Dear all,

Please pardon any x-posting. Abstracts and bios are now available for our upcoming annual South Asia conference (announcement below) at: http://sarii.org/2016abstracts.html Conference is free and open to the public, though registration is required (send email to: buddhism@sarii.org). Please feel free to contact me off list if you have any questions about attending.

Cheers,

Steven

STEVEN LINDQUIST, PH.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, RELIGIOUS STUDIES

DIRECTOR, ASIAN STUDIES

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Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, SMU

PO Box 750202 | Dallas | TX | 75275

Email: slindqui@smu.edu

Web: http://faculty.smu.edu/slindqui

Asian Studies at SMU and the South Asia Research and Information Institute, Dallas, are pleased present:

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: