co-hosted with the American Council of Learned Societies
This roundtable discussion refers to the fact that the field of Buddhist Studies, like the traditions it investigates, has shown a tendency to subdivide. Speakers will reflect on the degree to which their own specialties have become barriers to bridging divides. Have the boundaries of language, nation, period, and discipline lent the field a hermetic character?
The Speakers
James Benn
McMaster University
“The Divide between Textual and Historical Studies”
Amanda Goodman
University of Toronto
“Translation from Sanskrit to Chinese”
Juhyung Rhi
Seoul National University
“Bridging Buddhist Studies and Art History”
