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- NEW BOOK> Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia: The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon
- PROGRAM> Intensive Summer Program in Classical and Aural Tibetan
- CFP> Critical Review for Buddhist Studies (CRBS)
- LECTURE> Prof. emer. Harry Falk (7, April, 2016) at Soka University
- RESOURCE> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 21 March - 28 March
- Re: LECTURE> Prof. emer. Harry Falk (7, April, 2016) at Soka University
- Re: CFP> Critical Review for Buddhist Studies (CRBS)
- WORKSHOP> Stars and Icons in East Asian Buddhism and Buddhist Art, University of Virginia, April 8, 2016
NEW BOOK> Spreading Buddha's Word in East Asia: The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon
by Jiang Wu
The
Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona is proud to
announce the publication of Spreading
Buddha's Word in East Asia: The Formation and Transformation of the
Chinese Buddhist Canon, edited by our own Professor Jiang Wu in
conjunction with Lucille Chia of the University of California
Riverside. The volume follows the making of the Chinese Buddhist canon
from the fourth century to the digital era, bringing together investigations of
the religious, social, and textual practices of canon formation in the
development of East Asian Buddhist culture. The book is published by Columbia
University Press. Please check it out at http://cup.columbia.edu/book/spreading-buddhas-word-in-east-asia/9780231171601.
Preface, by Lewis Lancaster
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Introduction, by Jiang Wu and Lucille Chia
Part I: Overview
1. The Chinese Buddhist Canon Through the Ages: Essential Categories and Critical Issues in the Study of a Textual Tradition, by Jiang Wu
2. From the "Cult of the Book" to the "Cult of the Canon": A Neglected Tradition in Chinese Buddhism, by Jiang Wu
Part II: The Formative Period
3. Notions and Visions of the Canon in Early Chinese Buddhism, by Stefano Zacchetti
4. Fei Changfang's Lidai sanbao ji and Its Role in the Formation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, by Tanya Storch
Part III: The Advent of Printing
5. The Birth of the First Printed Canon: The Kaibao Edition and Its Impact, by Jiang Wu, Lucille Chia, and Chen Zhichao
6. The Life and Afterlife of Qisha Canon, by Lucille Chia
7. Managing the Dharma Treasure: Collation, Carving, Printing, and Distribution of the Canon in Late Imperial China, by Darui Long
Part IV: The Canon Beyond China
8. Better Than the Original: The Creation of Goryeo Canon and the Formation of Giyang Pulgyo, by Jiang Wu and Ron Dziwenka
9. Taisho Canon: Devotion, Scholarship, and Nationalism in the Creation of the Modern Buddhist Canon in Japan, by Greg Wilkinson
Appendix 1. A Brief Survey of the Printed Editions of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, by Li Fuhua and He Mei
Appendix 2. The Creation of the CBETA Electronic Tripitaka Collection in Taiwan, by Aming Tu
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
Conventions
Introduction, by Jiang Wu and Lucille Chia
Part I: Overview
1. The Chinese Buddhist Canon Through the Ages: Essential Categories and Critical Issues in the Study of a Textual Tradition, by Jiang Wu
2. From the "Cult of the Book" to the "Cult of the Canon": A Neglected Tradition in Chinese Buddhism, by Jiang Wu
Part II: The Formative Period
3. Notions and Visions of the Canon in Early Chinese Buddhism, by Stefano Zacchetti
4. Fei Changfang's Lidai sanbao ji and Its Role in the Formation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, by Tanya Storch
Part III: The Advent of Printing
5. The Birth of the First Printed Canon: The Kaibao Edition and Its Impact, by Jiang Wu, Lucille Chia, and Chen Zhichao
6. The Life and Afterlife of Qisha Canon, by Lucille Chia
7. Managing the Dharma Treasure: Collation, Carving, Printing, and Distribution of the Canon in Late Imperial China, by Darui Long
Part IV: The Canon Beyond China
8. Better Than the Original: The Creation of Goryeo Canon and the Formation of Giyang Pulgyo, by Jiang Wu and Ron Dziwenka
9. Taisho Canon: Devotion, Scholarship, and Nationalism in the Creation of the Modern Buddhist Canon in Japan, by Greg Wilkinson
Appendix 1. A Brief Survey of the Printed Editions of the Chinese Buddhist Canon, by Li Fuhua and He Mei
Appendix 2. The Creation of the CBETA Electronic Tripitaka Collection in Taiwan, by Aming Tu
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jiang Wu is professor of Chinese religion
and thought in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of
Arizona. His research interests include Chinese Buddhism, especially Chan/Zen
Buddhism and the Chinese Buddhist canon; Sino-Japanese Buddhist exchanges; and
the application of GIS tools in the study of Chinese culture and religion. He
is the author of Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism
in Seventeenth-Century China and Leaving for the Rising Sun:
Chinese Zen Master Yinyuan and the Authenticity Crisis in Early Modern East
Asia.
