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Dept. of Studies
in Religion
John Woolley Building, A20
University of Sydney
Sydney NSW 2006
fax: (02) 9351 7758 |
executive@buddhiststudies.org.au
http://www.buddhiststudies.org.au
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Dear list members,
We have now finalized Keynote speakers,
panels and presenters for our upcoming conference.
Attendees have also been invited to a special viewing of
Japanese ink paintings at the Art Gallery of NSW.
If you
have not already registered please do so ASAP to assist us in
catering and organization. For details of registration, accommodation
and schedule of presentations please visit the
conference page on our web site. Attached is a
brochure you might post within your school or
department.
Kind regards
AABS Executive
Date: 16th-17th June 2006
Time: 9 am - 6 pm (registration starts at 8 am)
Venue: The University
of Sydney, John Woolley Building
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Conference and Membership Costs |
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We do encourage all those interested in Buddhist Studies in
Australasia to take up membership of the AABS to support its
activities and play a role it determining it's direction.
For those considering attending the conference might we suggest
you also take up AABS membership.
Please feel free to submit form and payment on the morning of
the conference, however an
email advising of your intention to attend would assist with
catering and organisation.
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Zen Exhibition and Conference
Dinner |
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Zen Exhibition
Attendees at the AABS conference have been invited by the
Art Gallery of NSW to a special viewing of the the exhibition Zen Mind, Zen Brush:
Japanese ink paintings from the Gitter Yelen collection
(http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media/coming/zen)
from 6.00-7.00pm on Friday 16th.
Conference Dinner
Attendees at the AABS conference are invited to join the
conference dinner form 7.30pm on Friday 16th. Venue
is a local restaurant in Glebe Point Rd. Details to be
advised on the day.
Transport from the conference venue to the Art Gallery of NSW
and to the conference dinner following will be organized on the
day. |
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Key Note Speakers, Presenters and
Panels |
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Keynote Speakers
Dr Judith Snodgrass -
Discourse, Authority, Demand: The Politics of Early English
publications on Buddhism
Dr John Powers - What's Wrong with the Sutra Path? A Cultural
Approach to Tsong Khapa's Great Exposition of Secret mantra
Panels and Presenters
Doctrine and Methodology
- Dr John Jorgenson
- Professor Adrian Snodgrass
- Andrew McGarrity
Studies in Buddhist Meditation
- Dr Sonam Thakchoe
- Antonio Fereira Jardim
- Dr Brendon Stewart
Historical Studies
- Dr Mark Allon
- Dr Pankaj Mohan
- Dr Peter Oldmeadow and Lee Chilton
Doctrine and Methodology
- Dr Douglas Osto
- Dr Peter Friedlander
- Drasko Mitrikeski
Contemporary Expressions in Buddhism
- Dr Chris Hartney
- Elizabeth Guthrie
- Sally Mcara
- Glenys Eddy
Please visit
conference schedule For detail of topics and abstracts of
presentations. |
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Buddhist Studies: Australasian
Contributions | |
There is a general awareness that in recent
years there has been a rapid, almost exponential, increase in
Buddhist Studies throughout the scholarly world. What is perhaps
not so well known is how much work is being done in Buddhist
Studies in universities in the Australasian region. Some of us
became aware of this when a seminar series on Buddhist topics
was initiated about eighteen months ago at the University of
Western Sydney. We were amazed at how many academics attended
and how many were doing research in
some aspect of Buddhism.
It was noteworthy that none of the academics coming to the
seminars were affiliated with a department of Buddhist Studies,
but were working in a wide range of disciplines and in
comparative isolation, sometimes unaware that there were others,
even in their own universities, who shared an interest in the
study of Buddhism.
By organizing this conference, the Executive Committee of the
AABS seeks to provide a forum where scholars in Buddhist studies
from the Australasian region will have an opportunity to
familiarize themselves with researches of their colleagues.
The organizers also feel that the forthcoming publication of
selected papers from the conference (appearing as a special
volume of the Journal of Religious History) will be powerful
statement to a wider audience with a range of beneficial
implications.
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