martes, 21 de enero de 2014

Call for Papers:

Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, San Diego, November
22-25, 2014
Holmes Welch and the Study of Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China Seminar

This seminar will celebrate the significant scholarly contributions made by
Holmes Welch (1924-1981) to the study of twentieth-century Chinese
Buddhism, and also explore how we might advance the field beyond the
boundaries and scope of his original ideas through the use of new sources
and methodologies.

For this, the first year of a five-year seminar series, we are seeking
proposals for full research papers that directly address any aspect of
Welch’s scholarship, and which use original work to critique it, bring it
up to date, and to suggest new avenues of research within the field. We
welcome submissions from all scholars, but scheduling priority will be
given to previously-confirmed participants. In order to facilitate
substantive conversation during the panel, this seminar will participate in
the AAR Full Paper Submission system. Full drafts of all accepted papers
must be posted online several weeks prior to the Annual Meeting, and will
be accessible to AAR members only. Participants will read all papers in
advance, and the meeting time will be devoted to comments and suggestions
on those papers. At the conclusion of this five-year seminar, the best
papers in the seminar series will be collected into an edited volume on
Welch’s life and work.

Please submit papers through the AAR's PAPERS system, online at
http://papers.aarweb.org/

For additional information, please contact the seminar chairs,
Erik Hammerstrom, Pacific Lutheran University <hammerej@plu.edu>
Gregory Adam Scott, University of Edinburgh <gscott23@staffmail.ed.ac.uk