Fw: H-ASIA: Intl and Interdisciplinary Conference in April at Davis & Elkins College and in May at Yibin University (China)

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Subject: H-ASIA: Intl and Interdisciplinary Conference in April at Davis &
Elkins College and in May at Yibin University (China)

> H-ASIA
> February 15, 2011
>
> Call for papers: International and Interdisciplinary Conferences at
> Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, WV (April 8-9, 2011) and at Yibin
> University, Yibin, China (May 28-29, 2011)
> ************************************************************************
> From: "Chakrabarti, Chandana" <chakrabartic@dewv.edu>
>
> International and Interdisciplinary
> Conference: Elkins(WV) and Yibin(China)
> Dates: April 8-9,(Elkins,WV) 2011, May 28-29, 2011 Yibin, China
>
> Topic: Rationality, Spirituality and Morality: East and West
>
> Sponsors: Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness and
> International Program, Davis and Elkins College, WV,USA and Society for
> Indian Philosophy & Religion
>
> Venue: Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, WV 26241
> Call for Papers
>
> Deadline for Abstract: March 5th, 2011
>
> Subtopics:
> Sub-themes for the conference include: Rationality and Religion; Science
> and Faith; Mysticism and Reason; Theism, Atheism and Agnosticism;
> Rationality and Spirituality; Boundaries of Reason; Transcending Religion
> and Morality; Morality, Religion, Culture, and Society; Eastern and
> Western Religious Views on Reason, Spirituality, and Morality; Enlightened
> Anarchy; Taoist Ethics; Buddhist Ethics; Indian and Chinese Buddhism;
> Confucius Ethics; Buddhism, Modernism, and Postmodernism; Buddhism and
> Deconstruction; Perfectionist and Situational Ethics; Islam and
> Rationality; Ethical Practice of Islamic Culture; Spirituality in the 21st
> Century; Humanism, Progress, Reason, Morality, and Spirituality;
> Positivist and Reductionist view?s on Moral Responsibility; Culture and
> Religion; Rationality, Morality, Spirituality and Global Humanity;
> Rationality, Morality, Spirituality and Human Rights, Sustainability, and
> Social Justice; Gender, Sexuality, and Human Rights; Rationality,
> Morality, Spirituality, and Education in the 21st Century.
>
> Advisory Board Members: Michael Allen(USA) Rizwan Rehman (India), Kisor
> Chakrabarti (USA), Linda B. Elder(USA), Gordon Haist(USA), Elizabeth
> Koldzak(Poland),Maria Marczewska(Poland), JoAnne Myers(USA)Eve
> Mullen(USA),Ming Shao(China), Nancy Snow(USA), Andrew Ward(UK), Mark
> Wood(USA)
>
> Director: Chandana Chakrabarti
> Papers from the Conference will be published subject to editorial review
> (Journal of International and Interdisciplinary Studies/Journal of Indian
> Philosophy & Religion).
> http://legacy.lclark.edu/~sipr/SIPR2.html
>
> Contact:
> Chandana Chakrabarti,Ph.D.
> Dean of International Students
> Director of the Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness
> Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia 26241,USA
> Phone: 304-637-1293
>
> International and Interdisciplinary
> Conference in China
> Venue: Yibin University, Yibin,China
> Dates: May 28-30,2011
> Topic: Morality, Spirituality and Culture: East and West
> Sponsors: Sichuan Thinkers Research Center and Yibin University a
>
> Call for Papers
> Deadline for Abstract: March I5th,2011
>
> Subtopics:
> Morality and Society, Morality and Religion, Morality and Culture, Atheism
> and Spirituality, Skepticism and Spirituality, Rules of conduct, Taoist
> view on Morality Enlightened Anarchy, Confucius Ethics, Perfectionist and
> Situational Ethics, Spirituality and Modern age, Humanism and Positivism,
> Reductionist view?s on moral responsibility, Ethnic Identity and Culture,
> Cultural Anthropology, Culture and Consumption, Politicizing Consumer
> Culture ,Archaeological Approaches to Culture, Social Identification,
> Dynamics of Group Culture, Ethnic Boundaries, Constructing and
> Deconstructing Ethnic Identity, Evolution of Culture, Encountering
> Different Cultures, Asian Civilization and Culture, Cultural shock,
> Civilization and Effect of Colonization, Deconstruction, Contacts of
> Civilizations, Asia and Europe, Death of a Civilization, Media and
> Culture, Pop culture and MTV, Cultural Transformation, Role of Culture and
> Religion, Cultural Meaning, Buddhism and Post modernity: Buddhist ethics,
> and Indian Buddhism's encounter with Chinese Buddhism, Buddhism and
> Philosophy of Deconstruction, Ethics of Modernity etc.
>
> Advisory Board Members: Michael Allen(USA) Akhalaque Ahan(India), Sankar
> Basu(India),Kisor Chakrabarti (USA), Linda B. Elder(USA), Gordon
> Haist(USA), Elizabeth Koldzak(Poland), Maria Marczewska(Poland), JoAnne
> Myers(USA)Eve Mullen(USA),Ming Shao(China), Nancy Snow(USA), Andrew
> Ward(UK), Mark Wood(USA)Yanling Xu
>
> Director: Chandana Chakrabarti
> Local coordinator: Ming Shao
> Papers from the Conference will be published subject to editorial review
> (Journal of International and Interdisciplinary Studies/Journal of Indian
> Philosophy & Religion).
> http://legacy.lclark.edu/~sipr/SIPR2.html
>
> Please note that there will be trips to various historical,archaeological
> places before and after the conference.
>
> Contact:
> Chandana Chakrabarti,Ph.D.
> Dean of International students
> Director of the Center for Spirituality, Ethics and Global Awareness
> Davis and Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia 26241,USA
> Phone: 304-637-1293
>
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