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SUMMARY:Lecture Series -Buddhism 2025/2026     Buddhism in Modern China: Concepts\, Practices\, and History
DESCRIPTION:Lecture Series -Buddhism 2025/2026\nBuddhism in Modern China: Concepts\, Practices\, and History\nOver the past two centuries\, Buddhism in China has engaged dynamically with shifting socio-political landscapes\, global circulations of knowledge\, and the multifaceted pressures associated with modernity\, resulting in enduring transformations of doctrine\, ritual life\, institutional structures\, and China’s cultural imagination and identity. This lecture series traces how Buddhist ideas and practices have been interpreted\, adapted\, and reconfigured from the late Qing through the Republican era to the present\, drawing on perspectives from history\, religious studies\, anthropology\, and philosophy. By following these trajectories of change\, the series highlights the intricate ways in which Buddhism has shaped—and been reshaped by—the changing intellectual\, social\, and political life in modern China\, providing a forum for interdisciplinary dialogue across fields\, methods\, and historical contexts. \n  \nDates and times \n2025/2026 \nLocation \nUniversity of Göttingen & Online (hybrid) \nOrganizers \nPeng Qinqin (University of Göttingen)\nZhu Ziyi (University of Göttingen) \nContact persons \nPeng Qinqin: qinqin.peng@uni-goettingen.de\nZhu Ziyi: ziyi.zhu@uni-goettingen.de \nLanguage \nChinese and English \n 
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-series-buddhism-2025-2026-buddhism-in-modern-china-concepts-practices-and-history/
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Revisiting the Understanding of “the Other” through Thermae Romae II: Implications for Chinese Language Teaching
DESCRIPTION:從《羅馬浴場 II》回看我們如何理解「他者」文化—— 對華語教學的啟示\nRevisiting the Understanding of “the Other” through Thermae Romae II:\nImplications for Chinese Language Teaching\n2026年1月16日（週五）14:30–16:00\nKWZ 1.701， 哥廷根大學\n報告人：曾金金 教授， 國立台灣師範大學 \n主持人：張陶 教授， 哥廷根大學 \n摘要 \n本報告以日本影視作品《羅馬浴場 II》為例，討論流行影視文本中「他者」文化的呈現方式，以及其中所體現的跨文化想像。作品透過幽默與錯位的敘事手法，將不同文化與時空並置，呈現文化差異被感知、想像與再詮釋的過程。報告嘗試從跨文化與語言學習的相關視角出發，思考此類影視作品在華語教學語境中可能引發的更廣泛反思，並為文化理解與比較提供一個開放的觀察方向。 \nAbstract \nTaking the Japanese audiovisual work Thermae Romae II as an example\, this talk examines how “the Other” is represented in popular screen media and how cross-cultural imagination is articulated through audiovisual narratives. By juxtaposing different cultures and temporalities through humor and narrative displacement\, the film foregrounds processes through which cultural differences are perceived\, imagined\, and reinterpreted. Drawing on perspectives from intercultural communication and language learning\, the talk further considers how such works can stimulate broader discussions of cultural understanding and comparison within the context of Chinese language teaching. \n時間與地點 \n時間：2026年1月16日（週五）14:30–16:00\n地點： KWZ 1.701， 哥廷根大學 \nSpeaker’s Bio: \n \nDr. Chin-Chin Tseng is a full professor in the Department of Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University. She is currently serving as the Taiwan Chair and visiting researcher at the University of Groningen\, the Netherlands. Dr. Tseng earned her B.A. in Foreign Languages and Literatures from National Taiwan University in 1988\, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. \nA linguist\, phonetician\, and teacher educator\, her early research focused on phonetics\, interlanguage\, and second language acquisition. More recently\, her work has expanded to include Chinese dialect teacher education\, AI-assisted teaching strategies\, and the development of an interlanguage prosodic database for Chinese language research in Europe. \nRecent publication: \nZhang\, F.\, & Tseng\, C.-C. (2025). Inclusive teaching strategies and proprioceptive learning methods for migrants in acquiring basic Chinese. In Y. Liang & Z. Li (Eds.)