The Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Group is (co-)sponsoring 4 sessions this year:
A21-242
Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Group
Theme: Female Lives and Narratives in Tibet: New Materials and New Perspectives
Saturday – 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
Marriott-A705 (Atrium Level)
Micheal Sheehy, Tibetan Buddhist Resource Center
The Bibliographic Scope of Buddhist Women Literati in Tibet
Jue Liang, University of Virginia
Garland of Seven Strands: An Early Corpus of Yeshé Tsogyel’s Hagiographies
Elizabeth Angowski, Harvard University
Intimate Relationships in the Early Lives of Yeshé Tsogyel
Alison Melnick, Bates College
Female Authority and the Lives of Women in Eighteenth Century Tibet: Reading Hagiography as History
Holly Gayley, University of Colorado
Situating Female Religious Authority: Gender, Genre, and Geography in Eastern Tibet
Responding:
Janet Gyatso, Harvard University
Business Meeting:
Benjamin Bogin, Skidmore College
Sarah Jacoby, Northwestern University
A22-327
Tantric Studies Group and Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Group
Theme: Ritual (and) Practice in Hindu and Buddhist Tantrism
Sunday – 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Marriott-L508 (Lobby Level)
Rae Erin Dachille-Hey, University of California, Berkeley
Tantric Ritual and the Problem of Imagination
Patricia Sauthoff, University of London
Controlling Death to Control Perceptions: Understanding How Kashmir Śaiva Death Rituals Lead to Social Influence
Michael Reading, Claremont School of Theology
Brahmacharya in Focus: Tantric and Advaita Vedantic Perspectives on the Spiritual Utility of Celibacy
A23-130
Religion and Popular Culture Group and Religion and Science Fiction Group and Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Group and Yoga in Theory and Practice Group
Theme: (Re)presentations of Science and Yogic Religion in Pop Culture
Monday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Hilton-Grand Salon B (Level 2)
Anna Pokazanyeva, University of California, Santa Barbara
The Turbaned Superman: Popular Depictions of Yogi Figures and the Shift to a Scientific Universalism
Joel Gruber, University of California, Santa Barbara
Tibetan Yogic Practices in the Batman Epic: The Dark Yoga of the Dark Knight
Adam Krug, University of California, Santa Barbara
“I’ll See You Again in Twenty-Five Years:” Tibetan Buddhism in David Lynch’s Twin Peaks and in American Pop Culture in the 90s
Paul G. Hackett, Columbia University
The Future Is Not What It Used To Be: Religion, Yoga, and Tibet in Star Trek and Doctor Who
Rex Barnes, Columbia University
The Implied Spider-Man: Transcreating Religious Imagery, Symbol, and Meaning in Spider-Man India
Responding:
Jane Naomi Iwamura, University of the West
A24-112
Buddhism Section and Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Group
Theme: Tibetan Teachers, Tibetan Performers: Can Performance Theories Help Us Understand Buddhist Pedagogical Practices?
Tuesday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Marriott-A702 (Atrium Level)
Joshua Schapiro, Fordham University
Performative Framing and Reflexivity: Patrul Rinpoche’s Teachings about Teaching
Elizabeth Monson, Harvard University
The Performance of Truth Telling: Spiritual Transformation in the Writings of Drukpa Kunle (1455-1529)
Annabella Pitkin, Lehigh University
Dazzling Displays and Mysterious Departures: Bodhisattva Pedagogy as Performance in the Biographies of Two Twentieth Century Tibetan Buddhist Masters
Ryan Jones, McGill University
Performativity and Personhood between Teachers and Students in Tibetan Buddhist Preliminary Practices (Sngon ‘Gro)
Other sessions related to Tibetan and Himalayan Religions:
M20-204
Dharma Academy of North America (DANAM)
Theme: Icons, Imagery, Imagination
Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Wellesley College, Presiding
Friday – 2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Marriott-International 2 (International Level)
Karma Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego
Imagining Enlightenment: Icons and Ideology in Tibetan Buddhist Practice
A21-4
Arts Series
Theme: Mandala Sand Painting Opening Ceremony
Saturday – 8:30 AM-9:00 AM
Marriott-Imperial B (Marquis Level)
Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a Mandala Sand Painting from Saturday, November 21, 8:30 am-Monday November 23, 6:30 pm.
