Sunday, December 23, 2012
Fw: H-ASIA: Seasonal reflections on Asia and H-ASIA (Blum)
From: "Ryan Dunch" <ryan.dunch@UALBERTA.CA>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 12:35 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Seasonal reflections on Asia and H-ASIA (Blum)
> H-ASIA
> December 22, 2012
>
> Seasonal reflections on Asia and H-ASIA (Blum)
> ************************************************************************
> From: Susan Blum <sblum@nd.edu>
>
> Editors, and indeed colleague-contributors,
>
> I share Ian's gratitude for all the work you have done to promote a
> community--informed, civil, diverse--of Asianists. While sometimes
> overwhelmed at the volume of messages, I never fail to learn something.
>
> I wish you all a wonderful rest and period of rejuvenation, if this is
> possible for you!
>
> Gratefully,
>
> Susan Blum
>
> Susan D. Blum
> Professor and Chair, Department of Anthropology
> The University of Notre Dame
>
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Fw: [Y-Indology] EJVS 19-3: M. Fushimi, Mantras in Kapisthala-S.
We are happy to announce a new issue of the Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies:
Makoto Fushimi,
Mantras in Kapiṣṭhala Saṃhitā : Another Addition to 'A Vedic Concordance'
EJVS 19-3, pp. 11-101
[These mantras are listed alphabetically, accorded to the new edition, and corrected where necessary]
http://www.ejvs.laurasianacademy.com/
----
Earlier issues this year include:
Caley Smith
Obituary: Manfred Mayrhofer (1926-2011)
EJVS 19-2
and
Marcos Albino
Śaunakīya Saṃhitā 7.55.1
EJVS 19-1
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Another issue is due soon:
Francesco Brighenti
Hindu Devotional Ordeals and their Shamanic Parallels
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Happy Holidays!
Michael
> ============
> Michael Witzel
> witzel@fas.harvard.edu
> <www.fas.harvard.edu/~witzel/mwpage.htm>
> Wales Prof. of Sanskrit &
> Director of Graduate Studies,
> Dept. of South Asian Studies, Harvard University
> 1 Bow Street,
> Cambridge MA 02138, USA
>
> phone: 1- 617 - 495 3295, 496 8570, fax 617 - 496 8571;
> my direct line: 617- 496 2990
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Fw: [Y-Indology] Shri Rosaiah Paid Rich Tributes 2 Scholar Extraordinaire
Call for Universal Brotherhood, Tolerance
Sanskrit scholar felicitated for
getting Chevalier Award
TN Governor honors NSR Swami @ Navalpakkam on Sunday
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/call-for-universal-brotherhood-tolerance/article4183426.ece
K. Rosaiah, Tamil Nadu Governor, releasing a book authored by
Sanskrit scholar N.S. Ramanuja Tatacharya Swami at a function in Su. Navalpakkam
village near Vandavasi on Sunday. NSR (3rd from left) and L.V. Subramanyam,
Executive Officer, TTD (4th from right) are in the picture.
Tamil Nadu Governor K.
Rosaiah has called upon people to join hands to promote universal brotherhood,
the spirit of oneness, tolerance and harmony.
All religions preach
righteousness, compassion, tolerance and unity. The purpose of religion is to
expand consciousness to rise above oneself.
"Humanity stands above all
religions. Let us all join hands to promote universal brotherhood, the spirit of
oneness, tolerance and harmony," he said, felicitating N.S. Ramanuja Tatacharya
Swami (NSR), Sanskrit scholar of Navalpakkam village in Vandavasi taluk in
Tiruvannamalai district on his being conferred the Chevalier de la Legion d'
Honneur (Chevalier Award) by the French government, at a function got up at the
village on Sunday.
(The title was
conferred on Mr. NSR, a professor and Associate Researcher at the French
Institute of Pondicherry, at a function held at the French Consulate in
Puducherry on July 12).
Mr. Rosaiah said education
makes integrity of spirit. That too being a Vedic scholar is something great. It
is the inward wisdom, intellectual capacity, in-depth knowledge of Vedic
scripts, the Vedas, dedication and devotion that have made Mr. NSR reach such
great heights.
"It is heartening to note
that Navalpakkam, this tiny village, is a home to many erudite Vedic scholars
for centuries together.
"It is his hard work,
sincerity and flair to learn more to gain in-depth knowledge that made Mr. NSR
what he is today," he said.
Mr. Rosaiah said teachers or
gurus had the responsibility of moulding the youth into men and women of
character. Merely spreading knowledge would not suffice to build a healthy
society. They should set an example of true greatness of spirit and an
embodiment of virtues. "A real teacher should possess more than book knowledge.
