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- CALL FOR APPLICATIONS> Graduate student workshop on Digital Humanities for Research in East Asian Religions, May 26 and 27, 2018
- JOBS> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 2–9 April 2018
- PUBLICATION> The Buddhist World Paperback Version
- CFP> 10th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS 10), at SOAS
- WORKSHOP> Lotsawa Translation Workshop, October 2018 – Application Deadline April 15th
- CALL FOR PAPERS> Journal of Dharma Studies (JDS), Inaugural Edition
- Re: WORKSHOP> Workshop on Tannishō Commentarial Materials at Ryukoku University (Fourth Meeting: June 22-24)
- CONFERENCE> Call for Applications: Mind & Life International Research Institute - Myoshin-ji, Kyoto - September 1-5, 2018
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS> Graduate student workshop on Digital Humanities for Research in East Asian Religions, May 26 and 27, 2018
by James Benn
McMaster University Centre for
Buddhist Studies announces a two-day graduate student workshop on Digital
Humanities for Research in East Asian Religions, May 26 and 27 at McMaster. The
workshop is supported by the Tianzhu Global Network in Buddhist Studies.
The workshop focuses on introductory level skills for
mapping and network analysis. The goal is to introduce graduate students to
Digital Humanities tools such as QGIS, Palladio, Cytoscape, and Gephi and to
teach basic skills in data management. There will be time dedicated to creating
and/or workshopping the research datasets of individual participants.
The workshop will be facilitated
by Paula R. Curtis (University of Michigan), Jonathan Pettit (University of
Hawai’i), and Jason Protass (Brown University).
Funding is available to cover
travel and accommodation expenses for a limited number of graduate students
coming from anywhere in North America. To apply for funding, you must be
enrolled in, or admitted to, a relevant MA or PhD program. Graduate students in
Religious Studies, Literature, History, Anthropology and related disciplines
with an interest in religion in East Asia are welcome to apply. Please send a
brief cover letter explaining your reasons for wishing to participate as well
as a description of your research project. Please indicate your experience to
date (if any) with Digital Humanities tools and methods.
When applying for funding,
please indicate what city you will be traveling from.
The final deadline for
applying for funding is April 30 2018, but funding will be allocated on a
rolling basis. Funding is limited, so you are encouraged to apply sooner rather
than later.
Anyone not applying for
funding must still register to confirm their participation, no later than May
10 2018.
Please send your
application and any queries to bennjam@mcmaster.ca
Workshop Description
The workshop provides hands-on training in mapping and networking tools. The workshop couples instruction on the basic skills related to making maps and network graphs with their use in a student’s own research project. At the end of the two-day workshop, students will gain a basic literacy in how to develop a database, import these into software such as Google Maps and Palladio, and export maps and graphs to be used in a variety of publications. The presenters will explore both conceptual and practical dimensions of how mapping and network analysis can reveal new insights into East Asian religions.
The workshop provides hands-on training in mapping and networking tools. The workshop couples instruction on the basic skills related to making maps and network graphs with their use in a student’s own research project. At the end of the two-day workshop, students will gain a basic literacy in how to develop a database, import these into software such as Google Maps and Palladio, and export maps and graphs to be used in a variety of publications. The presenters will explore both conceptual and practical dimensions of how mapping and network analysis can reveal new insights into East Asian religions.
JOBS> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 2–9 April 2018
by Lewis Doney
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 2–9 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.EAST ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES
Brown University - Visiting Lecturer of Japanese Language
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56651
JAPANESE HISTORY / STUDIES
Brown University - Visiting Lecturer of Japanese Language
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56651
NONE
City University of New York - Graduate Center - Research Associate -
Neuroscience Initiative - Advanced Science Research Center
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56665
CUNY Graduate Center - Research Assistant - Neuroscience Initiative -
Advanced Science Research Center
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56659
Simon Fraser University - Distinguished Visiting Scholar in History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56660
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Deputy Directory, UWM Center for
21st Century Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56664
Uppsala University - Four two-year positions as postdoctoral fellow
in Holocaust and Genocide Studies/Minority Studies
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=56662
PUBLICATION> The Buddhist World Paperback Version
by John Powers
Dear Colleagues,Routledge recently released The Buddhist World in paperback format. The book contains a wide range of articles by leading scholars as well as early career researchers, including regional overviews, profiles of major figures, and chapters on a wide range of topics, including gender, language, merit making, and society, mainly focused on issues. It was designed as an alternative to standard textbooks, and I've heard positive feedback from people who've used it for this purpose.
