are the University of Southern California’s
Office of Religious Life and Asian Pacific American Student Services.
One of the world’s premier research and teaching universities, slightly
more than half of USC’s 33,500 students are enrolled in its graduate and
professional programs. It boasts the largest South Asian student population
of any university in the Western Hemisphere.
Academic Groups
Groups sharing compatible interests are encouraged to co-locate with us.
Send an email to info@sasia.org to
initiate a dialog.
Start here to submit a paper to this conference.
The link above will take you to a different section of this site, one that incorporates the administration for the entire conference. If you wish to submit a proposal for a paper or panel, you will be asked to create a user name and password, so that we may populate the database for the conference. You can do this by clicking on the "account" link below the title. No personal data is or will be resold to third parties. Other areas within this section will be further expanded as presenters register and papers are accepted for presentation.