Those who are his students are really gifted to gain wisdom and knowledge from
such an erudite and spiritual person like Mr. NSR", he said.
Mr. Rosaiah released the
second volume of a book authored by Mr. NSR and a souvenir brought out on the
occasion.
L.V. Subramanyam, Executive
Officer, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, received the first copy.
Mr. Subramanyam said
Sanskrit was the repository of ancient wisdom.
All the scientific
discoveries of today were already talked about in ancient texts. "Bhaskaracharya
spoke of the speed of light several thousands of years ago. Aircraft and X-rays
were discovered several thousands of years ago. It is unfortunate that our
generation has not been exposed to the truth," he said.
The TTD Executive Officer
said Sanathana Dharma never spoke of the supremacy of any caste. It only talked
of a person's outlook. "The caste system has been started by individuals. It is
our mistake that we have not understood the basics of Sanathana Dharma", he
said.
Mr. Subramanyam said
acceptability from 14 countries was required for conferring the Chevalier Award
on a person. This goes to speak of the greatness of the persons receiving the
award. "Such people do not seek honours, but honours go after them," he
said.
Mr. Ramanuja Tatacharya said
he owed his erudition to his gurus.
The late Paramacharya of the
Kanchi Sankara Mutt, Srimad Andavan Swami and Srimad Azhagiya Singar have all
motivated him to write books, he said.
Pointing out that Sanskrit
was the mother of most Indian languages, he said scholarly works of many great
savants had inspired many a common man to live a life of dharma.
T.E. Kasturi, cardiologist
of Tirupati, was among those who felicitated Mr. NSR.
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Friday, December 21, 2012
Books Of VASU Publications
1. Rigveda 6 Vols Set / H.H.Wilson, 3000 pages, Rs. 25002. Kaula & other Upanishdas/ Ed.Arthur Avalon, Rs. 150
3. Tara Bhakti Sudharanava/ Ed. Sita Ram Sastry, Rs. 500
4. Ayurveda Vijnana/ Binod Lall , 2 Vols., Rs. 1200
5. Buddhism In China/ Samuelbeal, Rs.400
6. Jinendramala/ Translated By N.C.Iyer Rs.250
7. Buddhism, Histroical,Theoretical/ Eitel, Rs.200
8. Advaitasiddhi Of Madhusudana Saraswati/ Tran. Ganganath Jha, Rs.500
9. Sanskrit Syntax/ J.S.Speijer, Rs.400
10. Root Verbs Form/ W.D.Whitney, Rs.300
11. Sanskrit Grammar For Students/ A.A.Macdonell, Rs.250
12. Hand Book of Chinese Buddhism/ Itel, Rs.450
13. Awakening of Faith/ Richrd Timothy, Rs.250
14. Suttanipata/ Trans. By V.Fousball, Rs.300
15. Bengali Religious Lyrics-Sakta/ Spencer, Rs.250
16. Apastambiya Grihyasutra/ Ed. Maurice Winternitz, Rs.250
17. Mantrapath/ Ed. Maurice Winternitz, Rs.300
18. Ishanasivagurudevapaddhati/ Ed.T.Ganpathi Sasgtri, 4 Vols. Rs. 1500
19. Travels of Fa Hiel/ Samuel Beal, Rs.250
20. Srimad Devi Bhagavatam/ Trans. By Swami Vijnananda, Rs.800
21. Eastern Monacism/ R.Spence Hardy, Rs.600
22. Bijak of Kabir/Tr.Ahmad Shah, Rs.300
23. Sanskrit Reader/ C.R.Lanman, Rs.450
24. Manual of Buddhism/ R.Spence Hard, Rs.450
25. Buddha & Buddhism/ Arthur Lille., Rs.450
26. Tibetan English Dictionary/ Alexandar Csoma De Koros, Rs.500
27. Legends And Theories of the Buddhists/ R. Spence Hardy, R.450
28. Pali Reader And Glossary/ Dines Anderson, 2 Vols., 600-00
29. Tibetan English Dictionary/ H.A.Jaske, Rs.500
30. History of Pali Literature/ B.C.Law, 2 Vols., Rs.800
31. English Tibetan Dictionary / Lama Dawasamdup Kazi, Rs.700
32. Pancavimsa Brahmana/ Trans. By W.Caland, Rs.600
33. Markandeya Purana/ Trans. F.Pargiter, Rs.750
34. Ayurvedic System Of Medicie/ N.N. Sengupta,
2 Vols. 150035. Jatka-Stories Of The Buddha's Former Births/ E.W.Cowell, 4 Vols.,Rs.2000
36. Six System of Indian Philosophy/F.Max Muller, 600
37. Purascharyarnaya/ Ed. Pandita M.D. Jha, 3vols SET,
Rs. 1500
Delhi 110007
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Varun Gupta
Divine Books
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP Yoga & Visual Culture: An Interdiscplinary Symposium,, Washington, DC, Nov. 22-23, 2013
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 4:43 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP Yoga & Visual Culture: An Interdiscplinary Symposium,,
Washington, DC, Nov. 22-23, 2013
> H-ASIA
> December 21, 2012
>
> Call for Papers: Yoga and Visual Culture An Interdisciplinary Symposium,
> Washington, DC, November 22-23, 2013
>
> *******************************************************************
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>
> Call for Papers: Yoga and Visual Culture An Interdisciplinary Symposium
>
>
> Location: District of Columbia, United States
> Call for Papers Date: 2013-02-04
> Date Submitted: 2012-12-19
> Announcement ID: 199680
>
>
> Call for Papers: Yoga and Visual Culture An Interdisciplinary Symposium
>
> This symposium invites papers that explore yogas histories, meanings,
> transformations, or practices through the lens of visual culture.