Here's the link for the new version:
https://www.routledge.com/The-Buddhist-World/Powers/p/book/9780815350958
If anyone's interested, Routledge also sent a pdf with details on how to get a 20% discount. I'm happy to forward it: john.powers@deakin.edu.au.
Yours,
John Powers
CFP> 10th International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS 10), at SOAS
by Karen O'Brien-Kop
Dear Colleagues,We are pleased to announce that the tenth International Indology Graduate Research Symposium (IIGRS 10) will take place at SOAS, University of London, on Friday the 28th and Saturday the 29th September 2018. We would like to thank the SOAS South Asia Institute, the School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics and School of History, Religions & Philosophies for their generous support.
We look forward to receiving abstracts from graduate students, as well as early career researchers who have completed their PhD within the past five years.
Abstracts should be submitted to iigrsuk@googlemail.com by the 6th of May 2018. We will consider all Indological topics provided they are based on primary sources studied in the original language.
Abstracts should not exceed 300 words and should include:
1) Your name and institution + indication of research degrees and positions held;
2) the title of your paper;
3) a broad indication of its subject area;
4) an outline of its contents.
Please send your abstract in both Word and PDF format.
We are pleased to announce that we will be providing speakers with bursaries (£75-100) to help with covering travel and accommodation costs. Speakers will be able to claim these against costs incurred upon submission of receipts. However, we encourage participants to secure funding from their home institution.
More information can be found at:
https://iigrs.wordpress.com/
If you are teaching at an institution, we would be very grateful if you could circulate this information among your students.
For further questions, you can contact us directly at iigrsuk@googlemail.com
Yours faithfully,
Lidia Wojtczak
Avni Chag
Karen O’Brien-Kop
WORKSHOP> Lotsawa Translation Workshop, October 2018 – Application Deadline April 15th
by Holly Gayley
Dear Colleagues,This is a reminder that the application deadline for the Lotsawa Translation Workshop is at the end of this week, April 15th. We would like to encourage early-career faculty, post-doctoral fellows, junior translators, and graduate students with advanced Tibetan literary skills to apply to workshop a translation-in-progress at the event.
The first Lotsawa Translation Workshop is scheduled for October 5-8th at the University of Colorado Boulder, with the generous support of the Tsadra Foundation. The workshop offers the opportunity for translators and scholars at various stages in their careers to work together on translation in a hands-on workshop setting, connecting theory and practice in crafting literary translations of Buddhist literature from Tibetan into English.
The three-day workshop will combine lectures, panels, and break-out sessions in the morning, and each afternoon will be dedicated to small groups of 6-8 working on translations-in-progress by participants who apply to attend. This immersive experience is designed to incubate fresh approaches to the translation with respect to the genre and theme: Tibetan songs (mgur) and Buddhist devotion. We are open to proposed translations in various styles of verse that relate to the dynamics of devotion and the associated range of emotions. Central to our discussion will be how to convey the literary style, tone, and emotional tenor of Tibetan verse.
Keynote Speakers:
- Janet Gyatso (Harvard University) and Kurtis Schaeffer (University of Virginia) will dialogue about the study of Buddhist poetry and song (Tibetan and Sanskrit) in recent years;
- Lama Jabb (Oxford University), whose research focuses on modern Tibetan literature--and the interplay of orality and textuality--will give a lecture on Translating Tibetan Verse;
- Anne Klein (Rice University) will deliver the Trungpa Lecture in Buddhist Studies at Naropa as a pre-conference event on Thursday, October 4th and participate on a panel on the Dynamics of Devotion.
Call for Applications:
Junior translators, graduate students with advanced Tibetan literary skills, post-doctoral fellows, and early-career faculty are encouraged to apply to workshop a translation-in-progress at the event. Workshop sessions will feature small groups of 6-8, consisting of 4 participants and a team of 2-3 experienced translators from among the presenters to forge a community of practice around translation through experimentation, dialogue, and feedback.
