Call for papers: South Asian Studies Association (SASA)

Call for Papers: South Asian Studies Association conference

Orlando, Florida (USA), April 3-5, 2009

South Asia was home to one of the ancient world's greatest achievements, the Indus Valley Civilization. Today South Asia is once again poised to become a world leader. The intervening 5,000 years have witnessed a remarkable story filled with transitions, tribulations and triumphs of the human spirit in every sphere of endeavor – political, economic, social and cultural. The April 3-5,2009 SASA conference seeks to explore South Asia's myriad pasts, understand her present, and look forward to a future full of promise and hope yet inevitably characterized by still more transitions, tribulations and triumphs. We invite papers from all academic disciplines and all periods of time that address the rich tapestry that is South Asia's past, present and future.

About our Host: Our co-sponsors for the SASA 2009 conference are the University of Central Florida's Office of Global Perspectives, India Program, Department of Political Science and College of Business Administration. UCF has 41,320 undergraduates, making it the second largest undergraduate institution in the nation. A graduate student enrollment of 7,177 is distributed across 97 master and 28 doctoral programs. Overall, UCF is the sixth largest university in America.SASA is honored to be part of the launching of UCF's new India Program. We intend to grow... together.

About the Conference: We encourage you to join us for a stimulating, intellectually refreshing confluence of scholars from across the world. SASA enjoys a solid reputation as the place to network in the most congenial, relaxed atmosphere to e found in academia. Just be attending you will be sending a strong signal that South Asian Studies programs need to figure prominently in university life across the country and around the world.

The deadline for submitting proposal abstracts to Dr. Chandrika Kaul (program@sasia.org), program chair, is November 30, 2008. Visit the SASA website for additional details (http://www.sasia.org/)