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- CFP> Buddhist Pedagogy Seminar of 2020 AAR
- NEW BOOK> "Many Buddhas, One Buddha: A Study and Translation of Avadānaśataka 1-40," Naomi Appleton
CFP> Buddhist Pedagogy Seminar of 2020 AAR
by Gloria Chien
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Type:
Call for Papers
Date:
March 5, 2020
Location:
Washington, United States
Subject Fields:
Teaching and Learning, Religious Studies and Theology
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
The Buddhist Pedagogy Seminar
call for papers for the 2020 AAR is open, and can be found here:
The deadline for submission
is Monday, March 2, 2020, 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Based on
participants’ suggestions, we will have one paper session (submit proposal
through Papers system) and one round table discussion (submit through
email). We are looking forward to receiving your proposals for either
format and to seeing you in Boston!
Best Regards,Gloria Chien
Call for Papers
The Buddhist Pedagogy Seminar welcomes papers on
any aspect of pedagogy for teaching Buddhism. In our second year, we plan to
have one session for regular paper presentations and one session for roundtable
discussion.
The paper session will focus on investigating how
our choice of textbooks influences the way we present historical complexity and
contemporary diversity to our students. We invite scholars who are currently
teaching Buddhism or related subjects to share their current research and
teaching insights about the offering of textbooks on Buddhism. In addition, we
also welcome paper proposals that examine but are not limited to these topics:
syllabus design, Buddhism and film or popular culture, decolonizing pedagogies
based on non-Western voices, teaching Buddhism along with other religions in a
survey course in higher education, application of pedagogies in a Buddhist
studies classroom, pedagogy in contemporary Buddhist monasteries, and teaching
Buddhism in K-12. Please send your paper proposal through AAR’s PAPERS System.
The roundtable
discussion aims to offer a platform that scholars can use to exchange critical
reflections on teaching Buddhism in higher education. Each presenter will have
approximately ten minutes to present a specific assignment, assessment method,
class activity, or other strategies that help students understand Buddhism.
Please send your proposal in 350 words to Gloria Chien at chien@gonzaga.edu.
Label your file as RoundtableFirstnameLastname, such as RoundtableGloriaChien.
Leadership
Chair
Gloria I-Ling Chien
Trung Huynh
Steering
Committee
Ben Van Overmeire
Beverley Foulks McGuire
Jonathan Young
Todd T. Lewis
Contact Info:
Gloria (I-Ling) Chien, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Religious Studies
Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA 99258
509-313-6780
Contact Email:
URL:
NEW BOOK> "Many Buddhas, One Buddha: A Study and Translation of Avadānaśataka 1-40," Naomi Appleton
by Naomi Appleton
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce that my
new book on the first 40 stories of the Avadānaśataka is out in the coming
weeks and available to order now at a special discount from the publisher - see
below.
The stories are enormous fun and I
do hope that colleagues will enjoy reading and teaching with them!
With best wishes,
Naomi
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Dr Naomi Appleton, SFHEA
Senior Lecturer in Asian Religions
School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
naomi.appleton@ed.ac.uk
www.naomiappleton.wordpress.com
Dr Naomi Appleton, SFHEA
Senior Lecturer in Asian Religions
School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh
naomi.appleton@ed.ac.uk
www.naomiappleton.wordpress.com
Many Buddhas, One Buddha
A Study and Translation of Avadānaśataka 1-40
Naomi Appleton, University of Edinburgh
256pp
HB, PB
and e-PDF available
The Avadānaśataka is a centrally important text for
understanding non-Mahāyāna Sanskrit Buddhism. Naomi’s introduction presents
some significant new points about the work as a whole and her translation is
accurate, and closely follows the syntax and phrasing of the original Sanskrit.
Yet the English flows easily. In my opinion, this a wonderful achievement, for
it gives the reader a feel for the way such Buddhist legends sound—how they are
worded and put together—in addition to what they mean. This volume will be well
received by scholars in the discipline and much appreciated by students and
general readers with an interest in Buddhism or just in some good stories.
John S. Strong, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Bates College
John S. Strong, Charles A. Dana Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, Bates College
For more information and to order at 25% off using the code BUDDHAS visit the book page:
