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Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts
Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts is a 24-month project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This multidisciplinary program will explore the evolving relational agencies of women from the origins of Buddhism into the modern era through deep and context-rich engagement with key traditions, practices, and primary texts. The program is designed to meet the needs of undergraduate educators addressing issues of diversity at the intersections among religion, gender, power, globalization, and cultural pluralism.
Residential Institute. At the heart of the project is a 4-week residential institute program for college and university teachers that will be hosted on the East-West Center campus in Honolulu by the Asian Studies Development Program. Applicants accepted into this program will receive a $3,450 stipend to help defray the costs of participation.
Click for more information on the 2023 summer institute, including its intellectual rationale, schedule, presenting faculty, and application instructions
The project will also feature two online workshops, a digital repository of teaching resources, an edited book publication, and conference panels.
Online workshops. Workshops will be organized for October 2023 and February 2024. These workshops will be organized according to themes selected by the Summer Institute participants. Each program will feature two presentations followed by small group and plenary discussion. The workshop lecture sessions will be open to all interested teachers and will be recorded for archive.
Publication. Institute participants will self-organize to edit a collection of essays on Women in Buddhism for the Asian Studies Development Series published by the State University of New York Press. This series features books written and edited for undergraduate educators, by undergraduate educators, and aims at bridging the gap between specialist research and engaging in effective intercultural inquiry in the undergraduate classroom.
Conference Panels. The project will also offer modest support for Summer Institute participants to present their research and/or pedagogical insights in a multidisciplinary conference setting. Participants will be invited to submit panel proposals for either the ASDP National Conference (March 2024) or the ASIANetwork Annual Conference (April 2024). Selected panelists will receive registration support.
Acknowledgement
The Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
Equal Opportunity Statement: Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202-606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).
NEH Principles of Civility: You can read the NEH Principles of Civility here.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts
Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts is a 24-month project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This multidisciplinary program will explore the evolving relational agencies of women from the origins of Buddhism into the modern era through deep and context-rich engagement with key traditions, practices, and primary texts. The program is designed to meet the needs of undergraduate educators addressing issues of diversity at the intersections among religion, gender, power, globalization, and cultural pluralism.
Residential Institute. At the heart of the project is a 4-week residential institute program for college and university teachers that will be hosted on the East-West Center campus in Honolulu by the Asian Studies Development Program. Applicants accepted into this program will receive a $3,450 stipend to help defray the costs of participation.
Click for more information on the 2023 summer institute, including its intellectual rationale, schedule, presenting faculty, and application instructions
The project will also feature two online workshops, a digital repository of teaching resources, an edited book publication, and conference panels.
Online workshops. Workshops will be organized for October 2023 and February 2024. These workshops will be organized according to themes selected by the Summer Institute participants. Each program will feature two presentations followed by small group and plenary discussion. The workshop lecture sessions will be open to all interested teachers and will be recorded for archive.
Publication. Institute participants will self-organize to edit a collection of essays on Women in Buddhism for the Asian Studies Development Series published by the State University of New York Press. This series features books written and edited for undergraduate educators, by undergraduate educators, and aims at bridging the gap between specialist research and engaging in effective intercultural inquiry in the undergraduate classroom.
Conference Panels. The project will also offer modest support for Summer Institute participants to present their research and/or pedagogical insights in a multidisciplinary conference setting. Participants will be invited to submit panel proposals for either the ASDP National Conference (March 2024) or the ASIANetwork Annual Conference (April 2024). Selected panelists will receive registration support.
Acknowledgement
The Women in Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom.
Equal Opportunity Statement: Endowment programs do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or age. For further information, write to the Equal Opportunity Officer, National Endowment for the Humanities, 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20024. TDD: 202-606-8282 (this is a special telephone device for the Deaf).
NEH Principles of Civility: You can read the NEH Principles of Civility here.
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities