YDYS Yoga Conference 2022

01/06/2022

We hope you had fun at the conference, if you were there in real life or online. Here are a few pics - there are loads more on the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies social media and we loved re-posting all your pictures and tweets as they came in live!

Have you completed the feedback survey yet?

If you registered to attend you will have received an email about it. Thanks to all who have completed it so far and if you haven't yet, we would so appreciate it if you did.

17/05/2022

If you're at the conference - in person or online - use this hashtag when you post on twitter or instagram to connect!

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17/05/2022

If you're attending the conference in person, do you know where you're going? Go to the location tab on our website for full details:
You will also find info here of where we're going for our gathering on Friday evening!

Yoga darśana, yoga sādhana Methods, migrations, mediations Conference18th-21st May 2022Kraków The Jagiellonian University Institute for the Study of Religions and the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies invite you to participate in the international academic conference: Yoga darśana, yoga sādhana: m**h...

13/05/2022

This is our last team meeting before the conference next week!!

If you’re presenting did you read the email with the programme and instructions?

It’s called ‘YDYS: Final Programme and Instructions’. At the end there are 2 arrangements - makes sure you read them for all the info!

See you there, irl or virtually…🥳

01/05/2022

Last chance to register to attend the YDYS conference is soon - registration closes in a few hours ~ Sunday 1st May midnight Pacific Day Light Time / Monday 2nd May 9am Central European Time. ~

The Jagiellonian University Institute for the Study of Religions and the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies invite you to attend the international academic conference: Yoga darśana, yoga sādhana: m**hods, migrations, mediations in Kraków from 18th-21st May 2022.

The YDYS conference is aimed at reviewing and discussing recent developments in the field of Yoga Studies. It follows on from the successful 2016 conference.

During the last five years we have witnessed an increasing amount of state-of-the-art research on yoga, employing m**hods from humanities, social sciences, and beyond. The application of new theories and m**hods to the study of yoga has been accompanied by the emergence of new research areas. Emerging areas of interest include explorations of the sociopolitical entanglements of yoga, social dynamics of yoga communities, local (especially non-anglophone) transformations of yoga, and technologies mediating the transmission of yoga.

We believe it is time once again to come together as an international community of academics to continue interdisciplinary dialogue on yoga in all of its manifestations. Together we will discuss the m**hods applied in yoga studies, the pathways of yoga’s migration across the globe, the social and technological factors mediating its transnational flow, as well as yoga’s role as a mediator in social relations and social change.

We plan to meet once again in the very centre of Kraków to share our research during face-to-face interactions. Although this is primarily an in person event, we would like to make the conference as accessible as possible to those who are not able to attend in person and will be providing the option to present and attend online.

Dates: 18th-21st May 2022 in Krakow, Poland and online.

30/04/2022

Our full programme is now available to view here:

30/04/2022

*NEWS*

We have extended the registration deadline. If you'd like to attend the YDYS conference you have a few more hours to do so!

The deadline to register is now
~ Sunday 1st May midnight Pacific Day Light Time / Monday 2nd May 9am Central European Time. ~

If you'd like to attend you must register before this deadline.

We'd love you to join us as we push the boundaries on the conversations on yoga. Once the deadline passes, registration is closed and there won't be any further opportunities to register to attend the conference either in person or online.

28/04/2022

Registration closes soon! 30th April is the last day you can register to attend the YDYS conference either online or in person.

The Jagiellonian University Institute for the Study of Religions and the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies are hosting the international academic conference: 'Yoga darśana, yoga sādhana: m**hods, migrations, mediations' in Kraków from 18th-21st May 2022.

If you are an MA or undergraduate student, yoga teacher or yoga enthusiast interested in the academic study of yoga we would love for you to join us in the audience.

All sessions will be live streamed and keynotes will be recorded.
Register here: https://buff.ly/3yTZfh9

27/04/2022

If you'd like to attend the conference but can't make it to Poland, you can live stream all the panel sessions online - enjoy top yoga scholarship from the comfort of your sofa!

Registration to attend online is only 35 Euros, which gives you access to the full conference - 18th-21st May.

Registration closes 30th April (soon!). Details of how to register are here: https://buff.ly/3yTZfh9

If you're curious about who is presenting what you can read all the abstracts on our website too - go to the 'abstracts' page.

27/04/2022

Did you know our keynote speakers will be recorded?

You can access the conference online and live stream all the panel sessions but if you miss the keynotes you can access these later on!

Our key note speakers are Amanda Lucia, Shameem Black, Meera Nanda and Swami Medhananda.

The conference runs from 18th-21st May in person, in Krakow, Poland AND online. There's still time to register: https://buff.ly/3yTZfh9
Registration is only 30 Euros and closes on 30th April 2022.

Join us as we bring together the top scholars in yoga studies research!

06/04/2022

Do you want to join us for the YDYS conference in May, in Karkow?

The YDYS 2022 conference follows from the success of the 2016 conference and we will once again be bringing together the top yoga studies academics in the field.

If you're an MA or under graduate student, work in another academic field, or are a yoga teacher who is interested in the academic study of yoga, we would love for you to join us at the conference.

We have limited in-person spaces so if you're keen, book now.

Here are the important details:

Location: Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland.

Dates: 18th - 21st May 2022.

Cost: 35 Euros.

Details of how to book can be found here, on our website registration page: https://ydys2022.org/registration-information/

The conference will also be streamed live online so if you can't make it in-person you are welcome to register to attend online. Please note that the lectures won't be recorded.

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30/03/2022

You can now register to attend the conference, even if you're not presenting!

Dates: 18th – 21st May 2022

Early bird price €25 ends soon on 👉 31 March 👈
Cost is €35 from 1st – 30th April.

Register here: https://ydys2022.org/registration-information/

We are bringing together leading academics in the field of Yoga Studies for a four day conference both in-person, in Karkow, Poland, and online. In the last five years we have seen a boom in yoga research in the humanities and social sciences – the conference will reflect this innovation. Presenters will speak on topics as wide ranging as yoga and anthropology, bhakti yoga, classical yoga, transmissions of modern yoga in non-Anglophone nations, yoga and power relations, abuse in yoga, yoga origins, philosophy, yoga and Buddhism, yoga in contemporary Britain, OM and sound in yoga, yoga, women and gender, and more.

We also have four international keynote speakers – Amanda Lucia, Meera Nanda, Shameem Black and Swami Medhananda.
Attendees can opt to attend either online or in-person. We have a limited number of in-person spaces so do book now if you’re keen to attend. Registration ends on 30th April.

The conference is hosted by the Jagiellonian University Institute for the Study of Religions and the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies and this event is not-for-profit enterprise.