STIMW - The Sanskrit Tradition in the Modern World
29th Annual STIMW Symposium
Fri 25 May 2012 11am-5pm
University of Manchester
Proposals are now being invited for this year’s Symposium. STIMW papers are presented by leading scholars in the field as well as by research students. They are sent to participants in advance, so that they can be read and discussed in detail. They are available to those who cannot attend for a small charge.
Please ensure that your proposal reaches Jackie Hirst (jacqueline.hirst@manchester.ac.uk) by Fri 24 Feb 2012.
For more on the format of papers and instructions to contributors, please scroll down this page.
- STIMW booking form 2012 (Word Document, 28 KB)
Please complete the Booking Form and return with your cheque payment (made payable to University of Manchester) to:
Hannah Mansell
Conference Administrator (STIMW)
Martin Harris Centre
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
For further information about STIMW, please contact
Dr Jacqueline Suthren Hirst
Religions and Theology, Samuel Alexander,
University of Manchester,
Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL
jacqueline.hirst@manchester.ac.uk
For instructions to contributors, please scroll down this page.
To join the STIMW mailing list, please email Jacqueline.Hirst@manchester.ac.uk.
Previous Programmes
A special issue of Religions of South Asia on ‘Tradition and the Re-Use of Indic Texts’ will include some of the 2010 papers revised, along with new pieces. It is due out in 2012. http://www.equinoxjournals.com/index.php/ROSA
STIMW: Instructions for contributors
Full papers
- Papers are precirculated so that participants can read them before the seminar to ensure the best possible use of discussion time. Papers are therefore not read out at the seminar itself. Each full paper will be allocated 40 minutes of discussion time. The paper will be briefly introduced by the person chairing the session, who will then raise questions to the paper-giver, before opening the discussion.
- Papers should be no longer than 20 pp, A4, including notes and references, and should be presented in a font size no smaller than Times New Roman 12 point. (Papers will be reduced for photocopying).
- To facilitate discussion for those short of reading time, paper-givers should provide a one page abstract of the key argument of the paper, along with their paper. Please include your email address for further feedback.
Research Reports
- These give postgraduate students and others at the beginning of a research project the opportunity to offer a briefer report in order to gain feedback on its direction and approach.
- Research Reports, also precirculated, will be allocated 15 minutes of discussion time. In this case, the chair will introduce the report presenter who will then briefly summarise his or her own research together with the questions the presenter would like the audience to comment on. The chair will then open the discussion to all present.
- Research Reports should be no longer than 8 pp, A4, and should be presented in a font size no smaller than Times New Roman 12 point.
- To facilitate discussion, report presenters should provide a one page abstract of the main lines of their research and the key questions they would like addressed. Please include your email address for further feedback.
Chairing
- The chair of each main session will be responsible for introducing the paper-giver and paper in no more than 5 minutes, in initiating a discussion with the paper-giver (15 mins max) and in ensuring there is ample time for discussion from the floor (at least 20 mins)
- In the case of Research Reports, the chair's job is to introduce the candidate and to ensure that all comments from the floor are heard where possible.
- Since the programme is packed, it is vital that chairs time-keep efficiently.
Deadlines for submission
- Please ensure your paper or report and abstract reach us by Tues 8 May 2012 at the latest to allow time for circulation. They should be sent to Jackie Hirst at Jacqueline.Hirst@manchester.ac.uk.
- AV equipment requests to Hannah.Mansell@manchester.ac.uk by Tuesday 22 May 2012.