Buddhist Book Cultures Symposium at University of Denver, April 28th
Please join the University of Denver's Department of Religious Studies on Friday, April 28 for our Buddhist Book Cultures Symposium from 1:30-5:00pm in Sturm Hall 286.
1:30-3:30 Panel 1: Buddhist Manuscript Cultures Across Asia, 9th-13th Centuries
- Jinah Kim, Harvard University - Books on Pedestals: Buddhist Manuscripts & Their Function & Use in Medieval South Asia
- Rae Erin Dachille, University of Arizona - Text as Image: Art History, Paleography, & the Material World of a Dunhuang Manuscript
- Bryan Lowe, Vanderbilt University - Inscribing Orality: Performance & Production of a Homiletic Manuscript from 9th-Century Japan
3:15-4:45 Panel 2: Woodblocks, Printing Presses, & Beyond, 17th-21st Centuries
- Ben Nourse, University of Denver - Translating the Cult of the Book: Publishing & Performing a Tibetan Buddhist Ritual in Qing Beijing
- Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, Grinnell College - Distributing Merit through River Currents & Internet Cables: Technological & Geographical Frontiers & Local Agency in the Development of Tibetan-language Book Cultures
- Natasha Heller, University of Virginia - Can a Comic be Canonical? Thinking through the Idea of Buddhist Books in Modern China
- Discussant: Sarah Magnatta, Denver Art Museum and University of Denver
4:45-5:00 Closing Remarks
This is event is organized by Dr. Ben Nourse, cosponsored by the Department of Religious Studies & the Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in Critical Bibliography at Rare Book School, with support from the Marsico Visiting Scholars Program.
This event is free & open to the public.
Please RSVP to RLGS@du.edu - space is limited!
This event is free & open to the public.
Please RSVP to RLGS@du.edu - space is limited!
