Call for papers: Buddhism Across Asia

From the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore:

BUDDHISM ACROSS ASIA: NETWORKS OF MATERIAL, INTELLECTUAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE
February 16-18, 2009 Hosted by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore

Proposals are invited for papers based on original research and using primary sources on any of the following themes:

1. Education and centers of learning (such as, but not limited to, Taxila, Nalanda, Vallabhi, Mathura, Bairam-Ali, Srivijaya, Dunhuang, Chang-an, Hangzhou, etc.);

2. The transmission and translation of ideas and texts;

3. Buddhism and local cultures: assimilation, conflict and absorption;

4. Buddhism, statecraft, and material culture;

5. Excavating Buddhism: the role of archeology in understanding the history of Buddhism;

6. Buddhist rituals and ceremonies across cultures;

7. Cross-currents in Buddhist art and architecture;

8. Anthropologies of Buddhism in Asia;

9. Contemporary Buddhism and Buddhist Institutions in Asia.

Paper proposals will be evaluated on the basis of research excellence and conformity to the preceding conference themes.

The Proposal Submission Form is available at http://www.iseas.edu.sg/ baacproposal.doc

Deadline for Submission of Proposal: July 1, 2008.

Announcement of accepted proposals: September 1, 2008.

Deadline for Submission of Conference Papers: December 1, 2008.

Organizing Committee:

Ambassador K. Kesavapany
Chair (Director, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)

Chen Jinhua
(University of British Columbia)

John R. McRae
(Komazawa University)

Tansen Sen
(City University of New York)

Peter Skilling
(EFEO, Bangkok)

Wang Bangwei
(Peking University)

Vijay Sakhuja
(Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)

Jayati Bhattacharya
(Institute of Southeast Asian Studies)