Please permit me to announce the formation of an electronic list for
Shinto studies, whether pre-modern, modern or contemporary. The name
of the list is Shinto-ISSA. Here is the list information:
The list carries announcements and discussion relating to the academic
study of Shinto. It also provides information about the activities of
the International Shinto Studies Association (ISSA). ISSA is a
non-profit organization with a legal base in Japan which arranges
seminars and conferences both in Japan and abroad.
We do not expect a lot of traffic, and even if your interest in Shinto
is tangential you may find it worthwhile to join.
The International Shinto Studies Association is known in Japanese as
神道国際学会 and has an academic orientation. (It should be distinguished
from the International Shinto Foundation (ISF).) It is not necessary
to be a member of ISSA to register for the list, which is based at the
University of Marburg in Germany. The main languages used will
presumably be English and Japanese.
If anyone would like to join this list, please send me a simple mail request:
"please subscribe
and I will add you to the membership.
With all best wishes, Michael Pye
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Professor (em.) of the Study of Religions, University of Marburg
Research Associate in Buddhist Studies, Otani University, Kyoto
