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CFP> Creating digital humanities resources for research and teaching in South Asian Studies
CALL FOR PAPERS> Buddhism and East Asian Cultures Winter Lecture Series & The 4th Modern Chinese Buddhism Forum
TEACHING RESOURCE> Thirteen Buddhist Deities of Japan (70 Annotated Photos; 84 Pages)
JOURNAL> Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies vol. 31 (2018)

CFP> Creating digital humanities resources for research and teaching in South Asian Studies

by A. Charles Muller

Forwarded from H-Asia: Discussion published by Ellen Ambrosone on Friday, July 27, 2018
Dear Colleagues,
We are seeking 1-2 additional papers to join a panel proposal for the Association for Asian Studies conference, March 2019. The panel will discuss challenges and insights surrounding creating DH resources for research and teaching in South Asian Studies. If you are interested, please email the following to Ellen Ambrosone (ellen.ambrosone@emory.edu) or Anandi Silva Knuppel (anandi.silva.knuppel@emory.edu) by Monday, July 30 at 5pm.

250-word abstract with paper title.
Name and email exactly as you would like them listed in the conference program and on the conference website.
Any scheduling conflicts or requests.

Best wishes,

Ellen Ambrosone, South Asian Studies and Religion Librarian, Emory University

Anandi Silva Knuppel, PhD Candidate in Religion, Emory University; Training Coordinator and Special Projects Liaison, Emory Center for Digital Scholarship

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CALL FOR PAPERS> Buddhism and East Asian Cultures Winter Lecture Series & The 4th Modern Chinese Buddhism Forum

by Vicky Baker

Conference Title:
Unfolding of Modern Chan & Meditation and their Challenges in the Global Modernity
Subtopics:
・Modern Development of East Asian Chan Buddhism and its Transmission, Revival or Transformation
・Cross-cultural Exchanges of Modern East Asian Chan Buddhism and their Socio-political Implications
・Modern East Asian Chan Buddhism and Buddhist Modernism
・Psycho-physical Healing and East Asian Buddhist Meditation Movement in Modern Medicine and Healing: Meanings and Challenges
Purposes:
Chan is an essential part of Chinese Buddhism, whose modern evolution is significant for both religious field and academic studies. The Conference aims at exploring issues such as transmission, reviving, modernization, and transformation of Chan Buddhism unfolded in Modern East Asia, as well as the meditation practice emerged therein.
We welcome multi/inter-disciplinary approaches to these issues so to explore the religious, historical, social, and psychological implications of Chan Buddhism and meditation movement in the cross-cultural settings of Modern East Asia.
Paper Submissions: Application form, CVs and paper abstracts should be sent electronically >>> (download the application: https://bit.ly/2uSGg78)
Submission deadline of paper abstract: 2018/8/30
※ Word limit of paper abstract: 500-1,000 words
Notification of paper accepted: 2018/9/30
Submission deadline of completed paper: 2018/11/30
Paper abstracts and completed papers should be sent electronically to the UBC: FrogBear.Project@ubc.ca
※ For conference presenters, SYEF will provide full board (housing plus meals) during the conference, in addition to partial international travel allowance.
Conference Date: January 7-9, 2019

Conference Location:
Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts, New Taipei City, Taiwan
Conference Organizer: Sheng Yen Education Foundation, Chung-Hwa Institute of Buddhist Studies
Conference Sponsors:
Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts (DILA), the Buddhist Studies Forum at the University of British Columbia (UBC-BSF) in Vancouver, Canada, Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, China, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies on Buddhism (CEIB) in Paris, France
The Winter Program is supported by an international and interdisciplinary project on Buddhism and East Asian religions (From the Ground Up) sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) (www.frogbear.org).

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TEACHING RESOURCE> Thirteen Buddhist Deities of Japan (70 Annotated Photos; 84 Pages)

by Mark Schumacher

Dear H-Buddhism Members,
I have recently uploaded a Condensed Visual Classroom Guide titled:
Thirteen Buddhist Deities of Japan
Exploring Their Origins & Roles in Japanese Death Rites & Funerary Art

WEB (HTML) VERSION = http://www.onmarkproductions.com/13-Butsu/
PDF VERSION = http://www.onmarkproductions.com/13-Butsu/Japan-13-Buddhist-Deities-July-2018-Mark-Schumacher.pdf

Summary: The Thirteen Buddhist Deities (Jūsanbutsu 十三仏) are a purely Japanese convention. The standardized group of thirteen emerged in the mid-14th century, but in its formative years (12th & 13th centuries), the group's composition varied significantly and included only ten, eleven, or twelve members. The group is important to all schools of Japanese Buddhism. Even today, the thirteen are invoked at thirteen postmortem rites held by the living for the dead, and at thirteen premortem rites held by the living for the living. As shown herein, the thirteen are associated with the Seven Seventh-Day Rites 七七斎, the Six Realms of Karmic Rebirth 六道, the Buddhas of the Ten Days of Fasting 十斎日仏, the Ten Kings of Hell 十王, the Secret Buddhas of the Thirty Days of the Month 三十日秘仏, and other groupings. The Thirteen provide early examples of Japan's medieval honji-suijaku 本地垂迹 paradigm, wherein local deities (suijaku) are recognized as avatars of the Buddhist deities (honji). This classroom guide is unique in three ways: (1) it presents over 70 annotated images, arranged chronologically and thematically, from the 12th to 20th century, including extant art outside Japan; (2) it offers four methods to easily identify the individual deities; and (3) it provides visual evidence that the thirteen are configured to mimic the layout of the central court of the Womb World Mandala 中台八葉院. █ KEYWORDS. 十三仏 or 十三佛・十王・七七斎・七七日・中有・中陰・六齋日・六道・十斎日仏・三十日秘仏・本地垂迹・兵範記・中有記・預修十王生七経・地蔵十王経・佛説地藏菩薩發心因縁十王經・弘法大師逆修日記事・下学集. █ The Adobe PDF version is printable and searchable. The web version is not.
Contents of the Slideshow:

Slide 1	Table of Contents
Slide 2	Thirteen Buddhist Deities in a Nutshell
Slide 3	Conclusions Upfront
Slides 4-13	Seven Seventh-Day Rites & Ten Judges of Hell
Slides 14-28	Non-Standard Groupings (12th, 13th, 14th centuries)
Slide 29-31	Standard Grouping (mid-14th century onward)
Slides 32-35	Three-Buddha Pattern
Slides 36-44	Zigzag Pattern
Slides 45-48	Linear Pattern
Slides 49-60	Denominational Pattern
Slides 61-64	Other Related Deity Groupings
Slides 65-78	Extant Art Outside Japan
Slides 79-81	Pilgrimages to the Thirteen Inside Japan
Slide 82-84	References