[INDOLOGY] Conf. Announcement, Oct. 1, SMU (Dallas, TX): "The Legacy of Buddhism in South Asia"

[Lindquist, Steven]

Please pardon x-posting.

Asian Studies at SMU and the South Asia Research and Information Institute, Dallas, are pleased to announce our Annual South Asia Conference for 2016.  The event is free and open to the public. For information on Dallas, accommodations, etc., please feel free to contact us off-list.  Registration information will be posted later this summer.


The Legacy of Buddhism in South Asia: Disruption, Propagation, and Accommodation
Saturday, Oct. 1st, 9am-5pm
McCord Auditorium, SMU Campus

Presentations include:

"Between Rejection and Integration: Brahmanical Ideas and Practices in Early Buddhist Texts”
Oliver Freiberger, The University of Texas at Austin

"Does Propagation Digress into Degeneration? Insights into the Legacy of Buddhism in Andhra”
Sree Padma Holt, Bowdoin College

"Buddhism among Tamils”
Peter Schalk, Uppsala University (emeritus)

"The Rise of the Oppressed Tamilan: Iyotheethassar, Tamil Buddhism, and the Movement towards a Casteless South Asia”
Gajendran Ayyathurai, University of Göttingen

"A Civil Religion for Modern India? B.R. Ambedkar, Buddhism and Untouchability”
Johannes Beltz, Museum Rietberg

More information on organizers at:
www.smu.edu/asianstudies
www.sarii.org


My best,

Steven

STEVEN LINDQUIST, PH.D.
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, RELIGIOUS STUDIES
DIRECTOR, ASIAN STUDIES
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Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750202 | Dallas | TX | 75275
http://faculty.smu.edu/slindqui



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