The 4th Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana Conference

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana Conference focusing on authenticity, authority, and adaptation in yoga traditions.

The 4th International Yoga Darśana Yoga Sādhana Conference convenes 27–29 May 2026 at EHESS Paris, organized by CESAH. Theme: Authenticity, Authority and Adaptation—examining how yoga traditions establish legitimacy, transmit knowledge, and negotiate transformation across time and place. Bridges philological and ethnographic approaches. Link here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions

People in this episode

Host: Marshall Poe

Topics covered

• Yoga
• Authenticity
• Authority
• Adaptation
• Traditions
• Legitimacy
• Knowledge Transmission

Keywords

• Yoga Conference
• Authenticity
• Authority
• Adaptation
• Yoga Traditions
• Knowledge Transmission
• Philological Approaches
• Ethnographic Approaches

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: EHESS Paris, CESAH

Books & works: Authenticity, Authority and Adaptation

More episodes of New Books in Indian Religions

• Manasicha Akepiyapornchai, "Surrender to God Across Languages: Multilingual Intellectual History of Premodern India" (Oxford UP, 2026) · June 11, 2026 · 39 min
• The Diasporic Hindu Right with Savera · June 8, 2026 · 1h 16m
• Amrita Chowdhury and Ujaan Ghosh trans., "Baidehisha Bilasa: The Amorous Plays of Sita’s Husband" (Wide Open Window Books, 2025) · June 4, 2026 · 57 min
• Patrick S. D. McCartney, "Sanskrit-Speaking' Villages, Linguistic Utopias and the Metaphysics of Development" (Routledge, 2026) · May 28, 2026 · 37 min
• Kanika Singh, "The Story of a Sikh Museum: Heritage, Politics, Popular Culture" (Cambridge UP, 2025) · May 27, 2026 · 40 min
• Shyam Ranganathan, "Moral Philosophy and De-Colonialism: The Irrationality of Oppression" (Bloomsbury Academic, 2026) · May 21, 2026 · 53 min