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- COURSE > Intensive Sanskrit Mahidol August 2018
- CFP> IBS Graduate Student Symposium 2018
- SUMMER PROGRAM> An International and Intensive Program on Buddhism at UBC
COURSE > Intensive Sanskrit Mahidol August 2018
by Mattia Salvini
Intensive Sanskrit (50 hours) August 6th-17th
2018The course focuses on Buddhist vocabulary and examples and makes ample use of traditional grammatical categories. Each day will begin with a session of group chanting: proper pronunciation, as well as consistent recitation, will be emphasized. The basic characteristics of different genres (philosophy, literature, etc.) will be briefly introduced, including simple principles of prosody.
Venue: International PhD Programme in Buddhist Studies, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Mahidol University, Salaya Campus, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand (Room to be decided)
Instructors: Dr Mattia Salvini, Mr Bibek Sharma, Dr Torsten Gerloff, Prof. Kengo Harimoto, Dr Giuliano Giustarini
Prerequisites: everyone is welcome, whether complete beginners or Sanskrit students who wish to refresh their knowledge. Prospective participants should start reciting Sanskrit regularly on their own by repeating what they will find in the following youtube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLph337Gpl3yRwFjSZB3-w6zHCxmbFF0ro
Fee: Free of cost
Accommodation: we recommend Bundit House, simple and affordable (around 700 tbh/night) one-room flats near the campus (bundithome2555@hotmail.com). Those who may like to stay inside the campus may book the Salaya Pavilion (http://www.salayapavilion.com/websph/) by including Mattia Salvini (prasajya@gmail.com) in their email and mentioning that they are guests of the International PhD Programme in Buddhist Studies, Department of Humanities, which will afford them a highly discounted rate (1200 thb/night).
How to apply: write to Mattia Salvini (prasajya@gmail.com)
Schedule:
Week 1
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Mon 6th |
Tue 7th |
Wed 8th |
Thu 9th |
Fri 10th |
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8.30-11.30 |
Grammar |
Grammar |
Grammar |
Grammar |
Grammar |
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11.30-12.00 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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12.00-12.30 |
Learning Devanāgarī |
Learning Devanāgarī |
Learning Devanāgarī |
Learning Devanāgarī |
Learning Devanāgarī |
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12.30-14.35 |
Revisions and additional readings |
Revisions and additional readings |
Revisions and additional readings |
Revisions and additional readings |
Revisions and additional readings |
Week 2
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Tue 14th |
Wed 15th |
Thu 16th |
Fri 17th |
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8.30-11.30 |
Grammar |
Grammar |
Grammar |
Grammar |
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11.30-12.00 |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
Lunch |
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12.00-12.30 |
Learning Devanāgarī |
Learning Devanāgarī |
Learning Devanāgarī |
Learning Devanāgarī |
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12.30-14.35 |
Revisions and additional readings |
Sanskrit and Pali: introductory comparative readings |
Introduction to manuscripts and epigraphy |
Introduction to manuscripts and epigraphy |
Best regards,
Mattia Salvini
Director
International PhD Programme in Buddhist Studies
Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Department of Humanities
Mahidol University
Salaya Campus
Nakhorn Pathom – 73170
Thailand
https://www.facebook.com/BuddhistPhDMahidol/
http://www.sh.mahidol.ac.th/humanities/programmes/doctor-buddhist-programme/
CFP> IBS Graduate Student Symposium 2018
by Scott Mitchell
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Please see below the call
for papers for the 2018 Graduate Student Symposium at the Institute of Buddhist
Studies, Berkeley, to be held Friday October 5, 2018.
Deadline for paper proposals
is June 15. Graduate students at any stage in their program are encouraged to
submit abstracts. Please distribute this call to your students and colleagues.
More information is on our website here: http://www.shin-ibs.edu/cfp-gss-2018/
Regards,
Scott Mitchell
Dean of Students and Faculty
Affairs
Graduate Student Symposium: Buddhist Political Engagements and
Imaginaries
October 5, 2018, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, CA
October 5, 2018, Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, CA
The
theme of the 2018 Graduate Student Symposium is Buddhist
political engagements and imaginaries. How has Buddhist thought, cosmology, or
ethics been used to engage, disengage, critique, or conform to systems of
political power? Far from being wholly disinterested in secular affairs,
Buddhists have over the millennia engaged the world in various ways, from
tantric rituals for the longevity of the emperor and the protection of state to
the Buddha’s ten duties for the king, from lay precepts and advice for marriage
to wholesale rejections of lay life and retreat to the monastery. In this
symposium, we hope to explore the various discursive strategies Buddhists have
used historically and contemporarily to reimagine Buddhist worlds in the
present moment, to critique or support political systems, and develop practices
and approaches to the path in line or at odds with social norms.
