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Subject: H-ASIA: CFP SAARC Intl. Seminar: Archaeology of Buddhism: Recent
Discoveries in South Asia, Colombo, Aug 22-24, 2912


> H-ASIA
> May 12, 2015
>
> Call for papers: SAARC International Seminar on 'Archaeology of Buddhism:
> Recent Discoveries in South Asia', Colombo, August 22-24, 2012
>
> {x-post H-Buddhism)
> ***********************************************************************
> From: Nirekha De Silva <nirekha@gmail.com>
>
>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> The proposed conference would focus on Buddhist sites and remains that
> have been worked up during the last six decades or so. It would
> include both kinds of papers - straightforward ones that just report
> archaeological finds; but will also have a second part to it that
> interrogates the methodological/ theoretical frameworks within which
> archaeological work is carried out. Some of the questions that the
> proposed conference will seek to address are: how does one define a
> Buddhist site? How can one show the relationship between a religious
> centre and the lay community through archaeological work? Is it
> possible to meaningfully interpret a multi-religious and multi-ethnic
> landscape through archaeological means?
>
> The proposed conference will greatly facilitate advanced research in
> the archaeology of the region by the comparison of data from various
> parts of the Subcontinent. For the theoretical aspects it will be
> seminal to understand, for example, the development of the concept of
> rock sculpture and rock caves/ hermitages - e.g. in the second half
> of the Millennium all around the Buddhist oikoumene (lit. the
> inhabited earth) - and its reflection in the landscape of the Buddhist
> sites in the region.
>
> The Conference will be held at the Buddhist Cultural Centre, Colombo,
> Sri Lanka for 3 days from 22 to 24 August, 2012.
>
> The SAARC Cultural Centre invites all the Member States to send a
> minimum of four nominations (maximum 10 persons can be nominated by a
> Member State) from amongst the experts and academicians of their
> country.
>
> The SAARC Cultural Centre would also accept the participation of other
> experts from the region (other than the nominees of the respective
> SAARC Member States) as well as from those residing outside the SAARC
> Region provided they are able to meet their travel and accommodation
> expenses to attend the Conference. However, to facilitate their stay
> during the Conference, the SAARC Cultural Centre would assist them in
> securing accommodation in guest houses/ hostels at economic/ subsided
> rates.
>
> The participants would be required to submit their full papers before
> the Conference and make a short presentation at the Conference. The
> Poster Presenters would be required to put up their posters at the
> designated space at the Conference venue, before the inauguration of
> the Conference.
>
> The last date for sending the nominations is 10 June 2012. Please
> download the registration form from:
>
> http://www.saarcculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=122:saarc-international-seminar-on-archeology-of-buddhism&catid=43:announcements&Itemid=92
>
> Dr. Sanjay Garg, Deputy Director, (Research), SAARC Cultural Centre,
> Colombo. Email: ddresearch-scc@sltnet.lk.
>
> I shall also be grateful if you could circulate a copy to other
> interested persons.
>
> For any further detail, please visit our website
> (www.saarcculture.org) or feel free to contact us
> (research-scc@sltnet.lk).
>
> With best wishes,
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Nirekha De Silva
> Research Officer
> SAARC Cultural Centre
> 224, Bauddhaloka Mawatha,
> Colombo 7,
> Sri Lanka
>
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