[Tlc] TLC-Buddhism conference

[justinm at ucr.edu]

Forwarded from Geoff Wade And Tansen Sen.
Thanks,
justin

Please circulate the following CFP notice among your colleagues.

Thank,

Tansen

 

Conference on
BUDDHISM ACROSS ASIA:
NETWORKS OF MATERIAL, INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE
February 16-18, 2009
Hosted by
Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore


Proposals are invited for papers based on original research and using primary sources on any of the following themes:

1. Education and centers of learning (such as, but not limited to, Taxila, Nalanda, Vallabhi, Mathura, Bairam-Ali, Srivijaya, Dunhuang, Changʼan, Hangzhou, etc.);

 2. The transmission and translation of ideas and texts;

 3. Buddhism and local cultures: assimilation, conflict and absorption;

4. Buddhism, statecraft, and material culture;

5. Excavating Buddhism: the role of archeology in understanding the history of Buddhism;

6. Buddhist rituals and ceremonies across cultures;

7. Cross-currents in Buddhist art and architecture;

8. Anthropologies of Buddhism in Asia;

9. Contemporary Buddhism and Buddhist Institutions in Asia.

Paper proposals will be evaluated on the basis of research excellence and conformity to the preceding conference themes.
The Proposal Submission Form is available at http://www.iseas.edu.sg/baacproposal.doc

Submission of Proposal: July 1, 2008.

Announcement of accepted proposals: September 1, 2008.

Submission of Conference papers: December 1, 2008.

Organizing Committee:
Ambassador  K. Kesavapany 
  	Chair
(Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)
Chen Jinhua      	(University of British Columbia)
John R. McRae    	(Komazawa University)
Tansen Sen    	(City University of New York)
Peter Skilling      	(EFEO, Bangkok)
Wang Bangwei    	(Peking University)
Vijay Sakhuja   	(Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)
Jayati Bhattacharya    	(Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu