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CONFERENCE> The World of Abhiṣeka: Initiation and Consecration Rituals in the Buddhist Cultural Sphere 灌頂の世界：仏教文化圏における入門・伝授儀礼の思想と実践.
by Or Porath
Dear Colleagues,
I have the pleasure to inform you about a conference taking
place at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on May 7-8. For details, see the announcement
below. Please feel free to share with colleagues and students.
The World of Abhiṣeka: Initiation and Consecration
Rituals in the Buddhist Cultural Sphere 灌頂の世界：仏教文化圏における入門・伝授儀礼の思想と実践.
May 7 and 8, 2018
University of California, Santa Barbara
May 7 and 8, 2018
University of California, Santa Barbara
This is the first conference to address in a comprehensive and
multidisciplinary way multiple aspects of abhiṣeka (kanjō) ceremonies,
in which someone is either initiated or consecrated into specific lineages,
status levels, and systems of knowledge and ritual action. After tracing the
origin of these ceremonies in ancient India and their diffusion throughout the
Buddhist world, presenters will discuss Japanese vernacular forms of kanjō as
related to Buddhist teachings, "Shinto," and the literary and
performing arts.
Participants: Abe Yasurō (Nagoya University, Keynote Speaker);
Ryūichi Abé (Harvard University), Andrea Castiglioni (University
of California, Santa Barbara), Chikamoto Kensuke (Nagoya University),
Lucia Dolce (SOAS), Paul Groner (University of Virginia and University of
Southern California), Inose Chihiro (Nagoya University and Strasbourg University),
Itō Satoshi (Ibaraki University), Kawasaki Tsuyoshi (Shūjitsu
University), Susan Klein (University of California, Irvine), Adam Krug
(Colorado College), Mori Masahide (Kanazawa University), Or Porath
(University of California, Santa Barbara), Fabio Rambelli (University of
California, Santa Barbara), Dominic Steavu (University of California, Santa
Barbara), Tomishima Yoshiyuki (Kyoto University), Unno Keisuke (National
Institute of Japanese Literature), David Gordon White (University of
California, Santa Barbara).
Co-organized by the Shinto Studies Chair at University of
California, Santa Barbara and the Center for Cultural Heritage and Texts
at Nagoya University. Organizers: Abe Yasurō, Or Porath, and Fabio Rambelli.
For details,
see http://www.eastasian.ucsb.edu/kanjo/Yours faithfully,
Or Porath
