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<div>any idea when the schedule for Paris will be settled? </div>
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<div>My daughter has graduation ceremony on Saturday, for which reason I would prefer not to hold my presentation on Friday afternoon, in order to get home (Finland) in time.</div>
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<div>Any chance this can be discussed?</div>
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<div>Kind regards</div>
<div>Janne Kontala<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage">
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<div>On 9. Sep 2025, at 9.31, Suzanne Newcombe via list <list@yogaresearch.org> wrote:</div>
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<div dir="auto">The 4th International Yoga Dar\u015bana Yoga S\u0101dhana Conference.<br>
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Authenticity, Authority and Adaptation<br>
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27th-29th May 2026, Paris<br>
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Proposal submission deadline is SUNDAY 21st September 2025<br>
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The 4th International Yoga Dar\u015bana Yoga S\u0101dhana conference will take place in person from Wednesday 27th midday to the evening of Friday 29th of May 2026 in collaboration with the Center for South Asian and<br>
Himalayan Studies (CESAH) at the School for Higher Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris.<br>
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Yoga\u2019s popularity as a global practice continues to support an exponentially increasing number of publications on yoga across a wide range of academic fields. This conference seeks to support dialogue<br>
and collaboration between scholars of the social sciences and humanities, who are critically exploring traditions, beliefs and practices associated with \u2018yoga\u2019 in the past and the present.<br>
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We have chosen three themes for inspiration and to provide a loose conceptual focus for the discussion of the conference. Authenticity, authority and adaptation are interlinked concerns of both the earliest recorded discussions of yoga and the teachings of
contemporary yoga advocates. Where did these traditions come from? What are their ultimate purposes? Why should a practitioner trust the teacher, method or practices available to them in particular times and places? These<br>
are enduring and complex issues.<br>
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We do not expect these themes to be tightly interwoven into all paper proposals, but we hope that these ideas will inspire engagement with the critical preoccupations of many yoga studies scholars. Early<br>
career scholars and PhD students are encouraged to apply and we welcome presentations of work in progress. </div>
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<div dir="auto">We welcome both stand-alone papers and full panel proposals (3-4 papers grouped together)<br>
especially those that bridge the philological and sociological, exploring the continuities and changes through time of how yoga traditions adapt, establish authority and negotiate authenticity.<br>
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Individual papers will be for presentations 20 minutes in length with 10 minutes for questions. Please note that this will be an in-person event.<br>
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To submit an abstract two steps are required:<br>
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First, open an account at
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you will need to verify your e-mail, log in</span></div>
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<div dir="auto"><span style="font-family:-apple-system,sans-serif">Then you can submit your abstract here:
<div dir="auto"><a href="https://ydys2026.sciencesconf.org/index/unauthorized">https://ydys2026.sciencesconf.org</a></div>
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Note on panel/discussion/round table proposals:<br>
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We also recently added the possibility of proposing a panel and/or a round-table: the panel or round table organizer should propose the panel as a different submission (\u2018panel\u2019 or \u2018round-table\u2019) listing the<br>
different panelists and each panelist should submit their own individual abstract separately. In order to foster wider discussion between scholars, after the review process we retain the right to add papers to the proposed panels.<br>
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All the best,<br>
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YSDS Organizing committee.<br>
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Suzanne Newcombe, Raphaël Voix, Amandine Wattelier-Bricout, Ruth Westoby, Theo Wildcroft<br>
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