[Buddha-l] FW: [INDOLOGY] April 15: Gregory Schopen on Debt, Slavery, and Who could Become a Buddhist Nun

[JKirkpatrick]

Any Buddha-L members in Toronto? This talk might be of
interest--nobody else but Schopen seems to be working on ancient
Buddhist economics: 

The University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata
Buddhist Studies Program is pleased to announce a free, public
lecture by Professor Gregory Schopen (UCLA): “The Limited Reach
of Religious Doctrine: Debt, Slavery, and Who could Become a
Buddhist Nun (or Monk) in Early India.”

Joanna

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Shayne Clarke
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2011 4:00 PM
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: [INDOLOGY] April 15: Gregory Schopen on Debt, Slavery,
and Who could Become a Buddhist Nun



Dear colleagues,


The University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata
Buddhist Studies Program is pleased to announce a free, public
lecture by Professor Gregory Schopen (UCLA): “The Limited Reach
of Religious Doctrine: Debt, Slavery, and Who could Become a
Buddhist Nun (or Monk) in Early India.”


Time and date: 5 pm, April 15, 2011

Place: Muzzo Family Alumni Hall 100, University of St. Michael’s
College, St. Joseph Street, Toronto
Sponsored by the University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan
Numata Buddhist Studies Program

Professor Gregory Schopen (MA McMaster University, 1975; PhD ANU,
1979) has taught at the Universities of Michigan, Washington,
Indiana, Texas, Stanford, and California. He was awarded a
prestigious MacArthur “genius” fellowship (1985-1990) in
recognition of his work in Buddhist Studies, which has been
described as “Unquestionably the freshest, most exciting
scholarship to have emerged in the field in half a century.”
Professor Schopen’s numerous publications include:

• Bones, Stones and Buddhist Monks. University of Hawai’i Press,
1997.
• Buddhist Monks and Business Matters. University of Hawai’i
Press, 2004.
• Figments and Fragments of Mahāyāna Buddhism in India.
University of Hawai’i Press, 2005.

For more information, contact Shayne Clarke: clarsha at mcmaster.ca

http://buddhiststudies.chass.utoronto.ca/gregory-schopen/


Please circulate widely.

Sincerely,
Shayne Clarke

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Shayne Clarke
Department of Religious Studies
McMaster University
University Hall, Room 104
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 4K1
CANADA
Phone: 905 525 9140, ext. 23389
Fax: 905 525 8161
clarsha[at]mcmaster.ca
http://socserv.mcmaster.ca/clarsha/