\, Diversity and inclusiveness in Chinese as a second language education (pp. 145–174). Routledge. \nOngoing project: \nInternational Integrated Collaboration Project for the University Alliance in the Czech Republic (ICU) and the University Academic Alliance in Taiwan (UAAT)\, under the national-level initiative for international collaboration in key academic fields (Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences). \nProject Title: The Dynamics of East-West Civilizational Interactions: Conflict or Fusion? \nSub-project: A Study on Interpersonal Communication between Czechs and Taiwanese in the Context of Second Language Teaching \n 
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-revisiting-the-understanding-of-the-other-through-thermae-romae-ii-implications-for-chinese-language-teaching/
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CATEGORIES:CeMEAS Lecture Series,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260204T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260204T160000
DTSTAMP:20260410T191112
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SUMMARY:Realizing Buddhahood in the Human Realm: The Theory and Practice of Humanistic Buddhism
DESCRIPTION:Realizing Buddhahood in the Human Realm:\nThe Theory and Practice of Humanistic Buddhism\n  \nLecture Series: Buddhism in Modern China 2025/2026 \nProf. Dr. 宣方 Xuan Fang (Renmin University of China) \nTime: February 4\, 2026\, 14:00 PM – 16:00 PM CET \nVenue: Raum 4.105\, Waldweg \nLanguage: Chinese/ 中文 \n  \nAbstract\n即人成佛：人间佛教的理论与实践\n摘要\n人生佛教作为汉传佛教回应现代性议题最重要的理论论述和实践模式，对二十世纪后半叶以来佛教在海峡两岸的蓬勃发展居功至伟，引起学界广泛的关注，相关研究持续升温，本世纪以来渐成显学，成果卓有可观。不过，此中仍有未发之覆，特别是一些基础的教理问题，对佛教共同体内部而言十分重要。例如，太虚关于人间佛教诸多论述引发后人大相径庭的理解，人间佛教推展过程中的种种歧出也使其备受争议。回归到基础教理层面来分析，争议的焦点集中在两个方面：第一、人生佛教思想的核心理论、宗旨及其性质是什么？是共世间的人天乘法门，还是大乘的菩萨道？第二、人生佛教如何修行？是由人、天、声闻、菩萨层层转进，还是由人乘直达佛乘？人菩萨行是否可能、如何可能？前一方面要回答人生佛教是什么，后一方面要回答人生佛教怎么修，这两个基础教理问题相互关联，是人生佛教的核心理论和立论根本；尤其是第二个问题，仍属学术界既往研究的未发之覆。人生佛教能否在教理上自洽地解答上述问题、回应各种质疑？本讲演将依据太虚、印顺的相关论述，对此作一考察。\nHumanistic Buddhism (rensheng fojiao) represents one of the most significant theoretical articulations and practical models through which Chinese Buddhism has responded to the challenges of modernity. Since the second half of the twentieth century\, it has played a crucial role in the remarkable revival and expansion of Buddhism in both Mainland China and Taiwan. As a result\, it has attracted sustained scholarly attention since the beginning of the twenty-first century.\nNevertheless\, important issues remain insufficiently examined\, particularly certain foundational doctrinal questions that are of great significance within the Buddhist community itself. For example\, Taixu’s various interpretations of Humanistic Buddhism (renjian fojiao) gave rise to markedly divergent understandings among later generations\, while differing paths of practical implementation have rendered the movement highly contested. When these debates are reconsidered at the level of fundamental doctrine\, they converge on two central issues: First\, what are the core theoretical foundation\, ultimate aim\, and doctrinal nature of Humanistic Buddhism? Should it be understood as a form of this-worldly Buddhist practice oriented toward the human and celestial vehicles\, or as an expression of the Mahāyāna bodhisattva path? Second\, how is Humanistic Buddhism to be practiced? Does cultivation proceed step by step—from the realms of human and celestial beings\, through the śrāvaka path\, and onward to the bodhisattva path—or does it advocate a direct transition from the human vehicle to Buddhahood? Is the practice of the “human bodhisattva” theoretically possible\, and if so\, in what sense? The first question concerns what Humanistic Buddhism is\, while the second addresses how it is to be practiced. These two fundamental doctrinal issues are closely interconnected and together constitute the core theoretical framework and justificatory basis of Humanistic Buddhism. In particular\, the second issue remains largely unexplored in existing scholarship.