UKABS 2021

Halle O'Neal and Naomi Appleton

UKABS 2021 Hosted by University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Buddhist Studies

The University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Buddhist Studies (EBS) are proud to host the United Kingdom Association for Buddhist Studies (UKABS) conference on 1st and 2nd July 2021. The theme of the conference is “Word, Image, Object, Performance.” We will have short paper panels, roundtable discussions, keynote lectures, and a session for PhD students with posters and pre-recorded videos.There will be no conference fee but registration through Eventbrite is required to attend. EBS thanks Khyentse Foundation for its generous support of UKABS 2021.

UKABS 2021 – Word, Image, Object, PerformanceConference ProgrammeThursday 1st July 2021 BST
9.15-10.15 	UKABS Annual General Meeting
10.30-10.45 	Welcome by Naomi Appleton and Halle O’Neal
10.45-12.00 	National Museums Scotland Roundtable: “Images of the Buddha: Collecting Histories and the Displays of Buddhist Material in Public Museums” Introduced by Naomi Appleton
<ul><li>Emma Martin (Chair)
</li><li>Friederike Voigt
</li><li>Marjolein de Raat
</li><li>Qin Cao
</li><li>Karwin Cheung
</li></ul>
12.10-1.00 	Panel: “Visions of Deities” Chaired by Ian Astley
<ul><li>Yen-Yi Chan – ‘A Divine Vision on Earth: One Thousand Images of Kannon from Kōfukuji’
</li><li>Hillary Pedersen – ‘Iconography and Efficacy of the Kannonkyō-ji Niō Ofuda’
</li><li>Yui Suzuki – ‘Saved by Kannon: Mourning, Memorials and Remembrance at Iwo Jima’
</li></ul>1.00-2.00 	Lunch and Gather.Town breakout discussions 
2.00-2.50 	Panel: “Materiality” Chaired by Elodie Pascal
<ul><li>Sherry Fowler – ‘A Deep Dive and Rare Resurrection of a Buddhist Bell’
</li><li>Carolyn Wargula – ‘Embodied Objects: Chūjōhime’s Hair Embroideries and the Transformation of the Female Body’
</li><li>Amy McNair – ‘The Fifth Garden of Ryūgen-in’ 
</li></ul>3.00-4.15 	Roundtable: “Aesthetics of Buddhist Belonging in/through Objects and Action” Introduced by Halle O’Neal
<ul><li>Erica Baffelli and Paulina Kolata (Chairs)
</li><li>Trine Brox
</li><li>Jane Caple
</li><li>Gwendolyn Gillson
</li><li>Levi McLaughlin
</li><li>Frederik Schröer
</li><li>Dominique Townsend
</li><li>Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg
</li></ul>4.30-5.45 	Roundtable: “Decolonisation and Buddhist Studies” Introduced 
by Halle O’Neal
<ul><li>Alice Collett (Chair) 
</li><li>Daud Ali
</li><li>Elizabeth Harris
</li><li>Salila Kulshreshta 
</li><li>Patrice Ladwig 
</li></ul>6.00-7.00 	Keynote lecture: Justin McDaniel (University of Pennsylvania) Chaired by Naomi Appleton
"Cajoleries and Thin Description in the Study of Thai Buddhist Art"


*************Friday 2nd July 2021 BST
10.00-11.30 	PhD student Q&A session (posters and videos viewable in advance)
		Access via the Poster Room on Gather.Town 
11.45-1.00 	Roundtable: “Buddhist Materialities in Premodern Japan” Introduced by Halle O’Neal
<ul><li>Cynthea Bogel (Chair) 
</li><li>Mimi Chusid
</li><li>Michael Como 
</li><li>Hank Glassman
</li></ul>1.00-2.00 	Lunch and Gather.Town breakout discussions
2.00-2.50 	Panel: “Illustrated Manuscripts” Chaired by Naomi Appleton
<ul><li>Anne Bancroft – ‘Searching for Images of Protectors with Sacred Script’
</li><li>Jana Igunma – ‘Illustrated Yogāvacāra Manuals from the Khmer, Thai and Lao Buddhist Traditions’
</li><li>Elisabeth Kindall – ‘Walking Meditation in a Painted Landscape Scroll’
</li></ul>3.00-3.50 	Panel: “Fragments and Calligraphy” Chaired by Joachim Gentz
<ul><li>Edward Kamens – ‘Material and Immaterial Transformations: Thoughts on Sūtra Fragments in Tekagami’
</li><li>Akiko Walley – ‘Burning Still: Calligraphy Collecting and the Appreciation of “Burnt Sūtra”’
</li><li>Michael Jamentz – ‘Fujiwara no Toshinori, Shinjaku, Master of Words and Images’
</li></ul>4.00-5.15 	Roundtable: “Performing scripture: Text Meets Art, Music and Drama” Introduced by Naomi Appleton
<ul><li>Eviatar Shulman (Chair) 
</li><li>Pia Brancaccio
</li><li>Natalie Gummer 
</li><li>Trent Walke
r</li></ul>5.20-6.20 	Keynote lecture: Pamela Winfield (Elon University) Chaired by Halle O’Neal
“What’s in A Nāma? A Rūpa Would Smell as Sweet: Reflections on Sensational Buddhism”
6.20 	Closing Remarks and Announcement of the Prize for the Best PhD Poster/Video

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