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- CFP> AAR Buddhist Philosophy Unit 2019
- CFP> AAR Panel on Vision and Visualization in
Tibetan Buddhism
CFP>
AAR Buddhist Philosophy Unit 2019
by Tao Jiang
The
American Academy of Religion (AAR) Buddhist Philosophy Unit is accepting panel
and paper proposals for the next annual meeting to be held in San Diego, Nov.
23-26, 2019). The deadline to submit proposals is March 1, 2019. All proposals
should be submitted through AAR’s PAPERS system: https://papers.aarweb.org/content/welcome.
The
Buddhist Philosophy Unit (BPU) sponsors sessions that focus on specific
philosophical topics, on methodological issues, or on (a) recent publication(s)
in the field (books, papers, etc.) or a classical text of particular
importance. Sessions representing a diversity of methods to address a
regionally-defined topic are also encouraged.
The BPU
considers individual paper proposals, but mostly encourages thematically
integrated panels. The BPU has a particular interest in panels that include
graduate students and junior scholars as well as proposals that would be
suitable for co-sponsorship with another unit. If proposing the latter, please
provide suggestions for co-sponsorship when you submit your proposal.
Panel
sessions are 1.5 hours, 2 hours, or 2.5 hours. Final determination of session
length will be decided based on the number and types of proposals
received.
During the
recent annual meeting of the AAR the topics listed below were proposed. If you
are interested in contributing to or coordinating a panel on one of these
topics, please contact the person listed. You are also welcome to propose a
panel or paper on any topic within the purview described above.
• Back to
Basics: What is a Dharma?
• Chinese
Madhyamaka
• Ecology
and Buddhist Philosophy
• Is there
Room for Zen Philosophy?
•
Philosophical Dimensions of Buddha-fields
• Praxis
and Philosophy
• Sūtras
and Philosophy
• Two
Lions Fighting: A Tibetan Debate on the Two Truths
If you
have any questions regarding a proposal, please contact the BPU co-chairs,
Karin Meyers (karin.meyers@ryi.org)
and Tao Jiang (tjiang@rutgers.edu).
Sincerely,
Karin and Tao
CFP>
AAR Panel on Vision and Visualization in Tibetan Buddhism
by Catherine Hartmann
Dear Friends and Colleagues,I invite all who are interested to apply to be part of an AAR panel in the Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit called "Vision and Visualization in Tibetan Buddhism."
This panel explores Tibetan and Himalayan processes of envisioning. Visual perception is not simply a passive, receptive experience but rather actively involved in processes of artistic production, ritual performance, meditative imagination, and textual interpretation. With the goal of highlighting new approaches to any and all aspects of visual culture, we seek papers that investigate how visual experiences have been generated, interpreted, or adapted in any period of history.
Note that while the official call for papers gives the title "Vision and Visualization in Tibetan Tantra," we welcome people focusing on non-tantric materials!
Please contact Kate Hartmann (chartmann@fas.harvard.edu) or Eric Huntington (erhuntin@stanford.edu) for more information. We're hoping to have abstracts by February 15th.
