Buddhist Ritualities
Organised by N. Sihlé (CNRS/CEH) and B. Brac de la Perrière (CASE/EHESS/CNRS)
Programme
Time and place : 9.30 a.m. - 12.30 p.m., 54 bd Raspail, 75006 Paris (room 651 from January onwards)
Introductory Session : comparing Buddhist rituals
13 October 2017
John Holt (Bowdoin College, Maine, USA)
The example of kathina (Sri Lanka) / Myanmar) [in English]
Typologies of Buddhist rituals : vernacular categories, analytic categories
10 November 2017
Session for discussions based on set readings (see Dropbox file below for the seminar). With the participation of Florence Galmiche (University Paris-7 Diderot) and Claire Vidal (LESC / CEIB).
Rituals to celebrate or honour masters
22 December 2017
Alexander Horstmann (University of Tallinn, Estonia)
The prosperous ascetic : staging authority in northern Thai/Burmese Buddhists saints’ birthday ceremonies
Elizabeth Ørberg (University of Copenhagen)
“The Rockstar Monk with a mission” : the millennial celebration of Naropa and his modern reincarnation (Ladakh, northern India)
Rituals for worshipping great Buddhist deities
12 January 2018
Nicolas Sihlé (CNRS-CEH)
Ritual gatherings and community of religious specialists : the case of the great rituals of the Tantrists of Repkong (northeastern Tibet)
State / renewal rituals of a cosmic and social order
2 February 2018
Alexandra de Mersan (IRASEC)
New Year rituals in Arakan (Myanmar).
Collective donation rituals
9 March 2018
Hiroko Kawanami (University of Lancaster, UK)
Religious gifts, social transactions and merit-making occasions in Myanmar
Round table
23 March 2018 (2–5 p.m., room 737).
"State of play in anthropology of Buddhism" - round table (in English) organised on the occasion of "Printemps du CEIB" (Centre d’Études Interdisciplinaires du Bouddhisme). With Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière (CNRS/EHESS), Patrice Ladwig (MPI for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity), Nicolas Sihlé (CNRS/CEH), Erick White (Michigan Uni.).
Collective rituals of reading canonical texts
6 April 2018
Roger Casas (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna)
The secular ramifications of the Tan Tham / Vessantara ritual and festival in Sipsong Panna.
Funeral rituals with a collective dimension
4 May 2018
Erik Davis (Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)
The Perfect Funeral of King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia
Life-cycle rituals
1 June 2018
Gustaaf Houtman (School of Oriental and African Studies, London)
Life-cycle rituals (beitheik) in Burma and Buddhist identity
Dropbox file with bibliographic resources, programmes, etc. : http://bit.ly/RitualitesBouddhiques (2017-18) / http://bit.ly/AnthroComparBouddhisme
Programme 2017-18 and abstracts