The mandala sand painting begins with an opening ceremony, during which the lamas consecrate the site and call forth the forces of goodness. This is done by means of chanting, music and mantra recitation, and will be held on Saturday, November 21 at 8:30 am.
The closing ceremony will be held on Monday November 23, at 6:30 pm.
A21-116
Buddhist Critical–Constructive Reflection Group
Theme: Buddhist Responses to Religious Pluralism
Francisca Cho, Georgetown University, Presiding
Saturday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Hilton-302 (Level 3)
Douglas S. Duckworth, Temple University
Buddhism and Beyond: The Question of Pluralism
Rachel Pang, Davidson College
The Contemporary Relevance of Shabkar’s (1781-1851) Response to Religious Pluralism
A21-107
Buddhism Section
Theme: Formations of Doctrine in Buddhist Modernity
Jason Josephson, Williams College, Presiding
Saturday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Marriott-International 2 (International Level)
Holly Gayley, University of Colorado
Padmatsho, Sichuan Nationalities University
Buddhist Modernism and Ethical Reform on the Tibetan Plateau: New Articulations of Non-Violence
A21-119
Contemplative Studies Group
Theme: Listening Closely: Toward an Interdisciplinary Ethnographic Neuroscience of Contemplative Practice
Jeffrey C. Ruff, Marshall University, Presiding
Saturday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Hilton-Grand Ballroom C (Level 2)
Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Emory University
Contemplative Science, Secular Ethics, and the Lojong Tradition: A Case Study
Jeffrey Stephen Lidke, Berry College
The Potential of the Bi-Directional Gaze: A Call for Neuroscientific Research on the Activation of the Autonomic Nervous System through Tantric Practice
A21-246
Holmes Welch and the Study of Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China Seminar
Theme: Prescriptive Ideals (Sectarian and Institutional) in Holmes Welch’s Work on Chinese Buddhism
Saturday – 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
Hyatt-222 (2nd Level)
Wei Wu, Princeton University
Distinction and Inclusiveness: The Rise of A Tibetan Esoteric School in Anti-Sectarian Trends in Republican China
A21-229
Religion and Ecology Group
Theme: The Religion and Politics of Sacred Space
Saturday – 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
Hilton-Crystal BE (Level 1)
Luke Whitmore, University of Wisconsin, Steven’s Point
Understanding the Destructive Dance of Nature
Chris Crews, The New School
Sumak Kawsay, Pachamama, and Cosmopolitics: The Rights of Nature, Earthbound People and Global Indigenous Struggles
A22-211
African Diaspora Religions Group and Indigenous Religious Traditions Group and Native Traditions in the Americas Group
Theme: Decolonization through Therapeutic and Culinary Practices
Sunday – 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Hyatt-Roswell (Atlanta Conference Level)
Natalie Avalos Cisneros, University of California, Santa Barbara
Healing as Liberation: Native American and Tibetan Decolonization
A22-205
Buddhism Section and Buddhist Critical–Constructive Reflection Group and Buddhist Philosophy Group and Feminist Theory and Religious Reflection Group
Theme: Women And Buddhist Philosophy
Sunday – 1:00 PM-2:30 PM
Marriott-A704 (Atrium Level)
Karma Lekshe Tsomo, University of San Diego
Buddhist Women’s Ways of Knowing: Gender and Philosophical Analysis in the Tibetan Tradition
Constance Kassor, Smith College
Rhetoric and Marginalization through a Tibetan Buddhist Perspective
A22-305
Buddhism Section
Theme: Books and Bodies, Caves and Technologies
Sunday – 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Marriott-International 9 (International Level)
Eric Huntington, Princeton University
Creating Universes: Divergent Ritual Cosmologies in Nepalese and Tibetan Contexts
A22-313
Contemplative Studies Group and Mysticism Group
Theme: Mystics and Contemplatives in the Academy Today: Religious Experience from the Outside In and Inside Out