\nCan Humanistic Buddhism provide a doctrinally coherent response to these questions and adequately address the various criticisms directed toward it? Drawing on the writings of Taixu and Yinshun\, this lecture examines these issues from the perspective of Buddhist doctrinal theory. \n【Short Bio】\n宣方，中国人民大学宗教学系副教授，佛教与宗教学理论研究所研究员，兼任北京大学、香港中文大学、厦门大学、云南大学、中国佛教文化研究所等十余所国内佛学机构客座教授，《宗教》、《宗教研究》、《汉语佛学评论》等专业期刊编委。主要研究佛教思想史和当代佛教。\nXuan Fang is associate professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Renmin University of China and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Religious Theory. He also serves as a visiting professor at more than ten Buddhist studies institutions in China\, including Peking University\, The Chinese University of Hong Kong\, Xiamen University\, Yunnan University\, and the China Institute of Buddhist Culture. He is a member of the editorial boards of several leading academic journals\, including Religion\, Religious Studies\, and Chinese Buddhist Studies Review. His main research interests focus on the intellectual history of Buddhism and contemporary Chinese Buddhism. \n \n 
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/attaining-buddhahood-in-this-very-life-the-theory-and-practice-of-humanistic-buddhism/
CATEGORIES:CeMEAS Lecture Series,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Lecture: The Monk\, the Poet\, the Bureaucrat\, and the Anarchist: Vegetarian Discourse in Republican-era China
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Dr. John Kieschnick\n\nThe Monk\, the Poet\, the Bureaucrat\, and the Anarchist: Vegetarian Discourse in Republican-era China\n \nLocation: KWZ. 0.606\n \nTime: 02. April. (Thursday) 16:00-18:00 CET\n \nEvent page: https://www.sinologie-goettingen.de/en/events/lecture-prof-john-kieschnick-stanford-university-the-monk-the-poet-the-bureaucrat-and-the-anarchist-vegetarian-discourse-in-republican-era-china/\n\n \nAbstract\nIn the first half of the twentieth century\, leading monks were eager to harness new developments to further the longstanding Chinese Buddhist cause of vegetarianism. The prominent monk Yinguang 印光 (1862–1940) wrote essays promoting vegan soap and\, somewhat surprisingly\, MSG. Others championed the new urban vegetarian restaurants. In addition to drawing on traditional doctrines in established ways\, Buddhists also adapted teachings of karma for the modern era of nationalism. However\, Buddhists were not the only proponents of vegetarianism in Republican-era China. In this talk\, I place Buddhist vegetarian activism in the context of the vibrant discourse on politics\, culture\, and health in the early twentieth century through four figures: Yinguang\, Lü Bicheng 呂碧城 (1883–1943)\, Huang Yanpei 黃炎培 (1878–1965)\, and Li Shizeng 李石曾 (1881–1973)\, each with different motivations for promoting vegetarianism and different relationships to Buddhism.\n \nShort Bio\nJohn Kieschnick is The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies and co-director of the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford. He specializes in Chinese Buddhism\, with particular emphasis on its cultural history. He is the author of The Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval China\, The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture\, and Buddhist Historiography in China. In connection with a regular graduate seminar\, he has compiled a primer for reading Buddhist texts in Chinese. He is currently completing a translation of the Biographies of Eminent Monks Compiled during the Song Dynasty and is writing a general history of Chinese vegetarianism.\nPh.D.\, Stanford University (1996); B.A.\, University of California at Berkeley (1986).
