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- CFP> Holmes Welch and the Study of Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China Seminar, AAR in San Antonio, November 2016
- RESOURCE> Update report for the Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, January 2016 (Muller)
CFP> Holmes Welch and the Study of Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China Seminar, AAR in San Antonio, November 2016
Dear colleagues,The co-chairs of the Holmes Welch and the Study of Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China Seminar of the American Academy of Religion would like to invite paper proposals for its next meeting in San Antonio in November, 2016.
This seminar celebrates the significant scholarly contributions made by Holmes Welch (1924-1981) to the study of twentieth-century Chinese Buddhism, and also explores how we might advance the field beyond the boundaries and scope of his original ideas through the use of new sources and methodologies. The final goal of this seminar is to produce 1-2 special issues of academic journals covering the major aspects of Welch's work, in which contributors will update his findings and approaches with their own cutting-edge scholarship.
Call for Papers:
We invite papers on any aspect of Welch's work on early modern Chinese
Buddhism, but are especially interested in papers that complement those
presented at previous meetings of the seminar. Topics we would especially like
to see this year include lay Buddhism, women and gender in Chinese
Buddhism, regional differences in Chinese Buddhism, transnational Chinese
Buddhist networks in SE Asia, and the impact of Welch's writings on scholarship
in China or Japan. Papers will ideally combine an analysis of Welch's
research work and approach to the study of Chinese religions with new research
that points to new directions in the field.Seminar participants will complete their full papers in advance of the annual meeting and upload them to the AAR website, where registered members will be able to read them in advance of the seminar. The meeting will be devoted to a brief summary of participant papers followed by an open discussion of their contents. Paper proposals should be submitted to AAR's PAPERS system.
Please feel free to contact either of us with inquiries about applying to participate in this year's meeting.
Seminar Co-chairs
Gregory Adam Scott <gregory.scott@ed.ac.uk>
Erik Hammerstrom <hammerej@plu.edu>
RESOURCE> Update report for the Digital Dictionary of Buddhism, January 2016 (Muller)
Dear Colleagues,The January 2016 monthly update report for the Digital Dictionary of Buddhism is here:
http://mailmanlist.net/pipermail/ddb-cjkve-user/2016-January/000057.html
Regards,
Chuck