> Twenty years ago, yoga was largely understood as a monolithic and
> unchanging tradition. While today we have a far richer understanding of
> yogas historical transformations and trans-sectarian manifestations,
> visual culture ranging from sectarian, court and popular imagery to
> architecture and photography -- remains the least tapped of archival
> resources.
>
> Preference will be given to papers that foreground the potential of visual
> culture to historicize aspects of yoga over the last two millennia. We
> welcome proposals that examine yogic constructs (e.g. embodiment, guru,
> philosophical traditions); illuminate social roles and perceptions of
> yogis (e.g. militant ascetics); interrogate text-driven or
> anthropologically-based perspectives on yoga, or provide new insights into
> regional, tran-sectarian, or chronological transformations.
>
> Scholars from all disciplines are encouraged to submit proposals for
> 30-minute papers meant for both scholars and general audiences. The
> symposium will be webcast. Travel, hotel and per diem funds will be
> provided.
>
> Deadline for abstracts (maximum 250 words and 2 - 3 attached images)
> February 4, 2013
>
> Symposium date: November 22-23, 2013, Freer and Sackler Galleries,
> Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.
>
> The symposium accompanies the exhibition, Yoga: The Art of Transformation
> at the Sackler Gallery, October 19, 2013-January 26, 2014,
> http://www.asia.si.edu/exhibitions/future.asp
>
> Please send abstracts or direct questions to Nancy Micklewright, Head,
> Scholarly Programs and Publications, Freer|Sackler Galleries,
> micklewrightn@si.edu.
>
>
>
>
> Nancy Micklewright
> Head, Scholarly Programs and Publications
> Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
> Smithsonian Institution
> micklewrightn@si.edu
> 202.633.0401
>
> PO Box 37012, MRC 707
> Washington DC 20013-7012
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> Package and courier deliveries
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Fw: H-ASIA: CFP "Migration, Mobility, and Movements: Crossing Borders in World History", Northeastern Univ. Grad Conf in World History, Boston, Mar 16-17, 2013
From: "Frank Conlon" <conlon@U.WASHINGTON.EDU>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 4:37 AM
Subject: H-ASIA: CFP "Migration, Mobility, and Movements: Crossing Borders
in World History", Northeastern Univ. Grad Conf in World History, Boston,
Mar 16-17, 2013
> H-ASIA
> December 21, 2012
>
> Call for papers: "Migration, Mobility, and Movements: Crossing Borders in
> World History", Fifth Annual Graduate Conference in World History,
> Northeastern University, Boston, March 16-17, 2013
> DEADLINE 30 DECEMBER 2012
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>
> CALL FOR PAPERS: "Migration, Mobility, and Movements: Crossing Borders in
> World History"
>
>
> Location: Massachusetts, United States
> Call for Papers Date: 2012-12-30 (in 9 days)
> Date Submitted: 2012-12-20
> Announcement ID: 199714
>
>
> The Graduate Students in the Department of History at Northeastern
> University (Boston, Massachusetts) invite proposals for their Fifth Annual
> Graduate Student Conference on World History: March 16 and 17, 2013. This
> years conference title is Migration, Mobility, and Movements: Crossing
> Borders in World History.
> KEYNOTE SPEAKER: DONNA GABACCIA, Professor of History and Director,
> Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota.
>
> Keynote Address: From Immigration History to Mobility Studies.
>
> CONFERENCE THEME: Motion is a constant feature of our world. Humans
> migrate from region to region or nation to nation temporarily for short
> spans of time, permanently for longer spans, or just for today. Material
> goods, languages, culture, ideas and ideologies grow increasingly mobile.
