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Agencies of Premodern Buddhist Women: China and Japan
Women in Buddhism Online Workshop
October 27, 2023
This online workshop will explore the agencies of Buddhist women through teaching-oriented presentations on premodern China and Japan. The program is free and open to undergraduate educators and will include two presentations, followed by a roundtable discussion of the challenges of teaching about women’s agency across historical and cultural differences, as well as strategies for creatively meeting those challenges.
This workshop is part one of a two-part series of online workshops that builds on the Asian Studies Development Program's 2023 Summer Institute on Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts. Generously supported with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the 2023 Institute was a 4-week in-person program that conducted a multidisciplinary exploration of the complexity of women’s agency in Buddhist Asia, and its variations across both time and cultures.
Agenda
| October 27, 2023 | | Times listed below are Hawai‘i Standard Time |
| 9:30-10:15am HST | Kate Lingley (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) |
| | Visible and Invisible Women: Buddhist Monuments and Patrons in 6th-century China |
| 10:15-10:25am HST | Q&A session |
| 10:30-11:15am HST | Lori Meeks (University of Southern California) |
| | Thinking through Concepts of Women's Agency in Buddhist Practice: A Few Case Studies from Premodern Japan |
| 11:15-11:25am HST | Q&A session |
| 11:30 am-12:00 pm HST | Roundtable Discussion: Teaching the Agencies of Premodern Buddhist Women |
| Kate Lingley & Lori Meeks |
Speakers
Kate A. Lingley is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her research focuses on Buddhist votive sculpture of the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, with a particular interest in the social history of religious art in medieval China. Her articles in this area have been published in Asia Major, Ars Orientalis, Early Medieval China, and Archives of Asian Art, among others. She is currently working on a book manuscript on the lives of Buddhist women in medieval China, as seen through the votive monuments they dedicated.
Lori Meeks is Associate Professor of Buddhism at the University of Southern California (USC), where she has taught since 2004. She has published widely on Buddhism in premodern Japan, and especially on women’s reception and practice of Buddhism. At USC, she regularly teaches the large General Education course “Introduction to Buddhism.” In the past she has served as Co-Chair of the Buddhism Section of the American Academy of Religion, as Co-Director of the USC Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, and as the Chair of the Department of Religion at USC.
The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect East-West Center policies or positions.
Agencies of Premodern Buddhist Women: China and Japan
Women in Buddhism Online Workshop
October 27, 2023
This online workshop will explore the agencies of Buddhist women through teaching-oriented presentations on premodern China and Japan. The program is free and open to undergraduate educators and will include two presentations, followed by a roundtable discussion of the challenges of teaching about women’s agency across historical and cultural differences, as well as strategies for creatively meeting those challenges.
This workshop is part one of a two-part series of online workshops that builds on the Asian Studies Development Program's 2023 Summer Institute on Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts. Generously supported with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the 2023 Institute was a 4-week in-person program that conducted a multidisciplinary exploration of the complexity of women’s agency in Buddhist Asia, and its variations across both time and cultures.
Agenda
| October 27, 2023 | | Times listed below are Hawai‘i Standard Time |
| 9:30-10:15am HST | Kate Lingley (University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa) |
| | Visible and Invisible Women: Buddhist Monuments and Patrons in 6th-century China |
| 10:15-10:25am HST | Q&A session |
| 10:30-11:15am HST | Lori Meeks (University of Southern California) |
| | Thinking through Concepts of Women's Agency in Buddhist Practice: A Few Case Studies from Premodern Japan |
| 11:15-11:25am HST | Q&A session |
| 11:30 am-12:00 pm HST | Roundtable Discussion: Teaching the Agencies of Premodern Buddhist Women |
| Kate Lingley & Lori Meeks |
Speakers
Kate A. Lingley is Associate Professor of Art History at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her research focuses on Buddhist votive sculpture of the Northern and Southern Dynasties period, with a particular interest in the social history of religious art in medieval China. Her articles in this area have been published in Asia Major, Ars Orientalis, Early Medieval China, and Archives of Asian Art, among others. She is currently working on a book manuscript on the lives of Buddhist women in medieval China, as seen through the votive monuments they dedicated.
Lori Meeks is Associate Professor of Buddhism at the University of Southern California (USC), where she has taught since 2004. She has published widely on Buddhism in premodern Japan, and especially on women’s reception and practice of Buddhism. At USC, she regularly teaches the large General Education course “Introduction to Buddhism.” In the past she has served as Co-Chair of the Buddhism Section of the American Academy of Religion, as Co-Director of the USC Center for Japanese Religions and Culture, and as the Chair of the Department of Religion at USC.
The views expressed are those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect East-West Center policies or positions.
