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Temples in Southeast Asia
by Minghua Tay
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Type:
Call
for Papers
Date:
January 18, 2019
Location:
Singapore
Subject
Fields:
Anthropology,
Asian History / Studies, Chinese History / Studies, Religious Studies and
Theology, Southeast Asian History / Studies
DATE OF EVENT : 1
March 2019
VENUE : National University of Singapore
WEBSITE : https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Event/Detail/907d4899-180a-435f-adc0-b2245b04d566
VENUE : National University of Singapore
WEBSITE : https://ari.nus.edu.sg/Event/Detail/907d4899-180a-435f-adc0-b2245b04d566
CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE: 18 JANUARY 2019
Chinese historical
and epigraphic sources such as those collected in Malaysia, Thailand and
Indonesia by Wolfgang Franke and his associates demonstrate the long process of
the spread of Chinese temples and associations to the port cities of Southeast
Asia. This workshop will include papers on different aspects of Chinese temples
(including Buddhist monasteries) across the countries of Southeast Asia, from a
range of disciplinary perspectives including archaeology, history, religious
and ritual studies, anthropology, sociology, economics, and media studies. We
invite papers on a range of topics that can include: architectural and
iconographic features of temples; the ritual production of space within and
around these temples; the economics of Chinese temples; the charitable
activities of Chinese temples; accounts of individuals and their relationships
with these temples – temple directors, everyday devotees, ritual specialists,
archivists, photographers, tourists, etc. Papers that seek to provide an
overview of temple networks across Southeast Asia, or the interactions between
temples within a particular city or site, are also welcome. Studies of the
political conditions for Chinese temples in different locations are also
welcome.
Temples are sites of
the flows of ideas, people, gods, capital, and ritual artifacts – many kinds of
movement and transformation – thus papers exploring mobility in relation to
Chinese temples are also welcome. We seek papers on religion and migration, on
the circulation or the training of ritual specialists, opera troupes, craftsmen
and ritual artifacts within transnational networks. We also seek papers on
spirit mediums and their roles in Chinese temples, papers on processions and
major and minor rituals, or papers that explore typologies of temples. Scholars
working with social network analysis or GIS approaches to Chinese temples in
Southeast Asia are invited to send in paper proposals as well. Other
papers could explore major religious events of Southeast Asia, such as the Nine
Emperor God Festival, or Chinese New Year rites and processions, or the
activities during the Ghost Month, either through individual case studies or
through comparative or network analyses. We seek studies of locally invented
cults and rites, hybrid ritual forms, and on the interactions between Chinese
temple rites and communities with other religious or ethnic groups. Other
related topics include the spread of particular Buddhist lineages, or sectarian
religious movements, through the region. Comparative studies of ritual change
and its causes and effects, or of the different kinds of trust networks and
state-society relations developed within and between Chinese temples in
different parts of Southeast Asia (and China, HK, Macao and Taiwan) would be
welcome.
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
Paper proposals
should include a title, an abstract (250 words maximum) and a brief personal
biography of 150 words for submission by 18 January 2019. Please note that
only previously unpublished papers or those not already committed elsewhere can
be accepted. The organizers plan to publish a special issue with selected
papers presented in this workshop. By participating in the workshop, you agree
to participate in the future publication plans of the organizers. Hotel
accommodation and a contribution towards airfare will be provided for accepted
paper participants (one author per paper).
Please submit your
proposal using the provided template
to Ms Tay Minghua at minghua.tay@nus.edu.sg.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 31 January 2019.
Participants will be required to send in a completed draft paper (5,000-8,000
words) by 20 February 2019.
CONTACT DETAILS
Workshop Convenors
Prof Kenneth Dean
Asia Research Institute, and Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore
E | chshead@nus.edu.sg
Asia Research Institute, and Department of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore
E | chshead@nus.edu.sg
Contact
Info:
Ms
Tay MinghuaAsia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
AS8 Level 7, 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore 119260
Email: minghua.tay@nus.edu.sg
Tel: (65) 6516 4224
Fax: (65) 6779 1428
OBITUARY>
Passing of Jan Yün-hua 3/15/1923 - 12/31/2018
by James Benn
Dear Colleagues,In 2018 we lost many great scholars of Buddhism. The very end of the year brings the sad news of the passing of Professor Jan Yün-hua, a distinguished historian of Chinese Buddhism and dedicated teacher in our graduate programs at McMaster University. He was an inspiration to so many and he leaves an important legacy at McMaster and beyond. For the moment, this brief notice will have to suffice--https://www.arbormemorial.ca/dbancaster/obituaries/yun-hua-jan/28360/. I hope one of his former students will be able to compose a longer remembrance in due course.
In sorrow,
James A. Benn
Professor
Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University
