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Recent Posts
- The Viriya-puntiṃ-jātaka June 29, 2020
- Not normal April 27, 2020
- Launching the Jātaka Database December 9, 2019
- Jātaka stories and boundary-making November 15, 2019
- Publication of Lance Cousins memorial volume October 15, 2019
AHRC project blog: The Story of Story in South Asia
Book out: Shared Characters in Jain, Buddhist and Hindu Narrative
A monograph presenting my major research findings for this project has now been published by Routledge: see their page about the book here. A paperback will be available after a while.
The end of the project
by Naomi We have both really enjoyed working on this project, and particularly welcomed the responses from our lovely blog audience. The project is now drawing to a close and we have two announcements to make: Firstly, we will be holding a special event in Cardiff on 27th June, in which we are teaming up […]
Symposium on Indian Religious Narrative
by Naomi Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, which was held at St Michael’s College, Llandaff, and warmly and efficiently hosted by Drs Simon Brodbeck and James Hegarty. The theme was “narrative” and so I enjoyed a packed weekend of papers on everything from Buddha-biographies to vetāla […]
Is a picture worth a thousand words?
by Naomi I am busy putting the final touches to my book, and one of the remaining tasks is selecting images to include. The publisher says I can have up to 21 images, black and white, inside the book, plus I would like something quite striking for the cover. It is the first time I […]
Dialogue and “othering” – reflections on Claire Maes’ dissertation
by Naomi This blog has gone a little quiet as we reach the end of the project and put together our monographs! A couple of weeks ago I finally found time to take a look at a dissertation that is of great interest to the broader frame of my research into inter-religious narrative interactions: “Dialogues […]
Category Archives: conferences
Not normal
The weekend just gone would have been the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, held here in Edinburgh, the final one with me at the helm, and an opportunity to welcome a host of wonderful colleagues to this wonderful city. Today … Continue reading
Conferences and Climate Change
We all know that we have to make changes, in order to try to manage the changes already happening to our climate. As such, I’ve been thinking a lot about academic travel, as the big glaring issue in my otherwise … Continue reading
Edinburgh is full of Buddhologists this week!
It is pleasing to think that there are lots of Buddhist Studies scholars in my delightful home town this week! Three events are bringing them here: The Joint East Asian Studies Conference, a little symposium I am hosting on images … Continue reading
End of semester and back to research
It is strange to look back at my last post, in which I sing the praises of the Slow Professor and rejoice in managing to keep up a weekly research day! That didn’t last very long: first marking hit, then … Continue reading
“Translating Buddhism” conference
My head is still whirring from last week’s conference on “Translating Buddhism” at York St John University. The conference was wonderfully stimulating, as well as warm and collegial, and I left with plenty of new ideas and reflections, as well … Continue reading
What makes a perfect conference?
This weekend I attended the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions in Cardiff, which this year had the theme of narrative. It was, I think, the best conference I have ever attended. And before you object that I am just saying … Continue reading
A whole weekend of Indological fun!
The past week has seen a huge flurry of Asian Religions events here at New College, centering around the Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, which was held over the weekend. It was great fun seeing so many familiar faces and … Continue reading
CFP: Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions
I am delighted to announce the call for papers for the 40th Spalding Symposium on Indian Religions, which will be held in Edinburgh on 10th-12th April 2015, is now live. The theme this year is ‘dialogue’, by which we mean … Continue reading
IABS Congress: exploring Indian Buddhist narrative genres
Last week I was in Vienna for the Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. It was a great location – right in the centre of the city, surrounded by beautiful buildings and tempting coffeehouses – and we were … Continue reading
On the importance of studying the history of religions – reflections from the EASR/BASR conference
Last week I attended the European Association for the Study of Religions / British Association for the Study of Religions conference at Liverpool Hope University. I found no shortage of interesting papers and very much enjoyed my time. However, I … Continue reading
