Chandana Chakrabarti, associate professor of religious studies, directed an international disciplinary conference in Calcutta, India, July 27-30. Eighty-three scholars from Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Europe, India, Indonesia, Japan and the United States presented research papers on the topic, “Consciousness, Self-Consciousness and Cultural Identity.”
Chakrabarti also directed “Encounter India,” a research tour for 30 scholars and faculty members.
Faculty and scholars from the following institutions took part in the conference and research tour:
- Aalborg University
- Albertus Magnus College
- American University
- American University in Cairo
- American University in Central Asia
- Azad University
- Ball State Universitity
- Bangalore University
- Barry University
- Ben-Gurion University
- Brunel University
- Burdwan University
- Calcutta University
- Chulalongkorn University
- Columbia University
- Deakin University
- Delhi University
- East Calcutta Girls’ College
- Elon University
- Ferris State University
- Florida Atlantic University
- Furman University
- Grand Valley State University
- Gronigen University
- Goldsmith College, University of London
- Gustavus Adolophus College
- Harvard University
- Jadavpur University
- Johanes-Kunzig-Institut in Freiburg
- Independent University, Bangladesh
- Indian Institute for Advanced Study
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Kalayani University
- Loyola University, New Orleans
- Maharani’s Arts College for Women
- Minnesota State University
- Mercin Universiti
- Montclair State University
- National University of Malayasia
- Nebraska Wesleyan University
- Ontario College of Art and Design
- Purdue University
- Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
- Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- Royal Roads University
- Rutgers University
- San Diego State University
- Sanjannagar Institute, Lahore
- Simon Fraser University
- St.Bonaventure University
- Southern Methodist University
- Tel-Aviv University
- The University of Winnipeg
- Tilberg University
- University of Barcelona
- University of Buffalo
- University of California at Berkeley
- University of California at San Diego
- University of Chicago
- University of Colorado
- University of Geneva
- University of Ghent
- University of Glasgow
- University of Gottingen
- University of Innsbruck, Austria
- University of Leeds
- University of Lodz
- University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
- University of Manchester
- University of New Mexico
- University of North Carolina at Ashville
- University of Ottawa
- University of Pisa
- Universiti Putra Malayasia
- University of Nebraska
- University of Sydney
- University of Turin
- University of Toronto
- University of York
- Vaal University of Technology, South Africa
- Visva-Bharati University
- Victoria University
- University of Nottingham
- University of Toronto
- York University