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The 7th international conference named in honour of E.Torchinov (call for papers) Print E-mail
27/12/2010

ST. PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF ORIENTAL MANUSCRIPTS
FACULTY OF PHILOSOPHY
DEPARTMENT OF EASTERN PHILOSOPHY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
ST. PETERSBURG PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY

THE 7th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ORIENTAL STUDIES
(Torchinov Readings)

METAMORPHOSES

INFORMATION REPORT (CALL FOR PAPERS)

The 7th regular international conference named in honour of Eugeny A. Torchinov (1956 – 2003), an outstanding Russian scholar of Oriental cultures and religions, is going to be held at the Faculty of Philosophy, Saint-Petersburg State University (Russia), on 22 – 25 th June, 2011.

The focus of issues at the Readings this time will be concentrated on investigations of the metamorphoses of Oriental religions, cultures and philosophic systems, in the Asian countries themselves, as well as in the West and in Russia.

POSSIBLE THEMES TO BE DISCUSSED: 

  • Understanding of the world, human, society, consciousness transformation processes by oriental philosophers 
  • Transformation of understanding of the East in Western and Russian philosophy 
  • Transformation of norms and values in Oriental cultures • Historical metamorphoses of the traditional Eastern peoples` life 
  • Social crises and metamorphoses of personality in the East 
  • Oriental religious and psycho-technical practices: transformation of the practitioner`s consciousness
  • Phenomenon of the religious transformation in the East
  • Metamorphoses of the Oriental religious and philosophic systems 
  • Transformation of images of the East in Russian culture 
  • Metamorphoses of the East under the influence of the West: humanitarian dimensions 
  • Historical changes of the significance of Eastern cultures in Western societies 
  • Western human in cultures of the East: a transformation of mentality
  • Artistic interpretation of social life changes in the East
  • Problems of Oriental cultures transformation processes
  • Investigations of E. A. Torchinov’s academic heritage

Sections of the conference will be formed on the basis of applications. The names of expected sections and proposed subject matter of papers might differ. The suggested names of expected sections are as following: “Indology”, “Sinology”, “Middle East”, “Russia and the East” etc.

New sections may be proposed by the Readings` participants within the announced themes, provided there are no less than five applications, and the Organizing committee is informed in advance.

Scholars and researchers of different aspects of Eastern philosophy, religion and culture are invited to take part in the Conference. We also invite philosophers, historians, anthropologists, psychologists and specialists in religious studies investigating range of Oriental issues.

Application for the participation should be filled in electronic format on the Conference’s site at the following address: http://torchinov.ru/ru/reg_form/. If applications are sent directly to the Conference’s e-mail address, they will not be accepted and considered. Participants may read their papers in the Conference without publication of the paper in the book of collected articles.

Extramural participation is not supposed.

Dead-line for applications is May 10, 2011 (for those foreign citizen who needs the official invitation for an receipt of the visa, dead-line is March 10, 2011).

The Organizing committee decides and informs the applicants on their participation or nonparticipation within three weeks after completion of the stated date.

In addition the Org. committee accepts till May 10, 2011 applications for the organizing of round tables, presentations, proposals to arrange cultural programme. The Org. Committee will welcome with gratitude any ideas concerning sponsoring support.

Working languages of the Conference are Russian and English.

By the beginning of the Conference, we are planning to publish and distribute among the authors the CDs with summaries and full texts of presented papers in format of *doc or *pdf. The book of collected papers is planned to be published after the Conference, during the year 2011. The text of paper should be presented in electronic form only.

A research paper (no short theses) should be sent  for publication, its size being not less than 10.000 and not more than 20.000 characters, including gaps and footnotes, supplied with citations bibliography.

When designing the article you must use the technical pattern, which is on the Conference site. Materials for publication must be sent till May 23, 2011. Editing of materials is suggested before the book will be issued. After the release of the book every author will receive one copy free of charge.

However, if an author sends his paper to the Org. Committee but does not read the paper at the Conference, the claim to publish the materials will not be fulfilled.

The Org. Committee keeps the right to refuse the received texts in case they do not meet the relevant academic demands; their design does not fit the technical pattern; they contain too much typing errors and mistakes; they do not keep the declared subject; they are submitted with delay.

Org. fee for the participants, which are non-residents from Russia and CIS countries is 20 euro. The fee is to be paid at registration, on the opening day of the Conference.

All questions on the Readings to be addressed to the Org. Committee by e-mail: torchinovcon@gmail.com, or by tel. +7(812) 328-94-21 (add. 1852). For further information see: http://torchinov.ru. Postal address: 199034 Russia, St-Petersburg, Mendeleevskaya liniya 5, room 17 (The Department of Eastern Philosophy And Cultural Studies).

Organizing committee of the 7th Torchinov Readings:

Prof. Dr. Yury N. Solonin (President)

Prof. Dr. Mark Sedgwick, Denmark

Prof. Dr. Karin Preisendanz, Austria

Dr. Maciej St. Zieba, Poland

Prof. Dr. Anatoly S. Kolesnikov

Prof. Dr. Marina E. Kravtsova

Prof. Dr. Irina F. Popova

Prof. Dr. Dmitry L. Spivak

Prof. Dr. Andrey P. Zabiyako

Prof. Dr. Vladimir V. Emelyanov

Prof. Dr. Cyril U. Solonin

Prof. Dr. Tigran G. Tumanyan

Prof. Dr. Yaroslav V. Vassilkov

Dr. Sergey V. Pakhomov (General Coordinator)

Last Updated ( 10/04/2011 )
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