As decided
by the International Association of Sanskrit Studies (IASS) at
its 10th and 11th World Sanskrit Conferences held in Bangalore
(India) in 1997 and in Turin (Italy) in 2000, the 12th World Sanskrit
Conference will be held in Helsinki (Finland), from the 14th to
the 19th of July, 2003. The conference is organized by the IASS
and the Department of
Indology, Institute for Asian and African Studies, University
of Helsinki. The organisers look forward to welcoming fellow scholars
to Helsinki for the conference.
MODE OF OPERATION AT THE 12th WORLD SANSKRIT CONFERENCE
The 12th World Sanskrit Conference will operate in 14 parallel
sections organized by scholars specializing in the particular
field. They will be responsible for selecting the papers to be
presented in the section, for supervising the meetings of the
section and for editing the papers subsequently in a separate
volume. The chairpersons may modify the title
of their section and volume, for example by giving it a specific
theme.
To guarantee
a high scholarly level for the conference, we have asked the chairpersons
to pre-select a proportion of the speakers by invitation. Scholars
wishing to present a paper but not directly contacted by the respective
chairpersons in advance will be in competition with each other.
Titles and abstracts of unsolicited papers should be sent to the
conference organizers in Helsinki; they will be forwarded to the
relevant chairpersons, who will review them and select
the best.
SECTIONS AND CHAIRPERSONS
The 14 sections and their chairpersons, who have all kindly agreed
to
accept their demanding task, are indicated below. Specific themes,
as
well as individual speakers and the titles of their papers, will
be
announced on the web-page of the conference and in its later circulars,
as and when this information becomes available.
1. Veda - Asko Parpola, Masato Fujii
2. Epics - Muneo Tokunaga, Robert P. Goldman
3. Puranas - Hans Bakker, Petteri Koskikallio
4. Agamas and Tantras - Bruno Dagens, Alexis Sanderson
5. Vyakarana - George Cardona, Madhav Deshpande
6. Linguistics - Bertil Tikkanen, Heinrich Hettrich
7. Poetry, Drama and Aesthetics - Edwin Gerow, Virpi Hämeen-Anttila
8. Scientific Literature - Michio Yano, Dominik Wujastyk
9. Buddhist Studies - Richard Gombrich,
10. Jaina Studies - Colette Caillat, Nalini Balbir
11. Philosophy - Johannes Bronkhorst, Albrecht Wezler
12. History and Epigraphy - Klaus Karttunen, Richard Salomon
13. Law and Society - Patrick Olivelle, Harry Falk
14. Art and Archaeology - Adalbert J. Gail, Gerd J. R. Mevissen
PAPERS
The time for presenting a paper at the conference is limited to
either 15 or 30 minutes including discussion; the length of the
written versio intended for publication is to be agreed with the
chairpersons. Papers offered without special invitation will be
selected on the basis of one-page abstracts (200-400 words). The
abstracts are to be submitted at least on paper but preferably
also in electronic form, either by e-mail or on a diskette, by
the end of December, 2002. The decision about acceptance or refusal
of the paper will be notified by the end of February, 2003. Invited
speakers are asked to send the abstract of their paper by the
end of May, 2003. The papers presented will be published afterwards
in a series of volumes.
CONFERENCE FEE AND REGISTRATION FORMS
The conference fee is EUR 175 for participants who are not members
of the IASS, EUR 150 for members of the IASS, and EUR 75 for students.
If the fee is paid later than the end of March, 2003, it will
be increased by EUR 25; and there is a cancellation fee of EUR
25. Banking details will be given in the second circular. The
registration form, the abstract form and (later) the hotel
registration form will be available at the web-site of the conference
CONFERENCE VENUE
The conference will be held in the handsome premises of the University
of Helsinki, in the centre of Helsinki. Reservations for accommodation
have been made in hotels of different categories, most of them
within walking distance. A list of the hotels and their prices
(approximately between EUR 170 and 50 per day) will be given in
the second circular.
PRE- AND POST-CONFERENCE TOURS
Participants who wish to visit places of interest in Finland,
Sweden (e.g. Stockholm), Russia (e.g. St. Petersburg), or Estonia,
Latvia or Lithuania before or after the conference will have an
opportunity to make individual travel arrangements. A selection
of the most popular pre- or post-conference tours with their prices
will be given later.
FLIGHTS TO FINLAND
SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System), the Official Airline of the
12th World Sanskrit Conference, will offer special conference
fares for the participants.
CIRCULARS
- First circular: general information + pre-registration form,in
July/August 2001
- Second circular: more detailed information about the programme,
accommodation, travel, etc. + registration form + hotel reservation
form, in August 2002
- Third circular: provisional schedule, interim list of participants,
other updated information, in March 2003
This circular and other information relating to the conference
can be found on the conference homepage, which will be updated
at least on the above-mentioned dates. The 2nd and 3rd circulars
will be sent to all those who have returned a completed pre-registration
form.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
President: Asko Parpola
Secretary: Petteri Koskikallio
Other Finnish Members: Virpi Hämeen-Anttila
Klaus
Karttunen
Bertil Tikkanen
International
Members:
Ram Karan Sharma (President of the IASS)
John Brockington (Secretary General of the IASS)
Colette Caillat (Former Treasurer of the IASS)
Bruno Dagens (Treasurer of the IASS)
ADDRESSES
Mailing address:
12th
World Sanskrit Conference, Institute for Asian and African Studies,
P.O.Box 59
FIN-00014 University of Helsinki FINLAND
Visiting address of the Institute:
Unioninkatu 38 B, Helsinki
Phone: +358-15-444130 (Petteri Koskikallio)
+358-9-19122674 (Asko Parpola)
Fax: +358-9-19122094
e-mail: petteri.koskikallio@helsinki.fi
asko.parpola@helsinki.fi
klaus.karttunen@helsinki.fi
