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Table of Contents

1. NEW BOOK> Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows by Thupten Jinpa
2. JOBS> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 4 November - 11 November
3. AAR> Sessions of the Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit, 2019
4. AAR> Sessions of the Chinese Religions Unit, 2019
5. CONFERENCE> Paths to Liberation in Hindu and Sikh Traditions, University of Vienna

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NEW BOOK> Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows by Thupten Jinpa

by Nikko Odiseos

Dear Friends,
I am very pleased to share with you an important release in the Lives of the Masters series:
Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows, by Thupten Jinpa.
PAGES: 552
SIZE: 5.5 X 8.5
ISBN: 9781611806465
http://shmb.la/tsongkhapa-bio
Arriving just ahead of the 600th anniversary of Tsongkhapa’s death, this book brings fresh insights into one of Buddhism’s most influential thinkers as well as the dramatic historical, religious, and philosophical changes in Tibet during and stemming from his life.
Understanding Tibet, Tibetan Buddhism, the institution of the Dalai Lama, the history of Tibet and China, and many other topics is impossible without a working knowledge of Tsongkhapa and his role in reshaping the religious, philosophical, and political spheres of Tibet. Surprisingly there has never been a thorough biography on him in English and the vast array of nearly 200 Tibetan, Indian, and English sources the author mined, along with his own experience and insights from within the living tradition, will make this the definitive work for a long time.
This book, like all those in the Lives of the Masters series, brings a sweeping vision of the time, place, and legacy of this creative and brilliant thinker and why he matters today. For scholars in particular, Jinpa offers unique insights into the arc of Tibetan philosophical debates, history, and politics.
This book joins Gendun Chopel and Atiśa Dīpamkara in the essential Lives of the Masters series.
Here is some initial praise:
“I congratulate Thupten Jinpa, my translator of many years, for preparing this fresh biography of Jé Tsongkhapa. I am confident that it will enable a broader readership to appreciate the life, thought, and legacy of this exceptional Tibetan philosopher and teacher.”
—from the foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
“Geshe Dr. Thupten Jinpa deserves the highest praise for this wonderful, groundbreaking biography of one of the greatest polymath geniuses of Tibet, the spiritual science master and social innovator Tsong Khapa Losang Drakpa (1357–1419). Jinpa’s scholarship in original sources is thorough and critical, yet not begrudging; his insight into the character and genius of this remarkable individual is penetrating; and his appreciation of the complex surrounding web of historical factors, personal relationships, and enduring institutions is revelatory. He transports us imaginatively into the unique and globally relevant world of Renaissance Tibet and grants us a vivid vision of the roots of the archetypically Buddhist civilization Tibet eventually attained. No one interested in understanding Buddhism, Tibet, and a previously little-known exemplary genius of the global renaissance of the fifteenth century should miss this pioneering work.”
—Robert A. F. Thurman, Jey Tsong Khapa Professor Emeritus of Indo-Tibetan Buddhology, Columbia University
“In a most lively, yet highly informative and eye-opening manner, Thupten Jinpa offers us a definitive biography of one of the giants of Tibetan Buddhism. Tsongkhapa: A Buddha in the Land of Snows will be cherished as a classic in the world of biographies of great Tibetan masters.”
—Matthieu Ricard, author of Enlightened Vagabond: The Life and Teachings of Patrul Rinpoche
“After the Buddha, no historical figure is more frequently represented in Tibetan art than Tsongkhapa. Yet, despite his fame, for centuries he has remained a two-dimensional figure on a Tibetan thangka. Until now. Drawing on a wealth of previously unstudied materials, many dating from Tsongkhapa’s own lifetime, Thupten Jinpa transforms Tsongkhapa from a static icon into a complex and fascinating human being, his genius only heightened by his humanity.”
—Donald Lopez, Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies, University of Michigan
Nikko Odiseos
President
Shambhala Publications | Snow Lion Publications
nodiseos@shambhala.com

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JOBS> H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-Buddhism: 4 November - 11 November

by Charles DiSimone

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from
 4 November 2019 to 11 November 2019.  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.org, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.



ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Eastern Michigan University - Assistant Professor, History and Social
Studies Methods
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59547


South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics -
History Instructor
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59546


York University - Assistant Professor, Global Public History
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59541




DIGITAL HUMANITIES

Grand Valley State University - Assistant Professor in Integrative,
Religious, and Intercultural Studies (IRIS)
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59526


Minneapolis College of Art and Design - Assistant/Associate Professor
Liberal Arts Department
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59528


University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign - Open Rank Faculty
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59518




EAST ASIAN HISTORY / STUDIES

Eastern Michigan University - Assistant Professor, History and Social
Studies Methods
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59547


Harvard University - 2020-21 An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59531




RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND THEOLOGY

Columbia University - Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Chinese Buddhism
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59549


Harvard Divinity School - One-Year Visiting Assistant Professor or
Lecturer Position in Hindu Traditions
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59542


University of California - Santa Barbara - Department of Religious
Studies Lecturer Pool
http://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=59525
 

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AAR> Sessions of the Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit, 2019

by A. Charles Muller

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Dear friends,

Thank you very much for indicating your interest in BCCR sessions during the AAR registration process. Below are the four sessions we are holding this year, and our business meeting is at the end of our session on Buddhism, Queer Theory, and Trans* Theory (A25-212, Monday 1:00-3:00). We cordially invite you to join us! And "like" our facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/BCCRG/

Hsiao-Lan Hu and Sid Brown

Co-chairs

Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit

A23-308

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Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit and Buddhism in the West Unit and Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit

Theme: Buddhism and American Belonging Roundtable

Joseph Cheah, University of Saint Joseph, Presiding

Saturday - 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Convention Center-24C (Upper Level East)

In this roundtable, leading scholars of gender, race, and Buddhism will explore the theme of Buddhism and American Belonging with the explicit purpose of naming and thinking beyond Buddhism and Whiteness. Panelists will address the following questions—1) Whose Buddhism counts as “real” tradition in the academy; 2) Whose America do we envision in the study of Buddhism and America?; and 3) What steps are needed to disrupt studies of Buddhism that are continually beleaguered by the heavy inheritance of whiteness? Drawing from Adrienne Maree Brown’s emergent strategy in order to disrupt and dismantle white supremacy within the academy and beyond, this panel takes a collaborative, co-creative, and collective model of skillful response to racial injustices and whiteness. In so doing, the Buddhism and American Belonging: Gender, Race, and Intersectionality roundtable responds to Brown’s provocative question— How do we turn our collective full-bodied intelligence toward collaboration?

Panelists:

Mark Unno, University of Oregon

Sharon A. Suh, Seattle University

Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy

Tammy Ho, University of California, Riverside

Patricia Ikeda, East Bay Meditation Center

A24-408

·         Focus on Chaplaincy

Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit

Theme: Buddhist Chaplaincy: Friendship through the Challenges of Life

Barbra R. Clayton, Mount Allison University, Presiding

Sunday - 5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Convention Center-24A (Upper Level East)

As the number of Buddhist chaplains in the U.S. grows, questions arise about their training, the particular contributions they make to the broader culture, and what their roles are in particular contexts. This session will address questions such as what paradigms would be more accessible to ALL, or at least most, Buddhist chaplains, regardless of their sectarian affiliations? How are the practices and philosophy of Zen Buddhism contributing to hospice care in particular? What happens in the interpreting of Buddhism as Buddhist chaplains take a greater role in higher education outside the classroom?

Monica Sanford, Rochester Institute of Technology

Kalyāṇamitra: Spiritual Friendship as a Paradigm for Buddhist Chaplaincy

Andrea Vecchione, North Bay Center for Compassionate Care Institute

Life Is a Period of Itself; Death Is a Period of Itself: Shaping the Death and Dying Landscape: Zen Buddhist Compassionate/Contemplative Care Programs and Their Impact on Hospice, Palliative Care, and Chaplaincy Programs

Grace G. Burford, Davidson College

Can Buddhism Contribute Positively to the Lives of North American Undergraduates? A Critical and Constructive Reflection on Buddhist Chaplaincy for College Students

Responding:

Wendy Cadge, Brandeis University

A25-212

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Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit and Queer Studies in Religion Unit

Theme: Buddhism, Queer Theory, and Trans* Theory

Sid Brown, University of the South, Presiding

Monday - 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Convention Center-17B (Mezzanine Level)

Scholars and practitioners of Buddhism might rightly feel a certain affinity for the richly anti-identitarian language of queer and trans* theory. At the same time, Buddhists might rightly feel a tension between Buddhist accounts of the self and the ways that the notion of “becoming” is sometimes rendered in this context as “becoming our fullest selves” or “revealing our true selves.” This roundtable seeks to heed Max Strassfeld’s call to “trans religious studies” (2018), while taking Buddhism as a starting point, thinking both about what Buddhism might bring to queer theory and what queer theory might bring to Buddhism.

