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COLLOQIUM> Suzuki Daisetsu Colloquium: Richard M. Jaffe, "D.T. Suzuki Revisited"
by Tomoe Moriya
Dear Colleagues,
I am happy to announce that Hannan University is
hosting
Suzuki Daisetsu Colloquium on March 2nd,
2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Venue: Dai-ichi Kaigishitsu, Campus Plaza
Kyoto (near JR Kyoto station)
The speaker is Professor Richard M. Jaffe (Duke
University), titled "D.T. Suzuki Revisited." (Abstract below)
Repondent: Professor Sueki Fumihiko (Emeritus,
Tokyo University), et al.
It is open to all, free of charge. For
queries, please email Tomoe Moriya at tmoriya@hannan-u.ac.jp.
Abstract
For the first two-thirds of the twentieth
century, Suzuki Daisetsu was the face of Buddhism in much of the world,
particularly outside of Asia, playing a role not unlike that of the Dalai Lama
today. Suzuki also was one of the most prominent Japanese involved in
cultural exchange between Japan and Europe and the United States, that is, “the
West.” In order to provide a balanced assessment of Suzuki’s work, I have
undertaken the editing of a multi-volume series of his writings, The
Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki (University of California Press)
that covers the wide range of topics on which he wrote and spoke. In the
colloquium presentation, I will explain the motivation and rationale behind my
undertaking the editing of the series. I also will provide my assessment
of the state of Suzuki scholarship in the United States. In addition I
will reconsider several aspects of what has become the received wisdom
concerning Suzuki, in an effort to provide a more accurate analysis of his
contributions to the understanding of Buddhism in the twentieth century.
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Tomoe Moriya, Ph.D.
Department of International Communication
Hannan University
Osaka, Japan
Tomoe Moriya, Ph.D.
Department of International Communication
Hannan University
Osaka, Japan
Keywords: Suzuki
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