Women In Buddhism: Religion, Politics, and the Arts

FAIN: EH-281175-21

Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, Inc. (Honolulu, HI 96848-1601)
Peter D. Hershock (Project Director: March 2021 to present)
Wendi Adamek (Co Project Director: July 2021 to present)

A four-week, residential institute for 25 higher education faculty to study womens roles in and contributions to Buddhism.

This 4-week, Level II residential institute program for college and university teachers is planned to take place June 6 to July 1, 2022. The Institute will be offered by the Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP), a national initiative of the East-West Center, and is designed to meet the needs of twenty-five educators in community colleges, liberal arts colleges and universities.

Associated Products

Women and Representation in Buddhist Asia: Innovative Pedagogies, Alternative Narratives, and Reimagined Philosophies (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Women and Representation in Buddhist Asia: Innovative Pedagogies, Alternative Narratives, and Reimagined Philosophies
Author: o Antoinette DeNapoli; Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox; and Heather McRae
Abstract: This panel presents pedagogical insights regarding the complexities of women's agencies derived from an NEH Summer Institute on Women in Buddhism.
Date: 03/08/2024
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Conference Name: ASDP National Conference: Asian Studies Connections

“Mutterings to the Wall: Zen and Graffiti” (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: “Mutterings to the Wall: Zen and Graffiti”
Author: Kevin Curtis Taylor
Abstract: This paper draws parallels between the contemporary artist, Banksy, and the art and philosophy of medieval Japanese Zen Buddhism.
Date: 03/08/2024

Women in Buddhism: Reconceptualizing Mothering, Society, and Architecture (Conference Paper/Presentation)
Title: Women in Buddhism: Reconceptualizing Mothering, Society, and Architecture
Author: Maria Ritzema, Sophea Seng, Sean McPherson, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox
Abstract: This panel explores the agency of Buddhist women in South, Southeast Asia, and East Asia. Individual papers on: “Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Buddhism, and Governance”; “Creating Everyday Ethical Spaces: A Cambodian Mother's Narrative”; “Alternative Narratives as Vehicles for Social Transformation: Learning from Ambedkar's Approach to Buddhism an Particularized Justice”; and “Meditations on Making: Gender, Architecture, and Agency in Early Modern Japan.”
Date: 03/09/2024

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