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PROGRAM:
Day 1, Monday 6 May
9.15-9.45 Welcome, introductions, objectives
Part I Premodern maritime connections
9.45-10.45 Emily B. Simpson, Wake Forest University
Who is the Sacred Mother? Investigating the Worship of Mazu and Jingū in Kyushu
10.45-11.00 Break
11.00-12.00 Elke Papelitzky, University of Oslo
Sailing the Waters of East and Southeast Asia: Ming Chinese Navigators and Their Religious Practices
12.00-12.45 Lunch
Part II Kannon in modern imperialism and nationalism
12.45-13.45 Clinton Godart, Tohoku University
Kannon Movements and the Imperial Japanese Navy in Modern Japan
13.45-14.45 Daigengna Duoer, University of California, Santa Barbara
Pan-Asianist Bodhisattvas at the Buddhist Yasukuni: Kōa Kannon and the Post-WWII Remembrance of Transnational Colonial Violence
14.45-15.00 Break
Part III Religious diversity in modern China (and beyond)
15.00-16.00 Daniel Mohseni Kabir Bäckström, University of Oslo (via Zoom)
Nang Tuolani: Goddess of Transnational and Transcosmic Flows
16.00-17.00 Francesca Tarocco, Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia
Guanyin Halls and Vegetarian Sisterhoods in China and Southeast Asia
Day 2, Tuesday 7 May
Part IV Comparative perspectives from further south
10.00-11.00 Aike P. Rots, University of Oslo
Goddesses of South and Central Vietnam: Mapping the Pantheon
11.00-12.00 Kathinka Frøystad, University of Oslo
Kali’s Political Paradox: Notes from a North Indian Temple
12.00-13.00 Lunch
Part V Transnational connections in Japanese popular religion
13.00-14.00 Mark Teeuwen, University of Oslo
Gender Play in the Village Festivals of Rural Mikawa
14.00-15.00 Erica Baffelli, University of Manchester
San’ya’s Kannon: Shared Vulnerabilities, Marginalities, and a Connection to Support Each Other
15.00-15.15 Break
Part VI Moving forward
15.15-16.15 Natasha Heller, University of Virginia
Circuits and CO2: An Ecological Reading of Mazu Worship
16.15-17.00 Final discussion: goddess worship, ecology, and transnational flows
All welcome; registration required (by email).
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