Topics include but are not
limited to: political reimaginings of traditional Buddhist cosmologies,
doctrines, or practices; contemporary lay or monastic engaged Buddhist
movements, their successes and shortcomings; the intersection of gender, race,
class, nationalism or identity and Buddhist political thought; nationalist
movements and their Buddhist supporters and detractors. Papers from any
Buddhist tradition, region, or historical period will be considered.
Dr. Melissa Anne-Marie Curley, Assistant Professor at The
Ohio State University and author of Pure Land/Real World: Modern Buddhism,
Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination (University of Hawai’i Press,
2017), will serve as the symposium keynote speaker.
Graduate students at any stage of their program are encouraged to submit
paper proposals. Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words to Thomas
Calobrisi (tcalobrisi@ses.gtu.edu).
The deadline for submission is June 15, 2018. Applicants will be notified about
their submission by July 15, 2018.
SUMMER PROGRAM> An International and Intensive Program on Buddhism at UBC
by Vicky Baker
Call for Applications: An International and Intensive Program on
Buddhism at UBCJuly 29-August 18, 2018; Vancouver, BC, Canada
The Tianzhu Global Network of Buddhist Studies at UBC, with
the assistance from UBC’s SSHRC-sponsored international and interdisciplinary
project on Buddhism and East Asian Religions (www.frogbear.org), cordially invites applications for an
intensive program on Buddhism and East Asian Cultures. Lasting for three weeks
from July 29 to August 18, 2018, this program is composed of two segments: July
29 – August 8 (Segment 1) and August 9 – 18 (Segment 2).
The backbone of this program consists of six seminars delivered by six
international scholars. Each seminar combines close reading of primary sources,
lectures on the implications of these sources, and guided presentations from
participating students on their research, which could be their term papers, or
thesis chapters. The six instructors for this year’s intensive program
include, alphabetically:- Christoph Anderl (Ghent University): Chinese Buddhist Iconography (Segment 2);
- James Benn (McMaster University): Studies in Later Chinese Buddhist Apocrypha: With a Focus on the Lengyan Jing (Segment 1);
- Jinhua Chen (UBC): Buddhism, Borders, and Business: Buddhism’s Crossborder and Commercial Engagement (Segment 1);
- Zhe Ji (INALCO-CEIB): The Institutional Evolutions of Buddhism in Contemporary China (Segment 2);
- James Robson (Harvard University): Buddhism, Daoism, Buddho-Daoism (Segment 2);
- Barend ter Haar (Oxford University): Re-reading Sources on Lord Guan (Segment 1).
Senior undergraduate students and graduate students specializing in any Buddhism and other non-Buddhist East Asian religions, and postdoctoral fellows working on relevant fields, are encouraged to apply. Please direct applications and inquiries to tianzhu.network@ubc.ca. Please submit applications before April 30, 2018. Each application should include (1) an application form (to be provided upon request via the above email address), (2) updated curriculum vitae, (3) one writing sample (published or unpublished; in English or Chinese), and (4) a reference letter (to be emailed by the referee directly to the above email address). Priority will be given to those applicants who are able to participate in both segments, although applications may also be considered from applicants who can only take part in one segment due to compelling reasons.
This intensive program, focusing on Buddhism’s profound impact on different aspects of secular life in East Asia, is designed as a twin program for a similar program to be held at Cambridge University and devoted to textual and historical studies of Buddhism:
http://frogbear.org/call-for-applications-an-international-and-intensive-program-on-buddhism-at-cambridge/
Both programs are administered by UBC’s FROGBEAR project, and interested students are encouraged to apply for both.
To guarantee sufficient interaction of student participants with instructors and between student participants themselves, student enrollment is limited to 30. In addition to being exempted from all tuition and administration fees, a successful candidate may receive a subsidy ranging from US$1,000-1,500 (depending on his or her individual needs and the distance s/he has to travel for the program) that will help defray program-related expenses, including lodging, meals, and transportation.