Panelists:

Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy

Bee Scherer, Canterbury Christ Church University

Ray Buckner, Ohio State University

Carol S. Anderson, Kalamazoo College

Jennifer Wade, Gwynedd Mercy University

Business Meeting:

Hsiao-Lan Hu, University of Detroit Mercy

Sid Brown, University of the South

A25-307

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Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit

Theme: Multiple Buddhisms and Strategic Secularity in Ladakh, India

Courtney Bruntz, Doane University, Presiding

Monday - 3:30 PM-5:00 PM

Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 305 (Third Level)

Scholarly treatments of the secularization of Buddhism have focused on Western iterations such as the mindfulness movement in which there is a de-contextualization and displacement of Buddhist practices from monastic Asian settings to Western secular ones. This panel aims to disrupt this common narrative of a linear movement from the religious to the secular through focusing on the simultaneous performance of the “religious” and “secular,” “traditional” and “modern” in Leh, Ladakh, a majority Buddhist district in Northwest India. In order to understand the “strategic secularity” occurring within heavily marked Buddhist public and private spaces, we advance a new theoretical framework of “multiple Buddhisms” to account for the ways that distinct and even contradictory forms of Buddhism are performed and perceived by Buddhist and non-Buddhists in one single location. The research associated with this panel was sponsored by a 2017-2018 American Academy of Religion International Collaborative Research Grant.

Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, University of Copenhagen

“We Tell Them What They Want to Hear”: Ladakhi Buddhist Negotiations with the Supernatural and Secular

Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College

Fighting the Decline of Buddhism: Thai Buddhist Networks and Missionaries in Ladakh, India

Ann Gleig, University of Central Florida

Hiding in Plain Sight: “Multiple Buddhisms” and “Strategic Secularity” at the Mahabodhi International Meditation Center, Ladakh

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AAR> Sessions of the Chinese Religions Unit, 2019

by A. Charles Muller

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Dear friends of the Chinese Religions Unit,

We wanted to let you know about all the great paper sessions we’re sponsoring and co-sponsoring at this year’s AAR conference. You can find more detailed descriptions of the panels and papers in the online program book. Please note that:

1. there is a new event this year, the Breakfast for Women Scholars in the Study of Chinese Religions (sponsored by the Society for the Study of Chinese Religions), which we hope will be of interest to many of you; and
2. our business meeting will be at the end of our second panel on Saturday (5:30-7:00): we have one steering committee slot to fill, so we’ll be soliciting nominations as well as panel suggestions for the 2020 meeting.

We hope to see you in San Diego!

Best regards,
Megan Bryson and Anna Sun
Co-chairs, Chinese Religions Unit

Breakfast for Women Scholars in the Study of Chinese Religions (SSCR)
P23-101: Saturday - 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Marriott Marquis-Solana (South Tower - First Level)

Salvific Beasts: Buddhist Discourses on Liberating Animals in Medieval China
A23-214: Saturday - 1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level)
Buddhism Unit and Chinese Religions Unit
Anna Sun, Kenyon College, Presiding
Kelsey Seymour, Yale University: Feathered and Fluent: The Liberation of Parrots through Human Speech in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
Alan Wagner, Collège de France: Dumb Animals? Comparing Chan and Tiantai Views of Animals' Abilities in Two Song Liturgies for Releasing Living Creatures
Christopher Jensen, Carleton University: Moral Exemplars and Miraculous Responses: Rhetorics of Animal/Human Interaction in the Biographies of Eminent Monks Literature
Stuart Young, Bucknell University: A Silkworm Cosmology: The Ethics, Economics, and Samsaric Scope of Sericulture in Medieval Chinese Buddhism
Huaiyu Chen, Arizona State University, Responding

Disaster and Calamity in Chinese Religions from the Medieval to the Modern Era
A23-410: Saturday - 5:30 PM-7:00 PM
Convention Center-23C (Upper Level East)
Chinese Religions Unit
Jessey Choo, Rutgers University, Presiding
April Hughes, Boston University: Disaster and Calamity in Medieval China
Katherine Alexander, University of Colorado: Disaster and Calamity in Early Modern China
Gregory Adam Scott, University of Manchester: Disaster and Calamity in Modern China
James A. Benn, McMaster University, Responding
Chinese Religions Unit Business Meeting
Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee
Anna Sun, Kenyon College

Performing Images: Ritual, Art, and Agency in Chinese Religions
A24-105: Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 402 (Fourth Level)
Arts, Literature, and Religion Unit; Chinese Religions Unit; and Daoist Studies Unit
Noelle Giuffrida, Ball State University, Presiding
Aaron Reich, Saint Joseph's University: From Carved Statues to Living Images: Rites of Consecration in Contemporary Taiwan
Yilin Wendland-Liu, Grand Valley State University: Visualizing the Emperor's Dream: Zhong Kui’s Divinity and Efficacy in Ming and Qing Theatre
Michael Naparstek, University of Wisconsin: From This Becomes Real: Emergence of the True Form in Daoist Ritual and Image
Jingyu Liu, Harvard University: Manifesting Gods: Textual Images and Performing Pantheons in the Buddhist Water-Land Dharma Assembly
Shih-shan Susan Huang, Rice University, Responding
Daoist Studies Unit Business Meeting
Jessey Choo, Rutgers University
Elena Valussi, Loyala University, Chicago

