Japanese Buddhism

Dear Colleagues,

Our apologies for cross-posting.

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Religion in Japan (JRJ) 7.1 (2018) has been published.

With our best regards,

The Editors

Elisabetta Porcu and James Mark Shields

Journal of Religion in Japan 7.1 (2018)

CONTENTS

Articles

ELLEN VAN GOETHEM

Heian Jingū: Monument or Shintō Shrine?

MATTHEW HAYES

Faith, Devotion, and Doctrinal Knowledge: Interpretative Strategies in Shingon Liturgical Exegesis

TAKASHI MIURA

Dear Colleagues,

Our apologies for cross-posting.

We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Religion in Japan (JRJ) 7.1 (2018) has been published.

With our best regards,

The Editors

Elisabetta Porcu and James Mark Shields

*****

Journal of Religion in Japan 7.1 (2018)

CONTENTS

Articles

ELLEN VAN GOETHEM

Heian Jingū: Monument or Shintō Shrine?

MATTHEW HAYES

Faith, Devotion, and Doctrinal Knowledge: Interpretative Strategies in Shingon Liturgical Exegesis

Travel is Life, Travel is Home: Representing Travel and Landscape in Japanese Literature, Art, and Culture
April 4-6, 2019
University of Iowa, Iowa City IA

Deadline for proposals: December 10, 2018

Keynote: Meredith McKinney, visiting fellow at the Japan Center, Australian National University

[x-H-Buddhism]

Dear Colleagues,

The International Buddhism Research Division of the Shin Buddhist Comprehensive Research Institute will host a public lecture by Professor Jørn Borup (Aarhus University). The details are as follows.

Speaker: Jørn Borup (Aarhus University)

Title: "Japanese Buddhism in Europe"

Time: Wednesday, November 14, 2018, from 16:30 to 18:00

Place: Multimedia Seminar Room (Korukan, 3rd Floor), Otani University (Koyama Kamifusa-cho, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi 603-8143)

Dear Colleagues,

Dear Colleagues, 

Although a few lectures have passed, we hope that some of you will be able to attend one or more of the lectures listed below in the fall and winter months.  

IMAP/IDOC in Japanese Humanities Distinguished Lecture Series 2018–19

The International Master’s Program and International Doctorate in Japanese Humanities, Faculty of Humanities, Kyushu University

 All lectures will be held on the new Ito Campus

July 19, 2018

12:00 pm

Charles Inouye, Tufts University

The Japan Studies Review (JSR) is an annual peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the joint efforts of the Asian Studies Program at Florida International University. JSR remains an outlet for publications related to Southern Japan Seminar events that encourages submissions from a wide range of scholars in the field.

Dear. Colleagues,

On behalf of the Research Center for Cultural Heritage and Texts (CHT) at Nagoya University Graduate School of Letters, I am pleased to announce the symposium, “New Perspectives on Medieval Zen Buddhism Part II: The Fields Opened by the Chūsei zenseki sōkan” to be held at Nagoya University this coming October.

Symposium “New Perspectives on Medieval Zen Buddhism Part II: The Fields Opened by the Chūsei zenseki sōkan”

(中世禅への新視角 Part II: 『中世禅籍叢刊』が開く世界)

The American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) invites applications in the 2018-19 competition year of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies.

Crosspost from H-Buddhism

Discussion published by Mark Schumacher on Saturday, July 28, 2018 

I have recently uploaded a Condensed Visual Classroom Guide titled:
Thirteen Buddhist Deities of Japan
Exploring Their Origins & Roles in Japanese Death Rites & Funerary Art