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CONFERENCE> 2020 ASPAC Conference
by Michael Skinner
Posting on behalf of the 2020 ASPAC conference committee:
ASPAC 2020 Conference University of Hawaii at Hilo
June 12-13, 2020
Theme: “Asia: Our Global Future”
Aloha!
The
Organizing Committee of Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC) 2020 at
University of Hawaii at Hilo invites college and university faculty, K-12
teachers, independent scholars and graduate and undergraduate students with an
interest in Asian or Asian diaspora studies to submit proposals for organized
panels, roundtable discussions, individual papers or poster presentations on
historical or contemporary topics in the humanities, arts, social sciences,
education, health, law, business, environmental sciences or other disciplines
related to Asia and the Asian diaspora.
We
especially welcome proposals that connect theory, method, or practice to
contemporary or historical questions related to the role of Asia in shaping Our
Global Future. We look forward to wide-ranging discussions of
diverse subjects such as economic, political, and cultural relations;
environmental challenges and solutions; urban and rural transformations; borders
and borderlands as conduits or barriers to social, economic, or geographic
mobility; multiculturalism within a global framework; diverse
forms—technological, political, economic, cultural, educational—of
communication, exchange, and cross-fertilization; and diverse
responses—political, social, literary, artistic—to demographic, environmental,
political, and technological change.
Early submission and notification.
The early submission deadline is on
December 31, 2019. Early submission is intended mainly for international
applicants who need a letter of invitation for visa purposes. Notification of
acceptance will be sent by January 31, 2020.
Regular submission and
notification.
Regular
submission deadline is on February 29, 2020. Notification of acceptance will be
sent by March 31, 2020.
Please send
submissions and queries to 2020aspac@gmail.com
Conference
Website.
Mahalo!
QUERY> Early images representing the Bodhisattva's path
by Joy Brennan
Dear Colleagues,A colleague of mine who is not on H-Buddhism asked me to post the following query. I will forward any replies I receive to him.
"I am writing the introduction for a literary publication about the Ten Oxherding Pictures. I don't know of any earlier examples in Buddhism of the bodhisattva path portrayed in pictures, although I am not sure about this. Do you know of any before the 11th or 12th century, for example of Sudhana in the Gandavyuha? And is Sudhana's journey considered equivalent to the bodhisattva path? I know about the earlier versions of the Oxherding pictures."
I have already learned that none of the Dunhuang images of the Huayan jing do include images of Sudhana's journey. Any other information related to the question of whether there are images representing the Bodhisattva's path prior to the Oxherding Pictures would be greatly appreciated.
Joy Brennan (brennanj@kenyon.edu)
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Kenyon College
