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- WORKSHOP> Burmese Nissaya Reading
Workshop with Willian Pruitt, University of Toronto, May 4-6, 2018
- JOURNAL> Journal of World
Buddhist Cultures vol.1
- LECTURE / SEMINAR> "Rebirth
Narratives in Buddhist Literature, Images, and Landscapes of the
Northwestern Borderlands" (Jason Neelis): SOAS, 3-5 May)
by Christoph Emmrich
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the
University of Toronto presents
Nissaya Reading Workshop
with William Pruitt, University of Toronto, May 4-6, 2018
Department for the Study of Religion
Jackman Humanities Building
170,
St. George Street, Room JHB 318
Composed in a range of Southeast Asian literary idioms, nissayas comment on
works in Pali, ranging from simple word-by-word glosses to elaborate
commentarial and sub-commentarial disquisitions. These linguistically hybrid
texts have been used as reference works and pedagogical tools for centuries and
have shaped both the transmission of Buddhism and the development of languages
and their literatures throughout the region. Knowing how to read nissayas is
key to understanding Southeast Asian Buddhism and literary culture. Burma has
produced a particularly rich literature, alive and growing right up to the
present date.
William Pruitt, author of
Étude linguistique de nissaya birmans (Presses
de l'École franc̜aise d' Extrême-Orient, 1994) and a leading expert in the
field, will be walking workshop participants through excerpts of a Burmese
nissaya on the
Milindapañha (“The Questions of King
Milinda”), a Pali text from northwestern South Asia, that has enjoyed a special
status in Burma. Sections of a printed version of the
text, manuscript reproductions, and a transcription of select passages
will be shared with the participants to enable them to navigate the text and to
translate passages into English. Participants, who should bring with them
some knowledge of Pali and/or Burmese, will meet for a total of eleven hours
distributed over three days. The workshop will be framed by an introductory
lecture to the genre from Dr. Pruitt and by a concluding report on an ongoing
Burmese manuscript digitization and archiving project.
Two small bursaries of Canadian $500 each are available for students
travelling from outside Toronto.
Organizers: Christoph Emmrich and Anthony Scott
For registration, a detailed programme, reading materials, travel grant
application, and for general inquiries, please contact Anthony Scott at
anthony.scott@utoronto.ca.
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Christoph Emmrich
Associate Professor, Buddhist Studies
Director, Centre for South Asian Studies
at the Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs
Chair, Numata Program UofT/McMaster
University of Toronto
http://www.religion.utoronto.ca/people/faculty/christoph-emmrich/
Department for the Study of Religion
University of Toronto
Jackman Humanities Building, R.203
170
St. George Street
Toronto,
Ontario M5R 2M8, Canada
+416.978.6463 (o), +416.978.1610 (f)
http://religion.utoronto.ca/people/faculty/christoph-emmrich/
Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS)
Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs
North Building, R.106
1
Devonshire Place
Toronto,
ON M5S 3K7, Canada
Tel.: (416) 978-6463
http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csas/about/
Private:
18
Claxton Boulevard
Toronto,
ON 6C 1L8, Canada
+1-416-317-2662 (c)
christoph.emmrich@utoronto.ca
by Takahiko Kameyama
Dear friends and colleagues,
On behalf of the Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures at Ryukoku
University, I am pleased to announce the publication of
Journal of World
Buddhist Cultures (Jp.
Sekai bukkyō bunka kenkyū) vol.1. The
whole journal and each article are now available on the following website
of the Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures. (
http://rcwbc.ryukoku.ac.jp/publications/e-journal.html)
Table of Contents is as follows:
Hua Sun, "Mingshan Temple in Anyue in Sichuan Province and Liu Benzun
Religious Sect" (in Japanese, translated by Manning Li)
Kensuke Okamoto, "Paintings of Princess Muktālatā’s Conversion
Story: A Comparative Study of the
Shakuson Eden and the Rtag
brtan Phun tshogs gling Monastery’s Mural" (in English)
Satomi Hiyama, "Untangling the Textiles in the Murals: A Study on the
Monks' Robes Depicted in the First Indo-Iranian Style Paintings of
Kucha" (in English)
Myokaku Kominami, "The Buddhist Scriptures Collected by Jikakudaishi
Ennin (
慈覚大師円仁)
in Chang an (Tang): A Reconsideration on the Collecting Activities Viewed from
His Diary" (in Japanese)
Aaron Proffitt, "The Esoteric
Nenbutsu Thought of Dōhan:
Kenmitsu
Culture and Esoteric Pure Land Buddhism" (in Japanese)
Yusho Wakahara, "The Four Embracing Practices (saṅgrahavastu): From
their Origin and Development in India to Dogen’s Appreciation" (in
English)
In addition, the Inaugural preparatory issue of
Journal of World
Buddhist Cultures is also available on the same website.
Sincerely yours,
Takahiko Kameyama
Ryukoku University, Japan
by Yael Shiri
Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the
last SOAS Buddhist Forum event of this academic year:
'Rebirth Narratives in
Buddhist Literature, Images, and Landscapes of the Northwestern
Borderlands', a lecture by Prof. Jason Neelis of Wilfrid Laurier
University.
Date: Thursday, 3 May 2018Time: 5:30
– 7:00 PMVenue: SOAS,
Paul Webley Wing (Senate House) Room: S209
As always, you will also have
the opportunity to attend a seminar* led by Prof. Neelis on the following
Saturday:
'Buddhist Inscriptions and
Petroglyphs of the Upper Indus Transit Zone in Northern Pakistan'
Date: 5
May 2018Time: 10:00
AM – 1:00 PM.
Venue: SOAS,
Paul Webley Wing (Senate House) Room: S211
You can find further details on these events
on our website and Facebook page.
*Both events are free and all
are welcome, but registration is required for the seminar. To register, please
email ys13@soas.ac.uk
About the speaker:
Jason Neelis, Associate
Professor, Religion and Culture Department, Wilfrid Laurier University (Waterloo,
Ontario, Canada), is currently visiting Vienna University as a Numata Buddhist
Studies Chair. In Early
Buddhist Transmission and Trade Networks (Brill 2011) and in
other publications, he seeks to understand patterns of early Buddhist
transmission in historical, economic and material contexts with an emphasis on
issues related to processes of cross-cultural mobility and exchange. He
coordinated a project on Buddhist rebirth narratives in literary and visual
cultures of Gandhara with support from a collaborative research grant from the
Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation for Buddhist Studies and is co-editing avadānas in 1st century CE
Gāndhārī manuscripts of the British Library collection with Timothy Lenz. He
directs a recently initiated project on Upper Indus Petroglyphs and
Inscriptions in Northern Pakistan: A partnership for cultural heritage
preservation and promotion, funded by a Partnership Development Grant from the
Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Kind regards,
Yael Shiri, Student Assistant at the SOAS Centre of Buddhist
Studies (University of London)
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