Chinese Buddhism and the Scholarship of Erik Zürcher: A Conference

Photographs of the Opening and Book Presentation
Buy the book Buddhism in China: Collected Papers of Erik Zürcher at www.brill.com
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Links
12-14 February: Conference Chinese Buddhism
Conference information page on Leiden University website
International Buddhism conference in honour of Leiden Sinologist Erik Zürcher
Article about Erik Zürcher and the conference on Leiden University website
Prinses Beatrix bij internationale conferentie Chinese Buddhism
Official website of the Royal House (article in Dutch)
Prinses Beatrix woont opening congres Chinees boeddhisme bij
Leiden University website (article in Dutch)



Downloads
A Unique Trajectory: Erik Zürcher’s Studies of Chinese Buddhism, Opening lecture by Stefano Zacchetti
(PDF, 132 Kb, right-click to download)
Academic abstracts & programme
(PDF,291 Kb, right-click to download)
Conference poster
Audio (Click below to hear each lecture)
Antonello Palumbo - Periods in the History of Chinese Buddhism
T.H. Barrett - Middle Kingdom and Wider World: Some Neglected Sources from Late Imperial China?
Stefano Zacchetti - Blind spots and One way Tracks in Chinese Buddhist Historiography
Stephen Bokenkamp - Buddhist Influence on Early Daoism Reconsidered
Barend ter Haar - Looking at Textuality among Chinese Monks in the Gaoseng zhuan
Liu Shufen - The Waning Years of the Life of the Eminent Buddhist Monk Xuanzang 玄奘 (600-664) and his Deification in Japan
This conference was made possible by the support and contribution of these institutions:
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