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Class, Gender, and Culture: Complex Issues of Religious Identity in Contemporary Korea

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Religious Identities in Asia Seminar Series - Co-sponsored by the Korea Institute, Center for the Study of World Religions and Asian Center People Involved: Judith Berling, Professor of Chinese and Comparative Religions, Graduate Theological Union Sophia...

Graffiti, Kinship and Social Capital - Pilgrimages to Kŭmgangsan in Late Chosŏn Korea (1650-1900)

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Religious Identities in Asia Series Jointly sponsored with the Asia Center and the Center for the Study of World Religions “Graffiti, Kinship and Social Capital - Pilgrimages to Kŭmgangsan in Late Chosŏn Korea (1650-1900)” Maya Stiller, Soon Young Kim...

How Does A Sacred Thing Become an Antique Market Commodity?

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Religious Identities in Asia Seminar Additional Cosponsors: Asia Center, Center for the Study of World Religions Laurel M. Kendall Curator, American Museum of Natural History; Adjunct Professor, Columbia University Chaired by Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching...

The Mystery of the Century: Lay Buddhist Monk Villages (Chaegasungch’on) Near Korea’s Northernmost Border, 1600s–1960s

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Religious Identities in Asia Series Hwansoo Kim Assistant Professor, Duke University Hwansoo Kim is an assistant professor at Duke University in the field of Korean Buddhism and culture with the departments of Religion and Asian & Middle Eastern Studies...

Mountain Monasteries & Metropolitan Meditation Centers: A Century of Buddhist Propagation in Modern Korea

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Religious Identities in Asia Series Mark Nathan Assistant Professor of History and Asian Studies, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York Abstract In recent years, the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism has been promoting a form of Seon (Zen)...

The Religiosity of Korean Zen (Hwadu) Meditation

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Religious Identities in Asia Seminar Series Sung-Bae Park, Professor of Religious Studies, Stony Brook University Professor Sung-bae Park specializes in Buddhism, East Asian Philosophy and Religion as well as interfaith dialogue such as Buddhist-Christian...

Logic of Thinking, Logic of Engagement: Chan/Sŏn Buddhism in the Life-World

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Religious Identities in Asia Series Jin Y. Park Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion; Director, Asian Studies Program, American University Abstract Chan/Sŏn Buddhism has been criticized for its seeming lack of social engagement. In...

Redefining Zen: Ch’oŭi Ŭisun’s (1786-1866) Affirmation of the Kataphatic Discourse in Zen

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Religious Identities in Asia Series Seong-Uk Kim, Soon Young Kim Postdoctoral Fellow, Korea Institute, Harvard University Dr. Kim received his Ph.D. in Korean Religions and Korean Buddhism with a subfield in East Asian religions and religious studies from...

Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth Century Korea

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Religious Identities in Asia Juhn Y. Ahn Assistant Professor, University of Michigan Chaired by Sun Joo Kim, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Korean History; Director, Korea Institute, Harvard University Abstract In fourteenth-century Korea, Buddhism slowly...

Fruits and Challenges of Adhesively Skeletonizing a Church Community: Korean Americans in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

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Religious Identities in Asia Series Timothy S. Lee, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at Brite Divinity School (Texas Christian University) Timothy S. Lee received his PhD from the University of Chicago Divinity School and is now...

Decentering the Urban: Reclaiming Rural Space for Modern Living in Colonial Korea and After

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Korea Colloquium Albert L. Park, Associate Professor of History, Claremont McKenna College Albert L. Park is an associate professor of history at Claremont McKenna College. A historian of modern Korea and East Asia, Dr. Park is the recipient of three...

Association for Asian Studies New England Regional Conference

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A group of academic centers and institutes that support the study of Asia at Harvard University will jointly host the Association for Asian Studies New England Regional Conference via a virtual platform on Monday, December 6, 2021. Co-sponsored by the...