[Tlc] TLC-Buddhism conference

[justinm at ucr.edu]

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Buddhism without Borders: Contemporary Developments in Buddhism in  
the West
Keynote Speaker: Thomas A. Tweed

The Institute of Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce the  
"Buddhism without Borders" conference and seeks papers that offer  
new, critical, and creative approaches to the study of Buddhism in  
the West, understood as part of a larger global religious movement.

This conference seeks to explore contemporary and historical  
developments of Buddhist thought and practice in American Buddhisms,  
Buddhisms in the West, or Buddhisms outside Asia. How has the  
Buddhist tradition been shaped by the transnational movement of  
peoples, diasporas, or immigration? How has the rise of global  
communication, tourism, and capitalism affected the way Buddhism is  
understood, taught, and practiced? How do we define "modern"  
Buddhism? The West? Or even "Buddhism" itself in an increasingly  
globalized world?

These and other themes will be explored in a series of panels held at  
the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Berkeley, CA, March 19–21, 2010.

Tentative panels include:
Modernity and tradition in Buddhisms in the West
The adaptation of Buddhism in response to globalization, modernity,  
and new cultural environments
Buddhist practice and ritual in North America, the West, or outside Asia
Gender in Western Buddhisms
Buddhist political movements, socially engaged Buddhism
Buddhism as commodity, popular Buddhisms
The development of Buddhist organizations in the West
Race, class, and Western Buddhisms

Please send abstract submissions by June 1, 2009 to the organizers:

Dr. Scott Mitchell (scott at shin-ibs.edu) Natalie F. Quli (natalie at shin- 
ibs.edu)

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