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Friday, May 17, 2019
Betts Auditorium ( MAP )
School of Architecture
Welcome: 4:30-4:35 PM
Leora Batnitzky, Princeton University, Department of Religion Chair
Introduction of Keynote Speaker: 4:35-4:45 PM
Jonathan Gold, Princeton University
Keynote Address: 4:45-6:00 PM
Jan Nattier, Professor of Buddhist Studies, Indiana University (retired)
Reception: 6:00-7:00 PM
Betts Auditorium ( MAP )
School of Architecture Lobby
Saturday, May 18, 2019
All Sessions
Jones Hall 202 ( MAP )
Continental Breakfast: 8:15-8:45 AM
Opening Remarks: 8:45-9:00 AM
Helen Hardacre, Harvard University
Session I: Positioning Japanese Buddhism: 9:00-11:30 AM
Chaired by: Thomas D. Conlan, Princeton University
Presenters:
Timothy Benedict, Kwansei Gakuin University
Takashi Miura, University of Arizona
Jolyon Thomas, University of Pennsylvania
Mark Rowe, McMaster University
Respondent: James Dobbins, Oberlin College
Session II: Transmission and Change in Japanese Buddhism: 1:00-3:00 PM
Chaired by: Shaun Marmon, Princeton University
Presenters:
Brian Ruppert, Bates College
Asuka Sango, Carleton College
Levi McLaughlin, North Carolina State University
Respondent: Lucia Dolce, SOAS University of London
Break: 3:00-3:15 PM
Session III: Distilling the Dharma in Medieval Thought and Practice: 3:15-5:15 PM
Chaired by: William M. Bodiford, University of California, Los Angeles
Presenters:
Bryan Lowe, Vanderbilt University
Lori Meeks, University of Southern California
James Ford, Wake Forest University
Respondent: Robert Sharf, University of California, Berkeley
Closing Remarks: 5:15-5:45 PM
Jacqueline I. Stone, Princeton University
