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Theme: The Image of Women in Buddhist History
The Institute of Chinese Buddhist Studies (ICBS) is pleased to announce the ICBS Fall 2012 Young Scholar Seminar. The seminar has been organized to provide a platform for graduate students and young scholars to elevate their academic excellence and communication skills. The papers that will be presented at the seminar were written about a large variety of topics including Buddhist nuns and laywomen, ordination for nuns, the feminine principle in psychoanalysis, Buddhist female healers, Buddhist feminist leaders, and the current state of women's issues in Buddhism.
Schedule:
- November 8th-9th, 2012: Seminar at University of the West
- November 10th, 2012: Post-seminar one-day Buddhist Temple tour (optional)
| Thursday 11/08 |
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| Panel I -3:30pm -5:30pm Discussant: Dr. Lori Meeks / University of Southern California |
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| Questions about Mahāpajāpatī Gotamī’s Ordination | Julia Stenzel McGill University |
| The Social Life of Buddhist Nuns and Laywomen in Song Dynasty | Jacqueline Jingjing University of the West |
| Connected through Ritual: Interactions between Daihongan’s Nuns and Laypeople in Early Modern Japan | Matthew Mitchell Duke University |
| Anima and the Feminine Principle | Victor Gabriel University of the West |
| ICBS Fall 2012 Lecture Series -7:00pm -8:30pm Speaker: Dr. Lori Meeks / University of Southern California |
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Friday 11/09 |
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| Panel II - 9:00am -11:00am Discussant: Dr. Jane Iwamura / University of the West |
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| The Wizard King and His Daughters: Burmese Buddhist Female Mediums, Healers, and Dreamers | Thomas Patton Cornell University |
| Beyond gender equality in Theravāda Buddhism: Thai women who opt for bhikkhunī-upasampadā |
Ayako Itoh Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes |
| Women of Crazy Wisdom: the Influence of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche as a Source for Revolutionary Feminism | Amy Defibaugh Temple University |
| Brahmanical Marriage, Buddhist Renunciation and Possible Christian Influence in the Avadānaśataka |
Karen Muldoon-Hules UCLA |
| Panel III - 1:30pm -3:30pm Discussant: Dr. Natasha Heller / UCLA |
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| Both the Three Followings and the Three Jewels: Piety and Personal Choice in the Biographies of Two Northern Wei Buddhist Nuns | Stephanie Balkwill McMaster University |
| Female Religiosity of Korean Buddhism: A Case Study of the Unmunsa Monastic College | Chungwhan Sung Dongguk University |
| From Girl Poet to Exemplary Buddhist Laywoman: Ye Xiaoluan’s Afterlife Account in the Shan Nüren Zhuan | Hongyu Wu University of Pittsburgh |
| The Maiden Who Fell in Love with a Thief: Romance, Murder and Redemption in the Life of the Nun Bhaddā Kuṇḍalakesā | Alberto Todeschini UC Berkeley |
| ICBS Fall 2012 Lecture Series - 4:00pm -5:30pm Speaker: Dr. Natasha Heller / UCLA |
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Lecture by Dr. Lori Meeks: WOMEN IN BUDDHIST HISTORY: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED, AND WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? This lecture will begin with a reflection on dominant trends in the study ofwomen and gender in Buddhist history and will then suggest directions for future research. |
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Lecture by Dr. Natasha Heller: ZHONGFENG MINGBEN AND THE CASE OF THE DISAPPEARING LAYWOMEN Zhongfeng Mingben 中峰明本(1263-1323) was one of the most important Buddhist figures of the Yuan dynasty, who was sought out as a teacher by monks from across Asia and attracted many prominent lay disciples. His official biographies emphasize his wide popularity alongside his successful teaching career and written works, but also present Mingben as living in a male world. Yet if we probe at the margins of these sources, it is possible to uncover laywomen who played a role in his career. Exploring what we can know about these women adds another dimension to the picture of female devotion at this time, and offers a corrective to androcentric narratives of Buddhist monks. |
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Organizer:
The Institute of Chinese Buddhist Studies (ICBS), UWest
Contact:
Jacqueline Jingjing Z., Coordinator
Please send all queries to icbs@uwest.edu, and write “ICBS Fall 2012 Young Scholar Seminar” in the subject line.
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