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- JOBS> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 12 February - 19 February
- CFP> AAR 2018, Denver: Economics and Capitalism in the Study of Religion
- CFP > AAR 2018, Denver: Yogācāra Studies Unit
JOBS> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 12 February - 19 February
by Charles DiSimone
The
following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from12 February 2018 to 19 February 2018. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Buddhism. See the H-Net Job Guide website at
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide,
write to jobguide@mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.
ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES
Indiana State University - Assistant Professor of Asian History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56435
National Chengchi University - NCCU Sheng Yen Postdoctoral Fellowship
in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy, 2018-2019
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56452
University of Central Florida - Non-U.S. Gender History / Assistant
Professor / Posiiton Number 32293
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56441
EAST ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES
Indiana State University - Assistant Professor of Asian History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56435
Southeast Missouri State University - Assistant Professor - Modern
British History (Post-1688)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56447
JAPANESE HISTORY / STUDIES
Indiana State University - Assistant Professor of Asian History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56435
RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THEOLOGY
National Chengchi University - NCCU Sheng Yen Postdoctoral Fellowship
in Chinese Buddhist Philosophy, 2018-2019
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56452
University of Hong Kong - Non-Tenure Track Associate Professor in
Buddhist Studies in the Centre of Buddhist Studies (Ref.: 201800164)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56444
NONE
University of North Carolina - Wilmington - Director/Associate Dean -
Honors College
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56451
CFP> AAR 2018, Denver: Economics and Capitalism in the Study of Religion
by Richard Payne
Proposals for the Economics and Capitalism in the Study of
Buddhism Seminar, American Academy of Religion, 2018 meeting in Denver are now
being accepted. This will be the fourth of five years of meetings for the
seminar. Please feel free to share this with anyone you think might find the
topic, or the possibility of submitting a proposal. The seminar has announced the following topics (go here for online information from AAR: <https://papers.aarweb.org/content/economics-and-capitalism-study-buddhism-seminar>) and for links to submission process.
Statement of Purpose:
The seminar will allow an extended and focused examination of the
historical background of Buddhism in networks of exchange, under
colonialism—the previous global socio-economic system—and the present-day
effects of global, or late, capitalism with its ability to transcend
traditional national boundaries. In the same way that previous eras saw
transcontinental and transoceanic patterns of trade as agencies in the
transmission and transformation of Buddhism, there is an integral connection
between the ability of contemporary consumer capitalism to make a presence in
societies over the entirety of the globe and the technological changes that
have contributed to increasingly globalized systems of communication and
travel. There are two major areas of inquiry that the seminar explores. The
first is the economic formation of Buddhism as an institution, such as the ways
that Buddhism is represented, commodified, and marketed in capitalist society.
The second area of inquiry is the ways that economic relations and capitalism
have influenced the conception of Buddhism as an object of academic study.
Call for Papers:
The seminar in Economics and Capitalism in the Study of Buddhism
has developed three themes for paper topics for 2018:• Economics of Buddhist Utopias: Then and Now
• Creative Imaginations in Asia's Past, Present, and Future
• How Buddhists Have Responded to Capitalist Situations, Realities of Wealth and Excess, and Altering Institutions
These represent a wide range of possible topics for study, reflecting the multidimensional character of the seminar's topic. We solicit submissions from a wide range of scholarly specializations.
Method:
PAPERS (this is AAR code for the online submission system, a
secret teaching)
Process:
Proposals are anonymous to chairs and steering committee members
until after final acceptance/rejection
Leadership:
Chair- Fabio Rambelli, University of California, Santa Barbara
- Richard K. Payne, Institute of Buddhist Studies
- Charles D. Orzech, Colby
College
- Courtney Bruntz, Doane University
- James Mark Shields, Bucknell University
- Kin Cheung,
Moravian College
- Megan Bryson,
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
CFP > AAR 2018, Denver: Yogācāra Studies Unit
by Roy Tzohar
Dear colleagues,Proposals for the Yogācāra Studies Unit, American Academy of Religion, 2018 meeting in Denver are now being accepted. Please feel free to share this with anyone you might be interested in submitting a proposal.
The unit has announced the following topics (go here for online information from AAR and for links to submission process):
: https://papers.aarweb.org/content/yog%C4%81c%C4%81ra-studies-unit
Statement of Purpose:
The Yogācāra tradition within Buddhism provides the seminal basis for many forms of Mahāyāna Buddhism. Yogācāra was the preeminent Buddhist school for many centuries in India, East Asia, and Tibet. Even after its relative decline as a distinct tradition, its teachings continued to provide the basis for both the theory and practice of subsequent Buddhist Mahāyāna schools throughout Asia, and it has seen a resurgence in the 20th and 21st century in Asia, including in China, Hong Kong, Japan, and among Tibetans.
Call for Papers:
The Yogācāra Studies Unit is pleased to announce a call for papers for the 2018 Annual Meeting in Denver. We have one dedicated panel and can co-sponsor a second if another group is willing.
To date we have received three proposals for a text panel:
• The Mahāyāna-saṃgraha
(Douglas Duckworth: duckworth@temple.edu)
• Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra Chapter Two
(John Dunne: jddunne@wisc.edu)
• The Bodhisattvabhūmi
Paul Hackett: ph2046@columbia.edu)
Anyone interested in participating should contact the panel coordinator. This panel will follow the standard format from previous meetings: 7-8 minute presentations designed to stimulate discussion on issues relating to the text, followed by close reading of versions in Asian languages (Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, etc.) and expanded discussion by attendees. Copies of the selected text will be placed in a Dropbox folder for those who plan to attend.
Suggestions for co-sponsored panels:
• Yogācāra’s Influence on Korean Buddhism
(Charles Muller: acmuller@l.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
• Theory and Practice of Yoga and Bodily Disciplines in India and China
We are taking the term “yoga” in a broad sense, to include bodily disciplines, hygienic regimens, inner alchemy, breathing techniques, body maps, pursuit of physical immortality, etc. Approaches can be historical, descriptive, theoretical, etc. The goal is to begin an informed exchanged of information between scholars working on Indian yoga traditions and those working on comparable practices in China. Comparative proposals are welcome, as are proposals focusing on a single work, lineage, set of techniques, etc. from either India or China. Co-sponsored session with Indian and Chinese Religions Compared Unit, the Daoist Studies Unit, the Tantric Studies Unit, and the Yogacara Studies Unit.
Dan Lusthaus, Harvard University (lusthaus@fas.harvard.edu)
Michael Allen, Univ. of Virginia (msa2b@virginia.edu)
Method:
PAPERS https://papers.aarweb.org/content/welcome
Best wishes,
Joy Brennen and Roy Tzohar
Co-chairs, Yogācāra Studies Unit