Lucille Chia is professor of history at the
University of California at Riverside. Her research interests include Chinese
book culture, most recently the history of Buddhist publishing in imperial
China. She is the author ofPrinting for Profit: The Commercial Publishers of
Jianyang, Song-Ming (960–1644) and coeditor of Knowledge and
Text Production in an Age of Print: China, 900–1400.
PROGRAM> Intensive Summer Program in Classical and Aural Tibetan
by Ryan Damron
Dear List,The Dharmachakra Translation Center is pleased to announce our 5th annual Summer Translation School, held at Rangjung Yeshe Gomde in Northern California from June 15th to August 5th.
Our program offers intensive translator training for intermediate-level students of the Tibetan language. We train students in both textual translation and aural comprehension/oral interpreting in an immersive environment that develops the complete range of skills required for effective translation and facilitates the transition from language student to translator.
Through our affiliation with UC Berkeley’s Center for Buddhist Studies, we offer a Certificate of Completion issued by the Berkeley's Center for Buddhist Studies at the conclusion of the course.
The program has drawn students with backgrounds in the traditional study of Tibetan Buddhism, and has in the past attracted graduate students from Yale University, the University of Chicago, Emory University, and UC Berkeley.
A complete description of the program and application can be found on our website.
Please feel free to share this information with any students or colleagues you feel may be interested in the program.
Best wishes to all,
Ryan
Ryan Damron
Doctoral Candidate
Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies
University of California, Berkeley
7233 Dwinelle Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-2520
rdamron@berkeley.edu
CFP> Critical Review for Buddhist Studies (CRBS)
by Hyunjung Ryoo
Dear Colleagues,Geumgang Center for Buddhist Studies (GCBS) is calling for papers related to studies covering Indian, Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism, to be included in the publication Critical Review for Buddhist Studies (CRBS).
This publication has been issued on a semi-annual basis since February 2006. 18 volumes have been published to date by GCBS, which is based at Geumgang University in Korea. (All papers can be downloaded free of charge at http://gcbs.ggu.sc.kr/sub04_1. An English webpage is currently under construction.)
GCBS was selected and financed by the National Research Foundation (NRF) in 2007 as a 10 year project, named the Humanities Korea Project. Our agenda being, “Inspection of the Cultural Processes of Formation, Transformation and Reception with regard to the Buddhist Classical Languages and their Texts.”
Since then, we have released a volume titled, “The Foundation for Yoga Practitioners. Buddhist Yogācārabhūmi Treatise and Its adaptation in India, East Asia, and Tibet”, which was co-published by Harvard University in the Harvard Oriental Series Vol. 75.
CRBS consists of articles that were presented at conferences, guest lectures, workshops, and colloquiums. Almost half of the articles in our journal are written in foreign languages, other than Korean, such as English, Japanese and Chinese.
Consequently, our journal (despite its short history of 10 years) was nominated as a candidate for Registered Journals of the Korean Research Foundation in July 2015. Based on this momentum, the editorial board of CRBS is calling for papers that will showcase various researchers’ remarkable academic achievements.
We adopt a thorough blind peer-review system to verify submissions, and each submission is examined via the KCI (Korea Citation Index), which is supported by the NRF. Research articles will be selected for publication, from among all eligible submissions, through an impartial blind peer-review conducted by three specialists in the field.
Authors, of the papers that are selected for publication, will receive a modest remuneration.
