Vinaya Revival in 20th Century China and Taiwan
Dear colleagues,
We are excited to announce a conference on the Chinese Buddhist Vinaya funded by the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange and organized by the Religious Studies Department, Fu Jen Catholic University (Taiwan) in collaboration with the Faculty of Chinese Studies, University of Perugia (Italy). The conference presents the results of research conducted by members of the project “Vinaya Revival in 20th Century China and Taiwan” under the direction of Ester Bianchi and Daniela Campo.
You may find the details below and on our project webpage: https://vinayarevival.com/conferences/
This event is free and open to the public. No registration is required.
Kind regards,
Pei-ying Lin
Fu Jen Catholic University
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Vinaya Revival in 20th Century China and Taiwan
Fu Jen Catholic University, 20-21 December 2017
Program:
Wednesday, December 20
9:00 AM: Greetings
9:30 AM: Opening Keynote by T.H. Barrett (SOAS, University of London)
“Rewriting the History of Modern and Contemporary Chinese-language Buddhism: Revivals and Renaissances Reconsidered”
10:00 AM: Panel 1 - Reforming the Vinaya: Ordination Procedures
Jiang Wu (University of Arizona)
Yu-Chen Li (National Chengchi University)
Respondent: William Bodiford (University of California, Los Angeles)
11:10 AM: Coffee break
11:25 AM, Panel 2: Adjusting the Vinaya: Traditional Models and the Modern World
Zhe Ji (INALCO, Paris)
Dhammadinnā bhikkhunī (Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts)
Respondent: Eric Goodell (Fo Guang University)
12:30 PM: Lunch
2:00 PM: Panel 3 - Interpreting the Vinaya: Body Movement and Sport Activities
Ann Heirman (Ghent University)
Tzu-Lung Chiu (Max Planck Institute, Göttingen)
Respondent: Po-Chi Huang (National Chengchi University)
3:05 PM: Coffee break
3:25 PM: Panel 4: Reviving the Vinaya: Republican China
Raoul Birnbaum (University of California at Santa Cruz)
Stefania Travagnin (University of Groningen)
Respondent: Paul Katz (Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica)
Thursday, December 21
9:00 AM: Panel 5: Mahāyāna Vinaya: Bodhisattva Precepts
Ester Bianchi (University of Perugia)
Pei-Ying Lin (Fu Jen Catholic University)
Respondent: Matt Orsborn (Fo Guang University)
10:05 AM: Coffee break
10:20 AM: Panel 6: Chinese Vinaya: Rules for Monasteries
Jennifer Eichman (SOAS, University of London)
Daniela Campo (University of Strasburg)
Respondent: Richard Jaffe (Duke University)
11:30 AM: Closing Keynote by Mario Poceski (University of Florida)
“Public Monasteries, Hereditary Temples, and the Institutional Development of Modern Taiwanese Buddhism”
Pei-ying Lin
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University