Fairfield, IA (PRWEB)
August 05, 2014
The World Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES) held its Eleventh Bi-Annual Conference at the Maharishi University of Management (MUM) in Fairfield, Iowa. The conference was attended by scholars from many parts of the world.
The World Association for Vedic Studies (WAVES) held their Eleventh Bi-Annual International Conference at the Maharishi University of Management (MUM) in Fairfield, Iowa. This conference, held from July 31 to August 3, was co-sponsored and hosted by MUM and was co-chaired by Dr. Shashi Tiwari, Former Professor at the University of Delhi India, and Dr. Peter Scharf, President of The Sanskrit Library and visiting professor at the University of Hyderabad. The theme of this year’s conference was “Vedic Living in a Modern World.”
Since holding its first international conference in Atlanta in 1996, WAVES has attracted scholars from all regions of the world to its many conferences which have become renowned for featuring open discussions and scholarly presentations on topics pertaining to Vedas and Indology. Traditionally, scholars have presented talks on many topics, analyzing them from historical, linguistic, anthropological, gender, archeological, astronomical, philosophical, and other perspectives. Scholars traveled from many parts of the world, including Canada, India, and Holland, to participate and present at this conference.