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1. WORKSHOP> Burmese Nissaya Reading Workshop with Willian Pruitt, University of Toronto, May 4-6, 2018
2. JOURNAL> Journal of World Buddhist Cultures vol.1
3. LECTURE / SEMINAR> "Rebirth Narratives in Buddhist Literature, Images, and Landscapes of the Northwestern Borderlands" (Jason Neelis): SOAS, 3-5 May)

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WORKSHOP> Burmese Nissaya Reading Workshop with Willian Pruitt, University of Toronto, May 4-6, 2018

by Christoph Emmrich

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto presents
Nissaya Reading Workshop
with William Pruitt, University of Toronto, May 4-6, 2018
Department for the Study of Religion
Jackman Humanities Building 170, St. George Street, Room JHB 318
Composed in a range of Southeast Asian literary idioms, nissayas comment on works in Pali, ranging from simple word-by-word glosses to elaborate commentarial and sub-commentarial disquisitions. These linguistically hybrid texts have been used as reference works and pedagogical tools for centuries and have shaped both the transmission of Buddhism and the development of languages and their literatures throughout the region. Knowing how to read nissayas is key to understanding Southeast Asian Buddhism and literary culture. Burma has produced a particularly rich literature, alive and growing right up to the present date.
William Pruitt, author of Étude linguistique de nissaya birmans (Presses de l'École franc̜aise d' Extrême-Orient, 1994) and a leading expert in the field, will be walking workshop participants through excerpts of a Burmese nissaya on the Milindapañha (“The Questions of King Milinda”), a Pali text from northwestern South Asia, that has enjoyed a special status in Burma. Sections of a printed version of the text, manuscript reproductions, and a transcription of select passages will be shared with the participants to enable them to navigate the text and to translate passages into English. Participants, who should bring with them some knowledge of Pali and/or Burmese, will meet for a total of eleven hours distributed over three days. The workshop will be framed by an introductory lecture to the genre from Dr. Pruitt and by a concluding report on an ongoing Burmese manuscript digitization and archiving project.
Two small bursaries of Canadian $500 each are available for students travelling from outside Toronto.
Organizers: Christoph Emmrich and Anthony Scott
For registration, a detailed programme, reading materials, travel grant application, and for general inquiries, please contact Anthony Scott at anthony.scott@utoronto.ca.
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Christoph Emmrich
Associate Professor, Buddhist Studies
Director, Centre for South Asian Studies
at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs
Chair, Numata Program UofT/McMaster
University of Toronto
http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/people/faculty/christoph-emmrich/
Department for the Study of Religion
University of Toronto
Jackman Humanities Building, R.203
170 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario M5R 2M8, Canada
+416.978.6463 (o), +416.978.1610 (f)
http://religion.utoronto.ca/people/faculty/christoph-emmrich/
Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs
North Building, R.106
1 Devonshire Place
Toronto, ON M5S 3K7, Canada
Tel.: (416) 978-6463
http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csas/about/
Private: 18 Claxton Boulevard
Toronto, ON 6C 1L8, Canada
+1-416-317-2662 (c)
christoph.emmrich@utoronto.ca

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JOURNAL> Journal of World Buddhist Cultures vol.1

by Takahiko Kameyama

Dear friends and colleagues,
On behalf of the Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures at Ryukoku University, I am pleased to announce the publication of Journal of World Buddhist Cultures (Jp. Sekai bukkyō bunka kenkyū) vol.1. The whole journal and each article are now available on the following website of the Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures. (http://rcwbc.ryukoku.ac.jp/publications/e-journal.html)
Table of Contents is as follows:
Hua Sun, "Mingshan Temple in Anyue in Sichuan Province and Liu Benzun Religious Sect" (in Japanese, translated by Manning Li)
Kensuke Okamoto, "Paintings of Princess Muktālatā’s Conversion Story: A Comparative Study of the Shakuson Eden and the Rtag brtan Phun tshogs gling Monastery’s Mural" (in English)
Satomi Hiyama, "Untangling the Textiles in the Murals: A Study on the Monks' Robes Depicted in the First Indo-Iranian Style Paintings of Kucha" (in English)
Myokaku Kominami, "The Buddhist Scriptures Collected by Jikakudaishi Ennin (慈覚大師円仁) in Chang an (Tang): A Reconsideration on the Collecting Activities Viewed from His Diary" (in Japanese)
Aaron Proffitt, "The Esoteric Nenbutsu Thought of Dōhan: Kenmitsu Culture and Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism" (in Japanese)
Yusho Wakahara, "The Four Embracing Practices (saṅgrahavastu): From their Origin and Development in India to Dogen’s Appreciation" (in English)
In addition, the Inaugural preparatory issue of Journal of World Buddhist Cultures is also available on the same website.
Sincerely yours,
Takahiko Kameyama
Ryukoku University, Japan

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LECTURE / SEMINAR> "Rebirth Narratives in Buddhist Literature, Images, and Landscapes of the Northwestern Borderlands" (Jason Neelis): SOAS, 3-5 May)

by Yael Shiri

Dear colleagues, 

I am pleased to announce the last SOAS Buddhist Forum event of this academic year:

'Rebirth Narratives in Buddhist Literature, Images, and Landscapes of the Northwestern Borderlands', a lecture by Prof. Jason Neelis of Wilfrid Laurier University. 

Date: Thursday, 3 May 2018Time: 5:30 – 7:00 PMVenue: SOAS, Paul Webley Wing (Senate House) Room: S209

As always, you will also have the opportunity to attend a seminar* led by Prof. Neelis on the following Saturday:

'Buddhist Inscriptions and Petroglyphs of the Upper Indus Transit Zone in Northern Pakistan'

Date: 5 May 2018Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.

Venue: SOAS, Paul Webley Wing (Senate House) Room: S211

You can find further details on these events on our website and Facebook page.

*Both events are free and all are welcome, but registration is required for the seminar. To register, please email ys13@soas.ac.uk

About the speaker:

Jason Neelis, Associate Professor, Religion and Culture Department, Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada), is currently visiting Vienna University as a Numata Buddhist Studies Chair. In Early Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks (Brill 2011) and in other publications, he seeks to understand patterns of early Buddhist transmission in historical, economic and material contexts with an emphasis on issues related to processes of cross-cultural mobility and exchange. He coordinated a project on Buddhist rebirth narratives in literary and visual cultures of Gandhara with support from a collaborative research grant from the Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation for Buddhist Studies and is co-editing avadānas in 1st century CE Gāndhārī manuscripts of the British Library collection with Timothy Lenz. He directs a recently initiated project on Upper Indus Petroglyphs and Inscriptions in Northern Pakistan: A partnership for cultural heritage preservation and promotion, funded by a Partnership Development Grant from the Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Kind regards, 

Yael Shiri, Student Assistant at the SOAS Centre of Buddhist Studies (University of London)

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