Emerging Voices in the Study of Chinese Religions Luncheon (SSCR; lunch requires pre-order)
P24-118: Sunday - 11:00 AM-1:15 PM
Grand Hyatt-Solana Beach AB (Third Level)

Rock, Paper, Wood: Exploring Material Culture in Daoism and Chinese Religions
A24-315: Sunday - 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 410B (Fourth Level)
Chinese Religions Unit and Daoist Studies Unit
Gil Raz, Dartmouth College, Presiding
Yi Ding, Stanford University: A Call for Cosmic Renewal in a Time of Crisis: Divine Stones, Temple Construction, and the Stele Inscription of the Sable Sheep Palace
Yuhang Li, University of Wisconsin: The Ephemeral Signs of Transcendence: Paper Objects in Empress Dowager Cixi’s Funeral Practice
Jin Tao, University of Chicago: City-God’s New Clothes: A Preliminary Study of the Articulated Living Image (ALI)

Later Tiantai Buddhism in China
A25-309: Monday - 3:30 PM-5:00 PM
Hilton Bayfront-Sapphire 411B (Fourth Level)
Chinese Religions Unit
Daniel B. Stevenson, University of Kansas, Presiding
Lang Chen, University of Michigan: Competition or Complementation? Youxi Chuandeng’s Construction of Tiantai Identity and Tiantai-Chan Relation
Beverley Foulks McGuire, University of North Carolina, Wilmington: Tiantai in Approach, But Not in Name: A Comparative Study of Ouyi Zhixu and Zhiyi’s Profound Meaning Texts
Rongdao Lai, McGill University: Lineage Identity in Modern Tiantai Buddhism
Raoul Birnbaum, University of California, Santa Cruz: Ven. Miaojing (1930-2003) and His Commitment to Teaching

Buddhism in Modern China
A26-103: Tuesday - 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 300A (Third Level)
Chinese Religions Unit
Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee, Presiding
Gilbert Chen, Washington University: To Keep Incense Burning and Lamps Lit: Local Buddhist Monastics’ Involvement in the Coal-Mining Business in Nineteenth-Century Chongqing
Hongyu Wu, Ohio Northern University: The Woman Question and the (Re)Construction of Buddhist Identity in the Republican China (1911-1949)
Nan Ouyang, National University of Singapore: Mobilizing Buddhists for Socialist Production: Disposal of Buddhist Properties on Mt. Jiuhua during the Mao Era (1949–1976)

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CONFERENCE> Paths to Liberation in Hindu and Sikh Traditions, University of Vienna

by cristina pecchia

Your network editor has reposted this from H-Announce. The byline reflects the original authorship.

Type: 

Conference

Date: 

November 28, 2019 to November 29, 2019

Location: 

Austria

Subject Fields: 

Asian History / Studies, Intellectual History, Philosophy, Religious Studies and Theology, South Asian History / Studies

we are pleased to announce that the international  symposium / Paths to Liberation in Hindu and Sikh Traditions / will take  place at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA), of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

 Date: 28-29 November, 2019

Venue: IKGA, Hollandstrasse 11–13, 1020 Vienna, AUSTRIA

    List of participants:

Christèle Barois, University of Vienna Peter Bisschop, Leiden University Johannes Bronkhorst, University of Lausanne Daniele Cuneo, Université Sorbonne nouvelle - Paris 3 Elisa Freschi, Austrian Academy of Sciences/University of Vienna Jürgen Hanneder, Philipps-Universität Marburg James Mallinson, SOAS University of London Andrew Nicholson, State University of New York at Stony Brook Marion Rastelli, Austrian Academy of Sciences Peter Schreiner, University of Zurich Arvind-Pal S. Mandair, University of Michigan Michael Williams, Austrian Academy of Sciences

 Organizers: Cristina Pecchia, Marion Rastelli, and Vincent Eltschinger

For more information, please visit: https://www.oeaw.ac.at/ikga/veranstaltungen/event-detail/article/paths-to-liberation-in-hindu-and-sikh-traditions/
Best regards,
Cristina Pecchia

Contact Info: 

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Dr Cristina Pecchia

Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA)

Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)

FWF Austrian Science Fund

Hollandstrasse 11-13 | 1020 Vienna, AUSTRIA

T: 0043 01 51581 6415

ikga.oeaw.ac.at | fwf.ac.at

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Contact Email: 

cristina.pecchia@oeaw.ac.at

URL: 

https://www.oeaw.ac.at/ikga/veranstaltungen/event-detail/article/paths-to-liberation-in-hindu-and-sikh-traditions/

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