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NEW BOOK > Sacred Objects in Secular Spaces: Exhibiting Asian Religions in Museums.
I am happy to announce publication of a new book. The volume includes 8 black & white and 32 color images, and is now available (and currently discounted in price) in paperback, hardback, and e-book formats. Details and the first 20 pages or so can be found on the Bloomsbury's website, along with an additional 38 color images: http://bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/widgets/9781472590824/sullivan.htmlThe contributors and I hope that you find it interesting.
Sacred Objects in Secular Spaces: Exhibiting Asian Religions in Museums.
Edited by Bruce M. Sullivan (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2015).
1. What Do Indian Images Really Want? A Biographical Approach
Richard H. Davis, Professor, Religion and Asian Studies, Bard College
2. Under the Gaze of Kali: Exhibitionism in the Kalighat Painting Exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art
Deepak Sarma, Professor of Religious Studies, Case Western Reserve University
3. Reconsecrating the Icons: The New Phenomenon of Yoga in Museums
Bruce M. Sullivan, Professor, Comparative Study of Religions & Asian Studies, Northern Arizona University
4. Sikh Museuming
Anne Murphy, Associate Professor, Dept. of Asian Studies, University of British Columbia
5. Planning the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Gallery of Buddhist Sculpture, 2009–2014
John Clarke, Curator of the Himalayan and Southeast Asian collections in the Victoria &
Albert Museum
6. Entering the Virtual Mandala: Transformative Environments in Hybrid Spaces
Jeff Durham, Assistant Curator of Himalayan Art, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
7. Discovery and Display: Case Studies from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Denise Patry Leidy, Curator of Asian Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
8. Mapping Cultures, Digital Exhibitions, Learning Networks: Creative Collaborations at Austin College and the Crow Collection of Asian Art
Ivette M. Vargas-O’Bryan, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Austin College
9. Curating Asian Religious Objects in the Exhibition Sacred Word and Image: Five World Religions
Janet Baker, Curator of Asian Art, Phoenix Art Museum
10. World Religions Museums: Dialogue, Domestication, and the Sacred Gaze
Charles D. Orzech, Reader in Religion, Conflict & Transition, School of Critical Studies, University of Glasgow
11. Detritus to Treasure: Memory, Metonymy, and the Museum
Michael Willis, Curator of Early South Asian and Himalayan Collections, The British Museum
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Prof. Bruce M. Sullivan
Comparative Study of Religions
Northern Arizona University