> Belief systems political, ethical, religious foster social movements that
> alter lives. The world is geography in flux. We invite papers on these
> topics and many more. NETWORKS: transnational transmission of ideas or
> ideologies, commercial or technological webs, contact between people, and
> more.
>
> SOCIAL and POLITICAL MOVEMENTS: the emergence, development and spread of
> social and/or political movements within and across various geographic
> regions.
>
> CULTURAL MOBILITY: the patterns and networks that human societies
> create, the flexibility of cultures, and exchanges between different
> cultures.
>
> MIGRATIONS: transnational, regional,intra and inter-continental, for
> purposes as diverse as there are migrations.
>
> MAPPING MOVEMENTS: movement of ideas, commodities, technologies or
> people.We especially invite use of the new historical investigative
> methods in network analysis and the digital humanities.
>
> We invite graduate students in degree programs in history and other
> cognate disciplines to present work on any of these topics and more.
>
> In addition, we invite public history students to present their research
> using public history techniques such as posters, exhibition models, video,
> etc.
>
> We also welcome panel proposals. If you would like to propose a panel
> with chair, please get in touch separately.
>
> Faculty are invited to volunteer as chair/commentators in their research
> areas.
>
> To be considered, the following documents should be sent to the program
> committee at nugradconf@gmail.com by December 30, 2012:
>
> Individual Panelists:
>
> -200-word abstract describing paper or work to be presented
>
> -Brief curriculum vitae
>
> -List of audio/visual needs, if applicable
>
> Panels:
>
> -List of all panel members (3 per panel) with designated chairperson, if
> applicable
>
> -200-word abstract that discusses the theme of the panel
>
> -200-word abstract for each paper or work to be presented
>
> -Brief curriculum vitae for each panelist and chairperson
>
> -List of audio/visual needs, if applicable
>
> Selected panelists will be notified via email by January 15, 2013. Please
> contact nugradconf@gmail.com with any questions, or visit our website at
> http://nugradconference2013.wordpress.com
>
> Registration is free, and we provide breakfast and lunch both days, free
> of charge. Graduate students from afar can request housing with our
> graduate students. Northeastern University is well-placed on bus and
> subway lines in the heart of Boston. Logan Airport is the closest airport
> and is accessible by public transportation. The conference will begin at
> 8:30 am on Saturday, March 16 and run through the early evening reception
> for our keynote speaker. We begin again at 8:30 am on Sunday, March 17,
> with a tentative end time of 3:30 pm that day.
>
>
>
> Sana Tannoury Karam
> nugradconf@gmail.com
> Email: nugradconf@gmail.com
> Visit the website at http://nugradconference2013.wordpress.com
>
>
>
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Fw: H-ASIA: Harvard Summer School in Kyoto, June 2-July 27, 2013
From: "Ryan Dunch" <ryan.dunch@UALBERTA.CA>
To: <H-ASIA@H-NET.MSU.EDU>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 11:41 PM
Subject: H-ASIA: Harvard Summer School in Kyoto, June 2-July 27, 2013
H-ASIA
December 21, 2012
Harvard Summer School in Kyoto, June 2-July 27, 2013
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From: Johnson, Hilary <hjohnson@fas.harvard.edu>
Dear prospective participants,
I am writing to invite you to take part in Harvard Summer School's 8-week
program at Doshisha University in Kyoto, Japan. Students enroll in 2
courses: Professor Mikael Adolphson's course, "Japan: Tradition and
Transformation," which explores the nation's tumultuous move to modernity.
Professor James Robson's course, "Introduction to the Study of East Asian
Religions," covers the development and history of Buddhism, Daoism,
Confucianism, Shinto, and various forms of popular religion in a
cross-cultural setting. Students reside with local families where they
have the best chance to experience the Japanese way of life. In addition,
a myriad of field trips coincide seamlessly with coursework, linking the
classroom with the surrounding city. Non-credit Japanese language
instruction with Doshisha staff is provided for students with no previous
exposure to the Japanese language.
For detailed information on the program and application instructions please
visit: http://www.summer.harvard.edu/programs/study-abroad/kyoto-japan
Details --
* Students must be at least 18 years old, have completed at least 1 year of
college or be a first-year student, and be in good academic standing to
apply
* Application deadline: January 31, 2013
* Program Dates: June 2 - July 27, 2013
* Cost: $7,750, and includes the following:
- Tuition
- Room and some meals
- All scheduled excursions and extracurricular activities
In addition to the program fee, students are responsible for:
- A health insurance fee (waived if students have US insurance that
provides coverage outside the United States)
- Transportation to and from Kyoto
- The cost of passports and visas (if the latter is needed)
- Any immunizations
-----------------------------------------------------------
Hilary Johnson
Program Coordinator
Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies
Harvard University
WEB: http://rijs.fas.harvard.edu/
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