SMITH COLLEGE | MARCH 27–29, 2009
Schedule
Friday, March 27, 2009
| Time |
Event |
| 12:30–2:30 p.m. |
Welcome: Jamie Hubbard
Opening Remarks: John Davis
Moderator: Rick Taupier
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| 3–5 p.m. |
Panel Two – Mongolian Buddhist Art
Myeong–beop, Moderator
- Mikaela Mroczynski, "Performance, Ritual, and the Foreign Gaze: Tsam as a Vehicle for Constructing Post–Soviet Mongolian Buddhism and Mongolian National Identity"
- Uranchimeg Tsultem, "Zanabazar: The Building of the New State in Medieval Mongolia"
- Marylin Rhie, "Zanabazar and Dolonnor: Two Traditions of Mongolian Buddhist Sculpture"
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| 5:30–6:30 p.m. |
Reception at the Arts Lounge Gallery, Campus Center, for the artist Soyolma |
Saturday, March 28, 2009
| Time |
Event |
| 9–11:30 a.m. |
Panel Three – The History of Buddhism in Mongolia
Mikaela Mroczynski, Moderator
- Johan Elverskog, "Oirads, Islam and the Origins of Mongolian Buddhism"
- Munkh–Erdene Lhamsuren, "The Second Conversion or The Gelukpa Absorption of Mongolia"
- MatThew King, "The Life and Work of the Mongolian Buddhist Hermit–Scholar Zawa Damdin"
- Rick Taupier, "Reconstructing a Historical Narrative of Buddhism in Mongolia"
|
| 1:30–3:30 p.m. |
Panel Four – Contemporary Issues
Sue Darlington, Moderator
- Christopher Kaplonski, "Resorting to Violence: Repression of Buddhist Lamas in 1930s Mongolia"
- Vesna Wallace, "How is the Buddha Vajrapani Signifying the Mongolian Buddhist Identity?"
- Hamid Sardar, "Totems & Tengers: Animal Symbolism in Mongol Religion"
|
| 4–6 p.m. |
Panel Five – Contemporary Issues
Susanne Mrozik, Moderator
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All Panels well be held in the Neilson Library Browsing Room unless otherwise noted.
