CALL FOR PAPERS

Volume on Indian Ascetic Traditions

Deadline: 31 March 2026

This is the call for papers for a volume on Indian Ascetic Traditions co-edited by Daniela Bevilaqua and Anjali Duhan.

The volume, tentatively titled Indian Ascetic Traditions: Organisations, Practices, Representations and Social Manifestations, aims to critically examine the nature of asceticism in South Asia. The editors welcome theoretically informed and critical contributions from a wide range of disciplinary approaches, time periods, and areas (from religious studies, textual analysis, ethnography, visual studies, and the broader Indic studies).

The editors invite the submission of abstracts of 250–300 words along with a short biography (100 words) including affiliation, research interests, and two to three key publications.

Submissions should be sent to indianasceticvolume@gmail.com by 31 March 2026.   

Please refer to this pdf for further information.