ASA12: Arts and aesthetics in a globalising world
3rd-6th April 2012, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Conference convenors:
Prof Susan Visvanathan & Prof Parul Mukherji, JNU
Every five years the Association of Social Anthropologists of the UK and Commonwealth (ASA) tries to hold its annual conference outside the UK, in a Commonwealth country. The aim is to widen the possiblities for participation by Commonwealth colleagues. The ASA's 2012 conference will take place in India where the ASA is happily working with colleagues at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems in the School of Social Sciences, and the School of Arts and Aesthetics, at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi. The conference aims to attract approximately 200 delegates with its plenary stream and parallel panel sessions, with colleagues coming from all over the world, but particularly from across India and South Asia. We extend a warm invitation to Indian colleagues through JNU's good connections beyond the capital, and through the various learned societies, including the Indian Anthropological Association (IAA), and the Indian Anthropological Society (IAS).
Latest news :
- funding application process is now closed.
- panel timetable is completed. See individual panel pages for details.
- visa application information is posted on the travel page
- registration is now open
Use the expanding menu on the left-hand side to read the various pages regarding this conference: the conference theme, info for convenors/authors, the conference timetable, the panel pages, and travel advice.
Confirmed plenary speakers
Arjun Appadurai (New School, NY) - giving the Firth lecture
Shubha Chaudhuri (Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, AIIS, Gurgaon)
Juergen Frembgen (Munich State Museum of Ethnology & University of Munich)
Ghassan Hage (University of Melbourne)
Paul Henley (University of Manchester)
Jyotindra Jain (retd, School of Arts and Aesthetics, JNU)
Bruce Kapferer (Institutt for Sosialantropologi, Bergen)
Parul Dave Mukherjee (School of Art and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)
Chris Pinney (University College London)
Patsy Spyer (University of Leiden)
Gayatri Sinha (New Delhi)
Shiv Visvanathan (Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Communication and Technology, Gandhinagar)
Advisory committee
Sharon Macdonald (Anthropology, University of Manchester), Soumendra Patnaik, (Anthropology, University of Delhi), Chris Pinney (Anthropology, UCL), Renuka Singh (CSSS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi)
Organising committee
Susan Visvanathan, Parul Mukherjee, Raminder Kaur, Anand Kumar, Bharat Kumar, Vivek Kumar, Nilika Mehrotra, Ranjani Mazumdar, Bimol, Nayanika Mookherjee, Atreyee Sen, G Srinivas, James Staples
Email all conference communication to conference(at)theasa.org
Two linked events happening just before the conference
From noon on March 31st until late afternoon on April 1st, the World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA) will hold its biennial meeting. This meeting facilitates cooperation across all the affiliated associations of anthropology, and will be hosted by IAS and IAA in central Delhi.
From the late afternoon of April 1st until lunchtime on the April 3rd there will be a Symposium on the anthropology of global issues. This symposium will be hosted by IAS, IAA and ASA in central Delhi. Read more about the theme of this event here.
