Special UKABS Conference on Early Mahāyāna Buddhism
7th-8th July 2012, St Michael’s College, Llandaff, Cardiff
Please note that this conference is currently full. However, if you are interested in attending and have not yet booked please contact Naomi on AppletonN1 [AT] cardiff.ac.uk as it is possible that further places will become available over the coming months.
Provisional list of speakers and titles:
Daniel Boucher (Cornell): How to Read a Mahāyāna Sūtra
Johannes Bronkhorst (Lausanne): Reflections on the Origins of Mahāyāna
Florin Deleanu (Tokyo): How to Empty Emptiness and Still Market It
David Drewes (Manitoba): The Forest Hypothesis
Paul Harrison (Stanford): A Brief History of Studies of Mahāyāna Buddhism
Jan Nattier: Title tbc
Douglas Osto (Massey): Visionary Experiences in Some Early Mahāyāna Sūtras
Juhyung Rhi (Seoul): Title tbc
Shizuka Sasaki (Osaka): Mahāyāna and Abhidharma
Peter Skilling (EFEO Bangkok and Paris): Ensuring the Continuity of the Three Jewels, or, Why Become a Bodhisatva?
Provisional schedule:
Saturday 7th July
from 10am registration, coffee
11.15 welcome
11.30-12.00 Russell Webb: A tribute to Sara
12.00-1.00 Paul Harrison: Opening paper / setting the scene
1.00-2.00 lunch
2.00-4.00 panel 1
4.00-4.30 coffee
4.30-6.00 PG panel (3 x 30 mins)
6.30 dinner
Sunday 8th July
9.30-11.30 panel 2
11.30-12.00 coffee
12.00-1.00 AGM
1.00-2.00 lunch
2.00-4.00 panel 3
4.00-4.30 coffee
4.30-5.15 closing remarks and discussion