- Submission Guideline: Concerning the style of the manuscripts, please adhere to the Chicago Manual of Style (the 15th and 16th edition). For specific exceptions, or to view a detailed guideline for our journal, please download the submission guideline of CRBS(pdf file) at http://gcbs.ggu.ac.kr/sub04_1/articles/view/tableid/sub04_1/id/744#none.
2.
Word count:- Research paper:
5,000 words~10,000 words (bibliography included)/ - Review: more or less
2,000 words
3.
Deadline: Papers, including
reviews, will be received throughout the year at criticalreviewforbs@gmail.com.
4.
Language: Please note that only
papers written in English will be considered for publication.
We welcome your continued interest, and wait with eager anticipation for
submissions from Buddhist scholars around the world. Thank you.Best wishes,
Chief editor: Seongcheol Kim
Editorial board members: Changhwan Park, Jinil Chung, Ohmin Kwon, Robert H. Sharf, Seishi Karashima, Soonil Hwang, Yeonsik Choi, Youngjin Lee.
LECTURE> Prof. emer. Harry Falk (7, April, 2016) at Soka University
by Noriyuki Kudo
Dear friends and
colleagues,
You are cordially
invited to the following lecture by
Dr. Harry FALK at
the International Research
Institute for
Advanced Buddhology, Soka University in Tokyo.
Lecturer: Prof.
em. Harry FALK (Free University of Berlin)
Theme: Buddhist
metal-smiths at work
Date and Time: 7,
April, 2016, 03:00 PM — 05:00 PM (JST)
Place: Meeting
Room 8 (12F), Grobal Square, Soka University.
Contact Phone
number: +81-(0)42-691-2695
Contact Email
Address: iriab@soka.ac.jp
All those who are
interested in the topic will be welcome.
Noriyuki Kudo
The International Research Institute for
Advanced Buddhology
Soka University
RESOURCE> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 21 March - 28 March
by Charles DiSimone
The
following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from21 March 2016 to 28 March 2016. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Buddhism. See the H-Net Job Guide website at
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide,
write to jobguide@mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.
ANTHROPOLOGY
School for Advanced Research - Director of Scholar Programs
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52780
ART AND ART HISTORY
ETH Zurich - Professor of History of Urban Design
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52769
Freie Universitaet Berlin - Wissenschaftliche MitarbeiterInnen in der
Kolleg-Forschergruppe BildEvidenz
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52764
Heidelberger Kunstverein - Der Heidelberger Kunstverein (HDKV) sucht
zum 1. Januar 2017 eine/einen kunstlerische/n Direktorin/Direktor
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52763
Les Enluminures - Art Gallery Assistant
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52771
ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES
Aarhus University - Associate professorship in Asian Studies 814886
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52755
Pacific Lutheran University - Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor
of History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52781
St. Olaf College - Visiting Professor, East Asian Religions
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52779
University of Tennessee - Knoxville - Lecturer, East Asian History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52784
DIGITAL HUMANITIES
Southern Methodist University - Postdoctoral Fellowship in the
Digital Humanities at Southern Methodist University Academic Year
2016-2017
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52765
EAST ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES
St. Olaf College - Visiting Professor, East Asian Religions
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52779
Tel Aviv University - Senior Academic Position in Asian Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52785
University of Tennessee - Knoxville - Lecturer, East Asian History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52784
JAPANESE HISTORY / STUDIES
Aarhus University - Associate professorship in Asian Studies 814886
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52755
Bates College - Visiting Assistant Professor of Japanese (R2145)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52777
Monash University - Lecturer in Japanese Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52762
St. Olaf College - Visiting Professor, East Asian Religions
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52779
RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THEOLOGY
McGill University - Director, School of Religious Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52758
St. Olaf College - Visiting Professor, East Asian Religions
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52779
University of California - Santa Barbara - Lecturer in Persian
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52770
Yale University - Post-doctoral Associate in Islamic Ethics
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52778
NONE
Pitzer College - Adjunct Professor, Health Psychology/Clinical
Psychology
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52782
Ruhr-University Bochum - Professorship for Transnational History of
the 19th Century
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52753
University of California - Berkeley - Lecturer, Interdisciplinary
Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52768
Western History Association - Western History Association seeks an
Executive Director & Institutional Sponsor
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=52772
Re: LECTURE> Prof. emer. Harry Falk (7, April, 2016) at Soka University
by Charles DiSimone
Editorial note: The hyperlink for last link for this post appears not to
have come through all the way. It does work if you cut and paste it in your
browser.Charlie
Re: CFP> Critical Review for Buddhist Studies (CRBS)
by Gregory Adam Scott
The correct URL for the included link should be:http://gcbs.ggu.ac.kr/sub04_1
My mistake for not catching it!
