RRS conference announcement:
We are pleased to announce that Department of
East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona (Tucson) is organizing a conference
on "The Formation of Regional Religious Systems in Greater China."
Supported by generous funding from the Chiang Chingkuo Foundation and Su Wukang
East Asia Research Fund, this conference aims to provide a new perspective to
the “old question” of regionalism and localism in Chinese history, thus
initiating a renewed research program of historical GIS and spatial analysis
for achieving a more complete consideration of the role of religion in terms of
regional formation. The conference, open to all, will be held on April 7 and 8
in Silver and Sage Conference Room at Old Main on campus. Please register
through our website. In addition, two conference participants, Prof. Lewis
Lancaster (ECAI Director, UC Berkeley) and Prof. Peter Bol (Vice Provost,
Harvard University), will give separate lectures on Buddhist studies and online
learning on April 6. Please visit our conference website at
http://rrs.arizona.edu for details. We encourage our colleagues to spread the
news by using the social media functions provided in the website.
The Formation of Regional Religious Systems
in Greater China
April 7-8, 2016, Tucson, Arizona
The University of Arizona
Organizer: Department of East Asian Studies,
College of Humanities, The University of Arizona
Funded by Chiang Chingkuo Foundation and Su
Wukang East Asian Research Fund
Location: Silver and Sage Conference room,
Old Main
1200 E University Bl
Tucson, AZ 85721
United States
Conference Program
Pre-conference Events
April 6, Wednesday
Buddhist Studies
Lecture Series: Lewis Lancaster, Director of Electronic Cultural Atlas
Initiative (ECAI), Emeritus Professor, UC Berkeley, Former president of
University of the West
Location and Time:
Kiva auditorium, Student Union, 4-5pm.
Topic: "The
Past, Present, and Future of Buddhist Studies"
April 6, Wednesday
UA community talk:
Peter Bol (Vice Provost, Harvard University), “Teaching and Learning in a
Digital Age,” sponsored and funded by College of Humanities, UA Vice Provost
Office for Digital Learning and Student Engagement, Department of East Asian
Studies, School of Geography and Development, and Confucius Institute.
Modern Language
Auditorium, 7pm-9pm
Conference Schedule
April 7, Thursday
8:30 Opening Ceremony
Remarks by Dean Mary
Wildner-Bassett, Department Head Albert Welter, and conference organizer Jiang
Wu
9:00-9:15 Group Photo
9:15-10:15 Keynote
Speech
Peter Bol, Harvard
University: “On the Spatio-temporal Analysis of Religious Institutions – A Case
Study”
10:15-10:30 Recess
10:30-12:00 Panel
One: RRS and its Application
Jiang Wu, University of Arizona: “Further
Thoughts on Regional Religious Systems (RRS): Theoretical and Methodological
Issues”
Shuming Bao, University of Michigan: “The
Spatial Study of Religion: Theories, Methodology, Data, Technology and Applications”
Jiang Wu and Daoqin
Tong, University of Arizona: “Transforming William Skinner's Macroregions into
Regional Religious Systems”
Response by Lewis
Lancaster, UC Berkeley
12:00-1:00 Lunch and
Recess
1:00-3:00 Panel Two:
RRS in Medieval Buddhist China
Jinhua Chen, UBC: “Hidden Links: The Recovered Identity of An Obscured Buddhist leader in
the Sixth Century and the Regional Religious Communities Surrounding him”
Christopher Jensen,
McMaster University: “Mapping the Imaginaire of Early Medieval Chinese
Buddhism: Regionalism and Patronage in Gaoseng
zhuang and Xu gaoseng zhua”
Jason Protass, Stanford
University: “Towards a Regional History of Chan Buddhism”
Albert Welter,
University of Arizona: “Marking Buddhist Sacred Space: The Aśoka Stūpa Cult in
Wuyue and at the Court of Song Taizong”
Response by Lewis
Lancaster, UC Berkeley
3:00-4:15 Recess
4:15-5:30 Panel
Three: RRS in Early Modern Chinese Buddhism
Kaiqi Hua, UC Merced:
“Local Patrons of Buddhist Canon Printing in the Hang-Jia-Hu Subregion During
the Song-Yuan Period”
Weiran
Zhang, Fudan University: “Regional Systems of Pilgrimages to Guanyin in the
Yangtze Delta during the Ming-Qing Period”
Marcus Bingenheimer,
Temple University: “ ‘Knowing the Routes of Pilgrimage’ - The Network of
Pilgrimage Routes in 19th Century China”
Response by Lewis
Lancaster, UC Berkeley
6:00-8:00 Dinner
8:00 Guests return to
hotel (Lodge of the Desert)
April 8, Friday
8:30-10:00 Panel Four:
Spatial Analysis of Contemporary Chinese Religion
George Hong and
Jianfeng Jin, Purdue University Calumet: “The Spatial Study of Catholic Market
in China”
Fenggang Yang and
Jonathan Pettit, Purdue University: “Mapping Religions in Zhejiang, China”
I-chun Fan,
Hsiung-ming Liao, Jr-Jie Jang, Joe Chen, Academia Sinica: “The Taiwan Religious
Database and Case Studies by Using Geo-spatial Technologies”
Response by Lewis
Lancaster, UC Berkeley
10:00-10:15 Recess
10:15-12:00 Panel
Five: RRS Beyond China Proper
Karl Ryavec, UC
Merced: “A Regional Systems Survey of the Early
Spread of Bon and Buddhism in Tibet”
Nan Ouyang,
University of Arizona: “Geostatistic Exploration of Religious Landscape: A Case
Study of Buddhist Monasteries in Taiwan”
Kenneth Dean, McGill
University: “Representing overlapping networks: Chinese Temples, Trade and Trust
Networks Linking SE China and SE Asia”
Response by Lewis
Lancaster, UC Berkeley
12:00-1:00 Lunch and
Recess
1:00-2:00 Special
Report on Maritime Buddhism Project by Lewis Lancaster:
“Maritime Buddhism: A
New Look at Spatial-Temporary Study of Religion”
2:00-2:15 Recess
2:15-4:00 Training
5:30-6:30 Guest
return to hotel
6:30-8:30 Farewell
Banquet and reception (Lodge of the Desert): invitation only
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