Participants will be asked to submit their draft translations in advance, and a respondent will be assigned for each from among the presenters. We are planning for two workshop sessions in six groups each afternoon, so that every participant will have a 1.5 hour time slot for discussion and feedback on their translation-in-progress. Exemplary translations will be selected to be revised and compiled into a thematic edited volume.
Mid-March
2018 Announcement &
Application Form Available
April 15, 2018 Applications Due, Review Process Begins
Early May 2018 Acceptance Letters Sent, Registration Opens
August 15, 2018 Registration Closes, Draft Translations Due
The Lotsawa Translation Workshop is free of charge for 24
participants who apply and are accepted. Limited scholarships are available for
travel.April 15, 2018 Applications Due, Review Process Begins
Early May 2018 Acceptance Letters Sent, Registration Opens
August 15, 2018 Registration Closes, Draft Translations Due
To apply or learn more, visit: www.colorado.edu/event/lotsawa
If you have any questions, email: lotsawa@colorado.edu
View or download the brochure here.
We hope that you can join us in Boulder,If you have any questions, email: lotsawa@colorado.edu
View or download the brochure here.
Holly Gayley, University of Colorado Boulder
Dominique Townsend, Bard College
CALL FOR PAPERS> Journal of Dharma Studies (JDS), Inaugural Edition
by Thomas Calobrisi
Dear List Members,We are proud to announce the formal launch of the Journal of Dharma Studies: Philosophy, Theology, Ethics and Culture (previously, the International Journal of Dharma Studies), a peer-reviewed journal produced through Springer Publications, under the editorship of Dr. Rita D. Sherma (Graduate Theological Union) and Dr. Purushottama Bilimoria (Graduate Theological Union, University of California, Berkeley, and The University of Melbourne). The publication of this new journal has been made possible through the support of the Mira & Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California.
The mission of the Journal of Dharma Studies is to employ theoretical and empirical methods for understanding and applying the conceptual, textual, and experiential resources the Dharma traditions, i.e., the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions, in order to foster critical-constructive reflections. The journal seeks to cultivate scholarship that simultaneously uncovers the interconnected histories of these traditions and highlights the rich diversity of philosophy and practice found within them.
We welcome submissions that engage with emerging areas of study such as cultural studies, ethnic studies, and studies of the arts and established disciplines such as religious studies, philosophy, sociology, and anthropology to conduct rigorous, interdisciplinary research on the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions. Topics of interest for the journal include but are not limited contemporary environmental issues such as sustainability and ecological economics, issues at the intersection of philosophy and theology with the practice of medical and biological sciences, cross-cultural dialogues both interfaith and intrafaith in nature, philosophical issues such as the nature of consciousness and aesthetic theory, and political issues such as conflict resolution and conceptions of human rights and equality across cultures.
Under its former iteration as the International Journal of Dharma Studies, the journal was dedicated to publishing significant research in the field of Buddhist studies. Of particular note, the journal hosted a special issue on Buddhist Women Masters guest edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo (University of San Diego) and a special issue titled Experimental Dharmas in Asia and the Diaspora, which included contributions from scholars in the field of Buddhist studies. In its present iteration, the journal seeks to continue publishing rigorous, interdisciplinary scholarship in the that engages Asian, Western, and global expressions of Buddhist thought, ethics, traditions, community, and practice. We invite the list members of H-Buddhism, scholars and students at all stages of graduate education alike, to submit their research for publication in the journal.
The deadline for submissions for inaugural edition of the Journal of Dharma Studies is May 31st, 2018. Authors may submit papers through the journal’s editorial manager system. If you have any questions, please contact the editorial manager, Laura Dunn, at ldunn@ses.gtu.edu. We look forward to receiving your submissions!
Subscriptions to the journal can be purchased here.
Thanks, and Regards,
Thomas Calobrisi
Assistant Editor
Journal of Dharma Studies
Doctoral Student
Graduate Theological Union
Buddhist Studies
tcalobrisi@ses.gtu.edu
Re: WORKSHOP> Workshop on Tannishō Commentarial Materials at Ryukoku University (Fourth Meeting: June 22-24)
by Takahiko Kameyama
Dear. Colleagues,Takahiko Kameyama here. I have to apologize for the mistake in my post about the Workshop on Tannishō Commentarial Materials at Ryukoku University. Please send your C.V. and a short letter explaining your qualifications and motivations to: rcwbc.office@gmail.com (not to rcwbc-office@gmail.com). I am very sorry for troubling you, and appreciate your kindness.
Sincerely yours,
Takahiko Kameyama
CONFERENCE> Call for Applications: Mind & Life International Research Institute - Myoshin-ji, Kyoto - September 1-5, 2018
by Michael Sheehy
We are thrilled to announce the first Mind & Life International Research
Institute to be held at the 14th century Rinzai Zen temple
complex, Myoshin-ji in Kyoto, Japan this September 1-5. The program theme is, “Contemplative
Practice in Context: Culture, History, and Science.”Please circulate this program announcement within your academic networks.
Applications are now open through May 4. The program is open to international applicants including graduate students and post-doctorates, junior faculty and researchers, scholars and educators who hold university or college faculty appointments, as well as senior independent scholars, practitioners, and applied professionals. Applicants from within Asia are strongly encouraged to apply. Scholarships are available. International scholars and those who identify as underrepresented in the field of contemplative research are encouraged to apply.
Program Description
As the “cultural heart of Japan,” Kyoto is home to longstanding traditions of contemplative practice, philosophy, and scientific research. Inspired by this setting, and its location at the Zen temple complex Myōshin-ji, the theme for this first Mind & Life International Research Institute is Contemplative Practice in Context: Culture, History, and Science. This five-day immersive program brings together leading scholars in the sciences and humanities, contemplatives, and artists to examine contemplative epistemologies within a variety of contexts. Plenary faculty presentations will consider how contextual forces that include culture, environment, history, and worldviews effect contemplative practices as well as research on meditation. Neuroscientists and psychologists will describe recent research on the science of meditation, and humanists and social scientists will explore secular and cultural adaptations of meditation, including the history of mindfulness, theories of Buddhist meditation, and the emergence of contemplative studies as an academic field. Presentations will give special attention to the contemplative and intellectual culture of Japan over the centuries, including presentations on the history of Zen Buddhism, the Kyoto School of philosophy, and Japanese contemplative arts. Daily guided meditation sessions and small group breakouts led by faculty will complement the interdisciplinary dialogue of the program.
Program Location
Kyoto city, and the surrounding areas, offer a remarkable combination of the beautiful natural environment and contemplative cultural heritage, being home to several important universities and research centers. With such a surround of nature, culture, and science, this is an ideal location to immerse in a residential training program in the contemplative sciences. The millennial contemplative culture of Japan, which dates to its reception of Buddhism in 538 CE, represents diverse manifestations of scholasticism in the arts and sciences, and in many ways, is a privileged context to envision contemplative life within the multidimensionality of human culture.
Kyoto is also home to the philosophy of the so-called Kyoto School, an intellectual school that sought to integrate Asian wisdom contemplative traditions with insights of Western philosophy and science. The Kyoto School, founded by Kitarô Nishida (1870-1945), is an important source of inspiration and insight into the transcultural and transdisciplinary perspectives that constitute contemplative studies. In the spirit of dialogue and mutual enrichment, the program includes its important perspectives on the diverse currents of Japanese phenomenology that have been developed within it and which continue to be developed up to the present day.
The program will be held at the Myōshin-ji temple complex in Kyoto, Japan. Established in the year 1337 by the ninety-fifth emperor of Japan who dedicated himself to Zen meditation, Myōshin-ji (Temple of the Enlightened Mind) is the head temple of the associated branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism. Myōshin-ji is located on the western outskirts of Kyoto near the mountains that encircle the ancient capital city. The temple complex is surrounded by large traditional garden landscapes, and is known by local residents as Hanazono (花園), meaning “flower garden.” Accommodation for all participants will be at Hanazono Kaikan adjacent to the temple.
Program Overview:
- 75 total participants, including international New Investigators and Senior Investigators
- International and Japanese faculty in the sciences, arts, and humanities
- 5-day program (4-nights); 3rd day is a silent retreat day
- Program is residential with accommodation on the grounds
- Program content is bilingual, Japanese and English simultaneous interpretation
- Japanese traditional contemplative arts will be integrated into the program
https://www.mindandlife.org/international-research-institutes/japan-2018/
Please send any questions about the program to me at msheehy@mindandlife.org.
Michael Sheehy, PhD
Director of Programs, Mind & Life Institute