WORKSHOP> Stars and Icons in East Asian Buddhism and Buddhist Art, University of Virginia, April 8, 2016
by Benedetta Lomi
Dear Colleagues,
I would like to draw your attention
to the workshop “Stars and Icons in East Asian Buddhism and Buddhist Art”
that will take place at the University of Virginia on April 8, 2016. The
workshop is hosted and sponsored by the East Asia Center, in collaboration with
Art History, East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, and Study of
Religions Departments at UVA. This event is free and no registration is
required, and we hope that those of you in the Charlottesville and greater
Washington, DC, area will be able to attend.
For further information please
check the Center’s webpage or contact Elizabeth Wesner at eastasiacenter@virginia.edu
UVA East Asia Center Presents:
Stars and Icons in East Asian Buddhism and Buddhist Art
Friday, April 8, 2016, 2–6 pm
Astronomy,
astrology and image worship feature prominently in East Asian Buddhism and
Buddhist art, comingling with mythology, religious beliefs, politics,
economics, and mechanisms of social control. This workshop examines topics
relating to the worship of stars and images in East Asian Buddhism and
Buddhist art.
Programme
Panel 1: 2–3
pm
Chair and
Discussant: Dorothy Wong (UVA)
Lukas Nickel
(SOAS)
“Making and donating Buddhist figures in Six-century Shandong”
“Making and donating Buddhist figures in Six-century Shandong”
Benedetta
Lomi (UVA)
“Dipper worship, gejustu practices, and lineage disputes: Framing Rokujiten in Medieval Japan”
Break: 3–3:15 pm
Panel 2: 3:15–4:15 pm
“Dipper worship, gejustu practices, and lineage disputes: Framing Rokujiten in Medieval Japan”
Break: 3–3:15 pm
Panel 2: 3:15–4:15 pm
Chair and
Discussant: Sonam Kachru (UVA)
Wendi Adamek
(Calgary)
“Poetic and Visual Images of the Transmutations of Exemplary Death”
“Poetic and Visual Images of the Transmutations of Exemplary Death”
Dorothy Wong
(UVA)
“Modes of Iconographic Developments: Images of the Crowned Buddha in China”
Keynote Lecture: 4:30–6 pm
Lucia Dolce (SOAS)
“Buddhist Astrology in Japan: Astral Deities, Divination and Ritual Practices”
List of participants:
Wendi Adamek, Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies, University of Calgary
Lucia Dolce, Reader in Japanese Religion and Japanese, Department of Religions and Philosophies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Sonam Kachru, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Benedetta Lomi, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Virginia
Lukas Nickel, Reader in Chinese Art History and Archaeology, Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Dorothy Wong, Associate Professor, McIntire Department of Art, University of Virginia
“Modes of Iconographic Developments: Images of the Crowned Buddha in China”
Keynote Lecture: 4:30–6 pm
Lucia Dolce (SOAS)
“Buddhist Astrology in Japan: Astral Deities, Divination and Ritual Practices”
List of participants:
Wendi Adamek, Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies, University of Calgary
Lucia Dolce, Reader in Japanese Religion and Japanese, Department of Religions and Philosophies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Sonam Kachru, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia
Benedetta Lomi, Assistant Professor, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures and Cultures, University of Virginia
Lukas Nickel, Reader in Chinese Art History and Archaeology, Department of the History of Art and Archaeology, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Dorothy Wong, Associate Professor, McIntire Department of Art, University of Virginia
*Please also note the Weedon Lecture given by Lukas Nickel on April 7 (Thursday), 6–7 pm, Campbell 153, “First Emperor of China and the Wider World. Evidence for Cross-Asian Communication in the 3rd Century BC”