[Buddha-l] FW: H-ASIA: Buddhist Traditions of Tibet & Himalayas NEH Summer Program

[jkirk]

Surely some among our distinguished list members on the US east
coast might like to participate in this interesting offering. The
list of participating scholars sure looks good. [sigh***--I'm not
on the east coast.] If you go, please post your impressions, and
paper if there was one.
Joanna 
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H-ASIA
January 22, 2009

NEH Summer Program, Buddhist Traditions of Tibet and the
Himalayas, June 22-July 10, 2009
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From: H-Net Announcements <announce at MAIL.H-NET.MSU.EDU>

NEH Program for the Summer of 2009 Buddhist Traditions of Tibet
and the Himalayas Co-directed by Todd T. Lewis and Leonard van
der Kuijp

Location: Massachusetts, United States
Summer Program Date: 2009-06-22
Date Submitted: 2009-01-14
Announcement ID: 166296

Buddhist Traditions of Tibet and the Himalayas Co-directed by or
Todd T. Lewis and Leonard van der Kuijp June 22-July 10, 2009

25 Institute participants will receive a stipend of $2600, to
cover expenses.

Applications due by March 2, 2009.

The Institute will be concerned with the study of Buddhism in
Tibet and the Himalayas and it will follow the contemporary trend
in Buddhist studies to go beyond the sole use of texts and
philological-philosophical analysis to study and teach Buddhism.
Balancing the use of elite sources with anthropological studies,
our goal is to convey how Buddhism has been a lived religion that
affected Himalayan societies. 
Accordingly, we will devote special attention to themes relevant
to this goal: monastic life in the Himalayan communities; the use
of art in the regional transmission of Buddhist culture; healing
traditions through which Buddhism influenced whole societies;
consideration of forms of Mahayana meditation (visualization
meditation; Dzog-chen; fasting) not usually taught in American
Buddhist Centers. We will also sponsor lecture-demonstrations by
distinguished ritual specialists from the region, and for Nepal
present an experience of Buddhist life cycle rites, festivals,
and feasting.

Visiting Scholars will include Naresh Man Bajracarya, Dina
Bangdel, Martin Brauen Sienna Craig, Georges Dreyfus, David
Germano, David Gray, David Holmberg, Kathryn March, Sarah Levine,
Charles Ramble, Anne de Sales, Kurtis Schaeffer Jonathan Silk,
Gray Tuttle, Michael Witzel

Todd Lewis
Religious Studies Department
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA 01610-2395
508/793-3436

Email: tlewis at holycross.edu

Visit the website at
http://college.holycross.edu/projects/buddhists_traditions/