Pre-registration for Princeton Conference on Ritual and Materiality, June 13-15, 2023

YZ
Ya Zuo
Sun, Apr 30, 2023 2:44 AM

Dear colleagues and friends,
Hope you've been well! I'm forwarding the message below on behalf of
Professor Shihshan Susan Huang.

Warm wishes,
Ya Zuo
Secretary, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies

Pre-registration is now open for the conference on Ritual and Materiality
in Buddhism and Asian Religions, to be held on the Princeton University
campus beginning June 13, 2023, 4:00 pm, and ending on June 15, 2023, 1:00
pm. The conference will be in-person only; hybrid or remote options will
not be available.

Performance, ritualized actions, and praxis are central to Buddhism and the
religions of Asia, and recently, scholarship has begun to appreciate the
importance of objects and the human body in ritual. This conference is
intended to foster work that explores the connections between ritual and
different forms of materiality, including manuscripts, printed liturgies,
paintings, images, statues, talismans, other ritual implements and
technologies, and bodily engagement.

The keynote lecture (June 13) will be given by LIU Shu-fen (Academia
Sinica). Respondents for the panels (June 14-15) will be Laurel Kendall
(American Museum of Natural History) and Justin McDaniel (University of
Pennsylvania). 21 scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America will
discuss their papers. In addition, 20 Ph.D. students from across the globe
have been accepted to take part in the discussion.

The conference is free and open to the public. Sponsors are the Glorisun
Global Buddhist Network and Princeton University.

Discussion (in English) will focus not on panelists’ presentations but on
pre-distributed papers, which will be made available to those who
pre-register.

Pre-registration is required and is now open for students, faculty, and the
general public on our website
https://ritualmateriality2023.princeton.edu/ (
https://ritualmateriality2023.princeton.edu/). Pre-registration is for
in-person attendance only; hybrid or remote options will not be available. The
registration deadline is May 29, 2023.

Dear colleagues and friends, Hope you've been well! I'm forwarding the message below on behalf of Professor Shihshan Susan Huang. Warm wishes, Ya Zuo Secretary, Society for Song, Yuan, and Conquest Dynasties Studies *Pre-registration* is now open for the conference on Ritual and Materiality in Buddhism and Asian Religions, to be held on the Princeton University campus beginning June 13, 2023, 4:00 pm, and ending on June 15, 2023, 1:00 pm. The conference will be in-person only; hybrid or remote options will not be available. Performance, ritualized actions, and praxis are central to Buddhism and the religions of Asia, and recently, scholarship has begun to appreciate the importance of objects and the human body in ritual. This conference is intended to foster work that explores the connections between ritual and different forms of materiality, including manuscripts, printed liturgies, paintings, images, statues, talismans, other ritual implements and technologies, and bodily engagement. The keynote lecture (June 13) will be given by LIU Shu-fen (Academia Sinica). Respondents for the panels (June 14-15) will be Laurel Kendall (American Museum of Natural History) and Justin McDaniel (University of Pennsylvania). 21 scholars from Asia, Europe, and North America will discuss their papers. In addition, 20 Ph.D. students from across the globe have been accepted to take part in the discussion. The conference is free and open to the public. Sponsors are the Glorisun Global Buddhist Network and Princeton University. Discussion (in English) will focus not on panelists’ presentations but on pre-distributed papers, which will be made available to those who pre-register. Pre-registration is required and is now open for students, faculty, and the general public on our *website* <https://ritualmateriality2023.princeton.edu/> ( https://ritualmateriality2023.princeton.edu/). Pre-registration is for in-person attendance only; hybrid or remote options will not be available. *The registration deadline is May 29, 2023.*