<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">
<div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 6px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.85);" class="">
<span class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 36px;">Dear All,</span>
<div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">
<span class="" style="font-size: 36px;"><br class="">
</span></div>
<div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;">The Seminar on the <i class="">Mahābhārata</i> and Classical Hinduism is excited to announce that the American Academy of Religion’s Call
for Proposals is now open.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<div style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;">Year Four of the Seminar includes this theme: Structure(s) of the <i class="">Mahābhārata.</i><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;">This session is dedicated to exploration of structural features of the text, including narrative and linguistic configurations that shed light
on its meanings. The many commentaries, appendices, and adaptations of the text are included in this call for papers.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<div style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;">In addition, we seek papers responsive to the Presidential Theme for the 2024 Annual Meetings: “Violence, Nonviolence, and the Margin.” The
President's theme is an opportunity to reflect upon one of the <i class="">Mahābhārata</i>'s consuming preoccupations: violence and nonviolence. Papers might address questions of practicality and philosophy, narrative and history, ethics and aesthetics, centre
and margin. We invite papers from a broad range of source materials and methodologies.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<div style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 36px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The Seminar on the <i class="">Mahābhārata</i> and Classical Hinduism will be participating in the Online June sessions
on June 25–27, 2024. We encourage you to apply, specifying whether your proposal is for the online or in-person event. Please note that AAR does not allow you to submit the same proposal for both June and November. For this and other questions about the new
June meeting, check out the </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faarweb.org%2FAARMBR%2FEvents-and-Networking-%2FAnnual-Meeting-%2FAM-June-Sessions-FAQ.aspx&data=05%7C02%7Caar-mbh%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cc3302db32ffa4aae989d08dc31869056%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C638439701204602349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=aH0Th0cwGg5fN5Tzte7P2y23zu6WNUKR6H7GcjKS6f4%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://aarweb.org/AARMBR/Events-and-Networking-/Annual-Meeting-/AM-June-Sessions-FAQ.aspx" shash="x5Pw3U/ixkrhZfLi8VGe/K6YuGmhrJsZpRKUi8ieWTsMzsjDuWzk1169Fu8yB49ygOHdmZC6SSBB5D8oAkqsecrvaANdhUkWfxFnFB9UtJCBwoQs7AMhOptO7d85fLTCb4K6YUGyU3cqduMI+4lyA3uCy40sxrk9kLTse6Bi74g=" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">FAQ</span></a><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="font-size: 36px;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">All proposals must be submitted through AAR’s </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpapers.aarweb.org%2F&data=05%7C02%7Caar-mbh%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cc3302db32ffa4aae989d08dc31869056%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C638439701204602349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Jocr5JQfaOEIQQaEQjQcGyLNJWCjh%2FtXeGJTwqivMek%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://papers.aarweb.org/" shash="jeLAsFj/WDLZTGbv3oTC/UWwHO2BbdnvaIM9rtTpkDwjN2P+HErlh6bGNE8cCktbfPTERqg40EQ2ycPg03d+SqWWOekcDeG1N0glRNqDZRm5HH5dgsROfuhLxHQBKzf+4ZLFuyu6kfTn5eXOPsFyq5xD6COywejGdkBxodv66rQ=" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">PAPERS</span></a><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> system.
The deadline is <b class="">Thursday, February 29, 2024, 5:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. </b>Detailed instructions are provided </span><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpapers.aarweb.org%2Fcontent%2Fgeneral-call-proposals-instructions&data=05%7C02%7Caar-mbh%40listserv.ohio.edu%7Cc3302db32ffa4aae989d08dc31869056%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C638439701204602349%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lt%2BF29l87rC%2BgWKmSeD2KjzTsudo7OqJ55hxOGKHiy8%3D&reserved=0" originalsrc="https://papers.aarweb.org/content/general-call-proposals-instructions" shash="auYK/hMJ6Ro7H8LDoCySMFzsMjaxuKmgkJg3MHhpyeOx9ehXQOB1p9czqCb4xsMJy9dvU8nueIjIathQFOXrdyW7Tq8+qEkXMSPoD4rMVRvrpMe4rkTZsIIJhh8s7CQGgmzU+qQO1dw1up86jBNo82IS5EbIR56rjrJZBFW9u3w=" target="_blank" class=""><span class="" style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">here</span></a><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">; please
consult them carefully for information about word count, procedures, and the limits on the number of appearances (you can only appear on the program two times in any capacity). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p>
<div style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;">In an effort to encourage diversity in seminar participants, those who presented papers in our 2023 meeting are unlikely to have proposals
accepted for the 2024 sessions. We seek to include the best proposals we receive, whether or not they conform to the themes of the call for proposals, and we seek publication opportunities for them. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<div style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;">Since we operate as a seminar in AAR, proposals that we accept are to be presented as completed papers and are due October 1. These papers
will be circulated on our Listserv so that those interested in attending can read them <u class="">before</u> the meeting, and each paper will receive about half an hour of discussion at the meeting with the aim to offer suggestions for improving and extending
the papers for possible publication.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<div style="vertical-align: baseline;" class=""><span class="" style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-size: 36px;"> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder">
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 36px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">To sign up for our Listserv </span><span class="" style="font-size: 36px;">go to </span><b class="" style="font-size: 36px;"><a href="https://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/aar-mbh" class="">https://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/aar-mbh</a></b><span class="" style="font-size: 36px;"> a</span><span class="" style="background-color: white;"><span class="" style="font-size: 36px;">nd
create your own username and password.</span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 36px;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 36px;">Best,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br class="">
</p>
</div>
<div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div dir="auto" class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<span class="" style="font-size: 36px;">Prof. Brian Collins</span></div>
<div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<span class="" style="font-size: 36px;">(He/Him/His)<br class="">
Department Chair and Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande Chair in Indian Religion and Philosophy<br class="">
Department of Classics and Religious Studies<br class="">
234 Ellis Hall<br class="">
Ohio University<br class="">
Athens, Ohio</span></div>
<div class="" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">
<span class="" style="font-size: 36px;">740-597-2103 (office)</span></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>