The ‘Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies’ of Ghent University, Belgium, and Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan, jointly organize the following conference:
From Abhidhamma To
Abhidharma
Early Buddhist
Scholasticism in India, Central Asia, and China
The conference will take place in ‘Het Pand’,
conference centre of Ghent University, on 8 and 9 July 2013.
Conference papers on the following topics are
welcome:
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Indian
Abhidharma Systems
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The
adoption and adaptation of Indian Abhidharma in China
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The
translation of Indian Abhidharma texts into Chinese
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Hermeneutical
issues concerning the Chinese reception of Indian Buddhist texts
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The
formation of Abhidharma schools in China
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Chinese
Abhidharma masters
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The
Importance of Abhidharma for the development of Chinese Buddhist schools
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Central
Asian manuscript founds
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On the occasion of the 120th birthday of the appointment of Louis de La Vallée Poussin as professor at Ghent University in 1893, also a panel on the life and work of this famous buddhologist will be organized on July 9 2013. [for Lamotte's portrait of LVP see: http://www2.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/deLAVALLEEPOUSSINLouisARB_196538457.pdf]
Should you
decide to attend, please send us the abstract of your paper by October 31,
2012. Abstracts should be send in electronic form to: bart.dessein@UGent.be The abstracts
will be evaluated by a scientific committee, formed by three scholars in the
field. Notification of acceptance of your paper for presentation at the
conference will be done by November 30, 2012. Attendance of the conference is free of conference fee
for paper presenters. The
conference fee for non-paper-presenters is set at 70 Euro. For non-paper
presenters, no lodging expenses will be covered. Warmest regards, Prof. dr. Bart Dessein Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies Prof. Huimin Bhikshu President, Dharma Drum Buddhist College Prof. Weijen Teng Coordinator, Dharma
Drum Buddhist College