23rd Annual South Asia Conference
at the University of California, Berkeley
Conference Dates: Friday
& Saturday, February 15 & 16, 2008
International House
2299 Piedmont Avenue
University of California, Berkeley
Conference Schedule
Pre-Conference Symposium:
Cities
and Citizenship: Interrogating Urbanism in Contemporary South Asia
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Geballe Room, The Doreen B. Townsend Center for the Humanities
University of California, Berkeley
220 Stephens Hall
Registration: You may register at the door. The registration
fee must be paid by cash or check -- credit card payments are not accepted.
The fees are as follows:
- $20 for students (with valid student ID)
- $50 for others
- $10 Special 1 Day Pass for students (with valid student ID)
- $50 for ALL accepted panelists and must be paid in in advance with
check made payable to "UC Regents".
The Registration Form can be accessed here.
Call for Panel Proposals
Panel proposals are invited from scholars in any field working on South
Asia. Panels may be on contemporary or historical topics in fields such
as anthropology, political science, history, economics, and development
studies, literature and language, history of art and architecture, geography,
environmental management and health, film and communications, and religious
and cultural studies. Interdisciplinary or multinational panels are
particularly welcome. Scholars in the professional schools are especially
encouraged to apply. Only panel proposals adhering to the guidelines
listed below will be submitted to the Conference Committee. No individual
papers will be considered.
Calendar:
Deadline for Panel Proposals: Sunday, October 7, 2007
Notice of Proposal Acceptance or Decline: Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Deadline for Participant Registration: Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Proposal Guidelines:
Each panel should include 3 presenters, one discussant and one panel
chair. Panels must be between 3 and 5 people (e.g . panel participants
may serve dual roles). No presentation to exceed 20 minutes in length
and no panel to exceed 1-1/2 hours.
It is the responsibility of the panel organizer to ensure that all
of these requirements are met. Panels failing to adhere to these guidelines
will not be considered. Please note: All communications for each panel
will be directed to the panel organizer only. It is the responsibility
of the panel organizer to communicate with his/her panel. Email submissions
of all documents are preferred:
Email: csashelp at berkeley.edu
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