June McDaniel, College of Charleston, Presiding
Sunday – 5:00 PM-6:30 PM
Marriott-International 3 (International Level)
Panelists:
Anne C. Klein, Rice University
Lola L. Williamson, Millsaps College
Christopher Chapple, Loyola Marymount University
Barbara A. B. Patterson, Emory University
Jay Michaelson, Chicago Theological Seminary
Frederick Colby, University of Oregon
Responding:
Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University
A23-119
Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Group and Moral Injury and Recovery in Religion, Society, and Culture Group
Theme: Buddhist Approaches to Moral Injury and Recovery
Christopher Ives, Stonehill College, Presiding
Monday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Hilton-Grand Ballroom C (Level 2)
Brendan Ozawa-de Silva, Emory University
Theoretical and Practical Resources of the Tibetan Lojong (Blo Sbyong) Tradition for Addressing Moral Injury
Jennifer Wade, Boston College
Mind Training Informed by the Transformational Anger of Judith Butler as Resource to Support Recovery from Moral Injury
A23-133
Science, Technology, and Religion Group
Theme: Technology and the Sacred
Sarah Fredericks, University of Chicago, Presiding
Monday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Hilton-401-402 (Level 4)
Yasmin Cho, Duke University
Taking Photos of Sacredness: Technology, (In)Visibility, and the Production of Sacredness in the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism
P23-100
Society for Buddhist-Christian Studies and Society for Hindu-Christian Studies
Theme: Thomas Merton at 100: His Influence on the Study of Hinduism and Buddhism
George Kilcourse, Bellarmine College, Presiding
Monday – 9:00 AM-11:30 AM
Marriott-M104 (Marquis Level)
Judith Simmer-Brown, Naropa University
Communicating In Depth: Merton’s Practice Dialogue with Tibetan Buddhism
A23-218
Buddhist Philosophy Group
Theme: Siddha-Scholars and Scholar-Siddhas: Tantra and Philosophy in Indian Buddhism
Monday – 1:00 PM-3:30 PM
Hyatt-Roswell (Atlanta Conference Level)
Kammie Takahashi, Muhlenberg College
Birds and Fishes: View and Method in the Mahāyoga Texts of Buddhaguhya
Adam Krug, University of California, Santa Barbara
Philosophy and Polemics in Indrabhūti’s Jñānasiddhi
Davey Tomlinson, University of Chicago
The Tantric Context of a Philosophical Debate About Consciousness: Ratnākaraśānti’s Nirākāravāda
Alexander Yiannopoulos, Emory University
Continuity and Convergence in Epistemology and Meditation: Ratnākaraśānti’s Synthesis of Sūtra and Tantra
Responding:
John D. Dunne, University of Wisconsin
A23-316
Animals and Religion Group
Theme: Animals as Harbingers of Fortune, Disaster, and Power in Asian Religions
Monday – 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
Hilton-206 (Level 2)
Brandon Dotson, Ludwig Maximilians Universität München
Wild Animals, Fortune, and the Hunt in Old Tibetan Dice Divination
A23-333
Tantric Studies Group
Theme: Fear and Loathing in Samsara: a Study in Terror across Tantric Literature and Practice Systems
Monday – 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
Marriott-L506-507 (Lobby Level)
John R. B. Campbell, University of Virginia
Awake and Terrified: Buddhist Tantric Commentators on the Subtle States of Mind at Death
David Gray, Santa Clara University
Laughing in the Face of Fear: Horror and Terror in Yoginītantras
Katarina Turpeinen, University of Virginia
Going beyond Fear: The Cutting Practices in Rindzin Gödem’s Dzokchen Anthology
Elaine Fisher, University of Wisconsin
When Tantra Becomes Orthodoxy: Samayin Śrīvidyā the Sanitization of Fear-Based Technology
Responding:
Christian K. Wedemeyer, University of Chicago
A23-313
Women and Religion Section and Religions, Medicines, and Healing Group
Theme: Gender, Health, and Healing: Women’s Bodies, Religious Cures, and Productions of Medical Knowledge
Monday – 4:00 PM-6:30 PM
Hilton-205 (Level 2)
Yasmin Cho, Duke University
Buddhist Medical Nuns: Gender, Monastic Education, and the Production of Medical Knowledge in Tibetan Buddhism in Contemporary China