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Throughout the fall of 2024, international specialists will present to a broad public audience aspects of the rich cultural heritage of Buddhism (architecture, music, and visual arts) and its impact on contemporary culture in Asia and beyond.
Details and locations coming soon!
All lectures are free and open to the public.
Organized by Vesna A. Wallace and Fabio Rambelli (UCSB).
Supported by Luce Foundation and American Academy of Religion, Robert N.H. Ho Family Foundation Global, the Uberoy Foundation, the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and others TBA.
In Japan, the term “animism” is used with positive connotations as a way to describe widespread forms of Japanese religiosity and, to an extent, Japanese cultural identity. In this workshop, scholars from Japan explore some contemporary cultural formations defined in Japan as expressions of “animism” also in conversation with UCSB scholars.
Participants:
Kikuko Hirafuji (professor, Kokugakuin University, Tokyo)
Chihiro Minato (professor, curator and photographer, Tama University of the Arts, Tokyo)
Bon Koizumi (director, Lafcadio Hearn Memorial Museum, Matsue)
Kazuo Matsumura (professor emeritus, Wakō University, Tokyo)
From UCSB:
Fabio Rambelli (Religious Studies, East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies)
Christine Thomas (Religious Studies)
Amit Shilo (Classics)
Rudy Busto (Religious Studies)
Others TBD
Organized by Fabio Rambelli and Vesna A. Wallace (UCSB), with the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science. With support from The Robert N.H. Ho Family Foundation Global, the Uberoy Foundation, UCSB Chair in Shinto Studies, and others TBA
Description and program coming soon!
