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Dear Friends and Colleagues, I would like to alert you to our upcoming conference "Buddhist Modernities": Time and place: Dec 3, 2013 10:00-16:30 and Dec 4, 2013, 10:00-17:00, Undervisningsrom 3, Georg Sverdrups hus, Moltke Moes vei 39 Program: PRE-CONFERENCE film screening: Dec 2nd, 16:15-18:00, Eilert Sund's hus, Auditorium 4: "The Buddha's Forgotten Nuns", followed by a discussion with Bhante Sujato. DAY 1 – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3rd 10:00-10:30 Ute Hüsken: Introduction 10:45-11:30 Fabio Rambelli: Confronting Modernity, Embracing Modernity: Sada Kaiseki and Itō Shōshin; respondent: Mark Teeuwen 11:30-12:15 Richard Jaffe: Global Waves on Ōmura Bay: The English Translation of the Vimuttimagga and Japanese-Sri Lankan Buddhist Exchange; respondent: Aike Rots 13:15-14:00 Kim Hwansoo: Seeking Political Favors: The Korean Buddhist Nationalist Paek Yongsŏng’s (1864-1940) Relationship with the Japanese Colonizer Abe Mitsuie (1862-1936) in the mid-1910’s; respondent: Vladimir Tikhonov 14:00-14:45 Iselin Frydenlund: Buddhist pacifism: a modern construct?; respondent: Theresia Hofer 15:00-15:45 Vladimir Tikhonov: Militarized Masculinity with Buddhist Characteristics – Buddhist Chaplains and their Role in the South Korean Army; respondent: Halvor Eifring 15:45-16:30 Film pre-screening: Saving Mes Aynak - a documentary by Brent Huffman DAY 2 – WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4th 10:00-10:45 David Gellner: Buddhist Belonging as Political Statement in Nepal and Beyond; respondent: Axel Strøm 10:45-11:30 Nicola Schneider: Negotiating education for Tibetan nuns: the issue of geshema degree (“female doctor in Buddhist philosophy”); respondent: Koen Wellens 11:30-12:15 James Shields: Warp and Woof : Japanese New Buddhist Reconfiguring of Buddhism and/as “Religion”; respondent: Valeria Gazizowa 13:15-14:00 Antonio Terrone: Xiang gen Khandro and the New Chinese “Journey-ing to the West”: Ethnicity, Colonialism, and Hybrid Modernities; respondent: Astrid Hovden 14:00-14:45 Hanna Havnevik: New Buddhist temples and "self-made" religious leaders in contemporary Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.; respondent: Mark Teeuwen 15:00-15:45 Ute Hüsken: Buddhist women confronting Buddhist modernities; respondent: Jens Braarvig 15:45-17:00 Mark Teeuwen: Discussion about book project All are welcome to join the conference! Best wishes Ute Huesken ----------------------------------- Ute Hüsken Professor of Sanskrit Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages University of Oslo Faculty of Humanities P.O. Box 1010 Blindern N-0315 Oslo Norway Room 387, P.A. Munch's Building phone: +47 22 85 48 16 telefax: +47 22 85 48 28 ute.huesken@ikos.uio.no http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/personer/vit/uteh/index.html Co-editor, Oxford Ritual Studies Series (http://ritualstudies.com/oxford-ritual-studies-series/) Head of the "Kanchipuram Research Project" (http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/projects/kancipuram/index.html) Organizer of the Oslo Buddhist Studies Forum (OBSF) (http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/research/network/obsf/events/) podcasts of the OBSF lectures (http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/forskning/nettverk/obsf/podcast/) Member of the International Beirat of Paragrana. The International Review of Historical Anthropology Former co-chair of the Steering Committee, Ritual Studies Group, American Academy of Religion (http://rsnonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=424&Itemid=502) ---------------------------------------------- H-Buddhism (Buddhist Scholars Information Network) Web Site: http://www.h-net.org/~buddhism Posting Guidelines: http://www.h-net.org/~buddhism/posting_guidelines.html Account Handling: http://h-net.msu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=h-buddhism Bibliography Project: https://www.zotero.org/groups/h-buddhism_bibliography_project/items H-Net Job Guide: https://www.h-net.org/jobs/home.php --
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