N.B. I just noticed that according to the program of 23 June, your panel together with Dominik and Dagmar Wujastyk on Indian Alchemy is scheduled on 28 June 16h30-18h.
On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 at 08:21, Patricia SAUTHOFF <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am just writing to let those of you who are participating know that the > schedule (which was supposed to be emailed to participants but has not > been) is available on the WSC website. You may also notice that the venue > has been quietly changed from a college to a primary school! > > I have just written a long email to them regarding the absolute lack of > professionalism in the organization of this conference. I had a special > panel accepted in April of 2024. I registered in February of 2025. Since > then my co-panelists have dropped out because of the lack of communication > by the organizers. > > I myself wrote to the organizers at least a half dozen times to find out > how much time my panel would be allotted and received zero response. A > draft schedule leaked last week and I alerted members to the fact that my > panel was not included. Again, this issue was not addressed by organizers. > > The conference begins in a few days and the schedule online still claims > to be preliminary: This is a preliminary program schedule and is still > under review. If you notice any discrepancies or if anything has been > missed, > please inform Mr. Prashant Kashyap (Local Scientific Coordinator) at > [email protected] > > I hope those of you who do attend have a wonderful time. Despite preparing > for a full presentation, I will be using my valuable time in Kathmandu to > do other things but do hope to see some of you anyway. > > Best, > Patricia > ------------------------------ > *From:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of > Patricia SAUTHOFF <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 25, 2025 2:29 PM > *To:* Indology <[email protected]>; Dominik Wujastyk < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [IMPERSONATED EMAIL] Re: [INDOLOGY] WSC Kathmandu > > ** This email has been identified by ITO as Impersonated/Fake email – the > sender address [Patricia SAUTHOFF <[email protected]> <[email protected]>] > of this email is NOT authorised by the HKBU email system. ** > > Dear Dominik, > > Thank you for sharing your experience with us all. Yours seems like a > simple request and an easily solved problem. > > I had a special panel accepted for this conference in April 2024. > > From the outset there were rumours that the conference would be delayed or > cancelled, and of course a delay did occur. Now it seems that nearly half > my panel will be unable to attend the conference due to registration, > timing, expense, and lack of communication issues. > > I myself have written the organizers several times over the last year and > have received almost no response. The most recent circular on the website > refers to the extended submission deadline of August 2024. > > If my panel does indeed fall apart, I too will be out several hundred > dollars. > > Best of luck to everyone! > > Patricia > ------------------------------ > *From:* INDOLOGY <[email protected]> on behalf of > Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, March 24, 2025 9:46 PM > *To:* Indology <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [INDOLOGY] WSC Kathmandu > > CAUTION! EXTERNAL EMAIL (not being sent from @hkbu email system): Do not > click links, open attachments, or respond to it unless you trust the email > source/verify the identity of the sender by other means. > > > I wish to share my experience about registering for the Kathmandu WSC. > > Because of the early registration deadline, I paid the fee of about C$400 > last year out of my own pocket. Subsequently, my university said they > would not pay me back until after the conference, but that I could transfer > the payment to a university credit card. I wrote to the WSC organizers > asking them to let me switch the payment to a different card and eventually > got an answer. They said no, they would not help and that if I wanted to > cancel I would get only 25% of the fee back. > > This is a startlingly greedy policy. > > I have written to the organizers to cancel my attendance and I have asked > for a refund. This experience has been unpleasant and expensive for me. > > Best wishes to everyone, and I hope that for those who are able to attend > that it will be an exciting and enriching experience. > > Best, > Dominik > > > -- > Dominik Wujastyk, Professor Emeritus, > University of Alberta > > "The University of Alberta is committed to the pursuit of truth, > the advancement of learning, and the dissemination of knowledge > through teaching, research and other scholarly and creative activities and > service." > -- Collective Agreement > <https://www.ualberta.ca/human-resources-health-safety-environment/media-library/my-employment/agreements/2020-2024-collective-agreement---working-version.pdf> > 3.01 > > ------------------------------ > [image: Baptist University Logo] > > Disclaimer > > This message (including any attachments) may contain confidential > information intended for a specific individual and/or purpose. 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