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- JOBS> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 9 April - 16 April
- ANNOUNCEMENT> Mangalam Research Center launches Mangalam Press
- CONFERENCE> "Seeking a Future for East Asia's Past: Sinographic Studies" at Boston University, April 27
- RESOURCE> H-Buddhism Syllabus Database
JOBS> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 9 April - 16 April
by Franz Metcalf
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 9 April 2018 to
16 April 2018. 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.ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES
Northern Arizona University - Lecturer, East Asian History, Job ID #603689, History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56684
University of British Columbia - Lecturer in Chinese Language, Literature, and Film
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56673
INTELLECTUAL HISTORY
Arizona State University - Post-doctoral Research Associate
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56679
RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THEOLOGY
University of North Florida - Jewish Studies Fellow
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56686
ANNOUNCEMENT> Mangalam Research Center launches Mangalam Press
by Jack Petranker
Mangalam Research Center is pleased to announce the formation of its own
publishing company, Mangalam Press. The new company will publish works of
academic interest; other works relating to Buddhism are published by our sister
company, Dharma Publishing. An excellent group of scholars has agreed to serve
on the Editorial Board:
José Cabezón
David Fiordalis
Natalie Gummer
Jan Nattier
Alex von Rospatt
William Waldron
Mangalam Press’ inaugural publication, which grew out of a conference held
in 2015, is Buddhist Spiritual Practices: Thinking with Pierre Hadot
on Buddhism, Philosophy, and the Path, edited by David Fiordalis. For
details and the table of contents, a flyer to pass on to your library, or to
order, please go to www.mangalampress.org.David Fiordalis
Natalie Gummer
Jan Nattier
Alex von Rospatt
William Waldron
We would be grateful if you could notify colleagues, interested parties, and your libraries about the availability of this excellent text.
Our plan is to publish 2-3 titles a year; our next project is a book on the Sixteen Arhats, with superb reproductions of thankas from Bhutan. We invite scholars to submit inquiries about possible future projects.
Jack Petranker, Director
Mangalam Research Center for Buddhist Languages
CONFERENCE> "Seeking a Future for East Asia's Past: Sinographic Studies" at Boston University, April 27
by Wiebke Denecke
Seeking a Future for East Asia’s Past: A Workshop on Sinographic
Sphere StudiesBoston University, April 27 2018
In the early twentieth century East Asia’s traditional Sinographic Sphere broke apart.
What is the future of its legacy in the early twenty-first century?
A day of visionary brainstorming with students and scholars articulating the future of their mission to recapture the region’s shared past in a divisive present
https://www.bu.edu/asian/2018/04/15/seeking-a-future-for-east-asias-past-a-workshop-on-sinographic-sphere-studies/
April 27, 2018
Boston University
Location: 745 Commonwealth Avenue, School of Theology, Room B 23
Time: 8.30 am – 6.30 pm
Sponsored by BU Center for the Humanities, BU Center for the Study of Asia, World Languages and Literatures (WLL); BU College of Arts and Sciences
PROGRAM
Friday, April 27
8.30 am Registration
8.45 am WELCOME
Wiebke Denecke
9 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Victor Mair (University of Pennsylvania):
“Sinographic Sphere Studies: Problems, Prospects, and Priorities”
9.45 am SESSION 1
Conceptualizing “East Asia”: Master Narratives, Terminologies, Translation Issues
11.30 am COFFEE BREAK
11.45 am SESSION 2
Hot Spots in the Study of “East Asia”: Past, Present, Future
1.30 pm LUNCH
2.30 SESSION 3
Academic Study of “East Asia”: Institutional Realities, Obstacles, Opportunities
4.15 COFFEE BREAK
4.30 SESSION 4
Teaching and Communicating “East Asia”: Pedagogy, Publishing and the Public Sphere
6.15 Closing Remarks
SPEAKERS
Victor Mair (keynote speaker) (University of Pennsylvania)
Wiebke Denecke (Boston University)
Matthew Fraleigh (Brandeis University)
Terry Kawashima (University of Massachusetts, Boston)
Ross King (University of British Columbia)
Jeffrey Niedermaier (Yale University)
Sinae Park (Harvard University)
Brian Steininger (Princeton University)
Keith Taylor (Cornell University)
Xin Wei (BU, Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow)
Min Jung You (Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul)
RESOURCE> H-Buddhism Syllabus Database
by Constance Kassor
Dear Colleagues,H-Buddhism is now maintaining a syllabus database, which can be found here: https://networks.h-net.org/node/1718462. You can also navigate to the database from the H-Buddhism homepage on H-Net by clicking on the "Resources" tab and scrolling down to "Teaching Resources."
If you would like to contribute any of your own course syllabi to this collection, please send them as email attachments to constance.e.kassor@lawrence.edu. Additionally, include a few keywords that describe your course (e.g., introductory, Tibet, Buddhist ethics).
Please note that H-Buddhism, like all H-Net networks, publishes on an open access model, meaning that all content shared is freely available on the web.
Thank you,
Constance Kassor
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, Lawrence University
Main Hall 411 | 920-832-7177 | http://constancekassor.net
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