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Call for Papers: 28th European Conference on South Asian Studies 2025 (ECSAS)

The 28th European Conference for South Asian Studies will take place in Heidelberg, Germany, from 1st to 4th of October 2025.

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Heidelberg , Germany

Email: info@ecsas2025.com

Website: https://ecsas2025.com/call-for-panels/

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The European Conference for South Asian Studies (ECSAS) has met regularly since 1968, and provides an important opportunity to discuss current research and scholarship on topics relating to South Asia within the humanities and social sciences. The ECSAS conferences now operate under the auspices of the European Association for South Asian Studies (EASAS), a charitable academic association supporting research and teaching concerning South Asia with regard to all periods and fields of study.

The academic committee has accepted a record 125 panels to form the basis of the conference program at ECSAS Heidelberg 2025. ECSAS invites scholars to submit paper abstracts that align with the panels, which you can see https://ecsas2025.com/panels/.

The following sessions may be of particular interest to the Society of Architectural Historians:

  • 13 – Partition refugee camps: New debates and perspectives
  • 22 – The Cutting Edge – Peripheries as Living Laboratories for South Asia’s Urban Future
  • 24 – Rethinking the Archive of the Urban: Sensory Histories of Modern South Asia
  • 25 – Regional continuities and Composite Connections: the sultanate complex of western India
  • 35 – Living with and recovering from coastal and riverine disasters: a critical approach of riskscape
  • 52 – Unpacking the post-secular nation: Heritage sites and national consciousness in postcolonial India
  • 68 – Embedded Ownership: Tracing Indic Property Notions Across History
  • 81 – Siting Contemporary Garhwal
  • 100 – Navigating the City: Civic Life and Everyday Worlds in the Urban in South Asia
  • 121 – Religious Infrastructures and City-Making: Governance, Governmentality and Urban Moral Geographies

The submission deadline for paper proposals is January 30, 2025 (midnight CET). All paper applications will be reviewed by the panel convenors. All proposals must be made via the online form on the ECSAS website https://registration.ccicongress.com/cmsweb/ABS_Login.asp?IDcommessa=257006&Lang=EN

Please keep in mind that all paper submitters, including co-presenters, must be members of the EASAS by the time of submission. Prospective panelists can join here: https://www.easas.eu/become-a-member.

It is technically possible for one person to submit up to three paper proposals to different panels, but due to overwhelming demand, we have a strict limit of one panel presentation per person at ECSAS Heidelberg. Any scholars accepted in more than one panel will be required to choose only one.

All papers must be submitted in English. The title should not exceed 150 characters (incl. spaces). Each abstract should not exceed 1500 characters (incl. spaces). The content must be original and not presented previously. Regretfully, we do not have the resources for online presentations.

Do not hesitate to contact the Organizing Secretariat at info@ecsas2025.com if you have any further questions.