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-the-monk-the-poet-the-bureaucrat-and-the-anarchist-vegetarian-discourse-in-republican-era-china/
CATEGORIES:CeMEAS Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260409T160000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Repositioning Women in the History of Chinese Buddhism: Case studies from the Late Qing and Republican Sichuan
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Stefania Travagnin \nRepositioning Women in the History of Chinese Buddhism: Case studies from the Late Qing and Republican Sichuan\n\n \nLocation: KWZ. 0.609\n \nTime: 09. April (Thursday) 2026\, 16:00-18:00 CET\n \nEvent page: https://www.sinologie-goettingen.de/en/events/lecture-hybrid-dr-stefania-travagnin-soas-university-of-london-repositioning-women-in-the-history-of-chinese-buddhism-case-studies-from-the-late-qing-and-republican-sichuan/\n\n \nZoom Link: https://uni-goettingen.zoom-x.de/j/65461522559?pwd=xFzg0W5tTRse8dDjbHK92ga9HrHD2t.1\n \nAbstract\n \nThe history of Chinese Buddhism has too often been told as a story of male monks\, with particular emphasis on a select group of “eminent” figures. I propose a different approach by centering female communities—especially small nunneries—and attending to the so-far unheard voices of Buddhist women. As my findings show\, Buddhist women have not simply witnessed the unfolding of history; they have been active agents in making it. \n \nMy research is based on archival research and multi-year fieldwork conducted in both urban and rural areas of Sichuan\, encompassing one hundred temples and their resident nuns\, as well as several institutes of Buddhist studies that had been established for lay Buddhist women and nuns’ education. In this talk\, I will highlight the leadership roles nuns played in the religious sphere and in local communities from the late Qing and Republican periods to the present day. Based on recurring patterns and areas of excellence in my data\, I have so far identified seven main themes that best illustrate Buddhist women in late Qing and Republican Sichuan: (1) entrepreneurship in education and culture; (2) inner-Sangha relations and networks; (3) involvement in wars; (4) the building or revival of Buddhist sites; (5) historiography and memorialization strategies; (6) life on sacred mountains; and (7) spiritual and societal authority. I will also offer methodological and theoretical reflections that formed the foundations of my work and that may serve as models for similar future studies.\n \nThis study aims to advance an alternative history in which nuns are protagonists\, the marginal becomes exemplary\, and the very notion of “eminence” is redefined; it unfolds a page of history that both complements and challenges the official (male) narrative of modern Chinese Buddhism\, while illuminating the distinctive local features of Sichuan Buddhism.\n \n\n \nShort Bio\n \nStefania Travagnin is a Reader in Chinese Buddhism at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)\, where she also chairs the Centre of Buddhist Studies. Her interdisciplinary work focuses on Buddhism and Buddhist communities in modern China and Taiwan\, from the late nineteenth century to the present. As co-director of the project “Mapping Religious Diversity in Modern Sichuan\,” initially supported by a Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange Research Grant (2017–2023)\, she has examined Buddhist communities in Sichuan\, with particular attention to nuns and nunneries in the late Qing and Republican eras. She has recently completed a British Academy–funded project (2024–2025) on Tzu Chi humanitarianism beyond Asia. Travagnin has edited and co-edited several volumes\, including Religion and Media in China: Insights and Case Studies from the Mainland\, Taiwan\, and Hong Kong (Routledge 2016)\, the three-volume publication Concepts and Methods for the Study of Chinese Religions (De Gruyter 2019–2020)\, and Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law (Routledge 2023); she is editor-in-chief of Review of Religion and Chinese Society.
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-repositioning-women-in-the-history-of-chinese-buddhism-case-studies-from-the-late-qing-and-republican-sichuan/
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SUMMARY:Agricultural Economics Seminar – Summer Semester 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Agricultural Economics Seminar at the University of Göttingen brings together a distinguished group of international scholars in the Summer Semester 2026. The seminar series features presentations on current research in areas such as climate change\, food security\, artificial intelligence\, sustainable agriculture\, and global economic and political developments. \nThe talks are held weekly on Tuesdays from 16:15 to 17:45 at Z-Campus (ZHG 001). The series is organized in collaboration with partners including CeMEAS and the Faculty of Business and Economics. \nInvited speakers represent leading universities and research institutions worldwide\, including Stanford University\, Kyoto University\, and Texas A&M University. The seminar provides a platform for academic exchange and discussion across disciplines. \nThe event is open to all interested participants.
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/agricultural-economics-seminar-summer-semester-2026/
CATEGORIES:CeMEAS Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Lecture Announcement – Discursive Warfare\, Digital Sovereignty\, and China’s Geopolitical Vision in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:Lecture Announcement – Agricultural Economics Seminar (SoSe 2026) \nCeMEAS is pleased to co-host the following lecture as part of this semester’s Agricultural Economics Seminar series: \n“Discursive Warfare\, Digital Sovereignty\, and China’s Geopolitical Vision in the 21st Century”with Tong Zhang (BI Norwegian Business School\, Norway) \n🗓️Tuesday\, April 14🕓 16:15–17:45📍 Z-Campus\, ZHG 001 \nOrganizer: Prof. Xiaohua Yu\, PhD \n \nIn cooperation with: Faculty of Business and Economics & CeMEAS\n\nSeminar host: DARE (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development)Funding: Eurasia Foundation (Japan)
URL:https://www.cemeas.de/event/lecture-announcement-discursive-warfare-digital-sovereignty-and-chinas-geopolitical-vision-in-the-21st-century/
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