Tantric Studies Unit

We invite papers on the following topics:

• Vernacular Tantric Spellbooks/Grimoires in Bengali, Hindi, and other languages.
  (contact: Aaron Ullrey ullreyaa@gmail.com)
• The material culture of deity assemblages on mandalas and other objects.
  (contact: Hillary A. Langberg hlangberg@bard.edu)
• Tantric magical rites for health, healing, and rejuvenation.
  (contact: Patricia Sauthoff sauthoff@ualberta.ca)

Preformed paper panels are encouraged and may be structured to fill 2.5-hour or 1.5-hour session meeting times. Individual paper proposals are also sometimes accommodated in the program, though this depends on the availability of timings for paper presentations. Panel or paper proposals may engage any topic or concern, with the above being only some of the possibilities that were proffered at the Tantric Studies Business Meeting during the 2021 AAR Annual Meeting.