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- NEW BOOK> Buddhist Stone Sutras in China. Shandong 3
- REMINDER> Two PhD scholarships, LMU Munich
- JOB> Assistant Professor of Asian Religions (Tenure Track), Earlham College
NEW BOOK> Buddhist Stone Sutras in China. Shandong 3
by Martin Bemmann
Buddhist Stone Sutras in China 中國佛教石經. Series editor
Lothar Ledderose.Shandong 3, Wang Yongbo and Tsai Suey-ling, eds., Hardcover, XVI, 512 pages, 199 ill., 1 map.
The third volume of the five-volume series on Buddhist stone sutras in Shandong presents inscriptions on all mountains in Shandong other than those near Lake Dongping (volume 1) and the city of Zoucheng (volume 2), with the exception of Taishan (to be covered in volume 4). The northernmost entry in this volume is a lost inscription (ca. 526) once situated among the sculptures at Yellow Stone Cliff, south of Jinan. Zheng Yan analyzes the art historical significance of this site. Inscriptions under the open sky occur elsewhere at Mount Culai (dated 570), Mount Fenghuang (ca. 563 and 921), Mount Shuiniu (ca. 560), Mount Tao (second half, 6th c.), and Mount Long (second half, 6th c.), this last site discovered only in 2008. Lost inscriptions on Mounts Jian (dated 575), Yang (second half, 6th c.), and Ziyang (second half, 6th c.; here identified for the first time) have been reconstructed based on extant rubbings, epigraphic literature, and archaeological evidence. While “Perfection of Wisdom” now emerges as the key doctrinal concept in the Shandong mountains, the names of Buddhas, of which “Buddha King of Great Emptiness” is especially conspicuous, engender visions of cosmic time and space.
All engravings are fully documented with photographs and rubbings; they are transcribed, translated into English, and analyzed. This research has been conducted under the auspices of the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften by an international team led by Lothar Ledderose and supported by the cultural authorities in China. The volumes, bilingual in Chinese and English, address a wide audience.
Except in Asia the volume is available through Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden:
https://www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/title_1310.ahtml
For Asia it is available through China Academy of Art Press, Hangzhou.
Martin Bemmann MA
Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Buddhist Stone Inscriptions in North China
Karlstrasse 4
D-69117 Heidelberg
Germany
martin.bemmann@adw.uni-heidelberg.de
REMINDER> Two PhD scholarships, LMU Munich
by Simone Heidegger
Dear Colleagues, please note that two scholarships offered by the Doctoral
Program in Buddhist Studies at LMU München were announced previously.
Applications will be accepted until October 22nd. More information can be
found on our homepage:http://www.en.buddhismus-studien.uni-muenchen.de/currentissues/phd_scholarships_2018/index...
Dr. Simone Heidegger
Academic Coordinator
Doctoral Program in Buddhist Studies
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Oettingenstr. 67
D-80538 Munich
JOB> Assistant Professor of Asian Religions (Tenure Track), Earlham College
by Charles Muller
Earlham College invites applications for an Assistant
Professor of Religion, a tenure-track position. The position focuses broadly on
“Religions” of South/East Asia (from either historical, ethical, social
scientific and/or comparative perspectives). The ability to cover Islam is
highly desired. The position in the Department of Religion begins in the
2018-2019 academic year.
The successful candidate will be comfortable teaching a
theories and methods in religion course as well as courses of interest to at
least one of the College’s interdisciplinary programs: for example, Women’s,
Gender, & Sexuality Studies; Peace & Global Studies; Environmental
Sustainability; Medical Humanities. The successful candidate must also be
willing to teach in the College’s first-year writing sequence.
Candidates should send applications as a single PDF
including: a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy
and research interests, and an explicit plan detailing how you will interact
with and teach a diverse community. In addition, candidates should arrange for
three letters of reference to be emailed. Materials should be sent to:
Tracy Lautzenheiser
Administrative Assistant
Department of Religion
Earlham College
Email: lautztr@earlham.edu
Further materials might be requested later.
Direct questions about the position to:
Emily Filler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
Earlham College
Email: filleem@earlham.edu
Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2017, and
continue until the position is filled.
