Buddhism in the West Unit
The Buddhism in the West Unit is seeking to fill two 90-minute sessions and strongly encourages proposals for fully developed panels, roundtable discussions, or other formats focused on a single theme, question, or recent publications. The Unit is happy to support co-sponsorships with other Units including, but not limited to: the Buddhism Unit; the Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Unit; the Asian North American Religion, Culture, and Society Unit; the Space, Place, and Religion Unit; and the Class, Religion, and Theology Unit.
This year, we are particularly interested in papers that might address Buddhist Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care, for a potential co-sponsorship with the Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care Unit. If you are interested in submitting a paper for this panel, please get in touch with Dr Leigh Miller (program@maitripa.org).
In addition to panels and papers related to the AAR's presidential theme, "Freedom," the Unit is also particularly interested this year in the following:
- Buddhism and Indigeneity
- Buddhism in the West - 'Beyond the Side Hussle' (please contact Courtney Bruntz, cbruntz@southeast.edu, and Thomas Calobrisi, tcalobrisi@shin-ibs.edu)
- Buddhism in New England (to reflect the location of the next AAR)
- Buddhist resistance movements
- Buddhism and Anti-caste movements in North America
- Psychedelic Buddhism (please contact Colin Simonds, simonds@ualberta.ca)
AAR membership is not required to submit a proposal. Please contact the unit co-chairs with questions.
This Unit seeks to:
- Provide a venue for new studies on Buddhism in non-Asian locales
- Facilitate communication and exchange between scholars working on Buddhism outside of Asia
- Offer a forum within which to collectively clarify the intellectual and methodological underpinnings of research on Buddhism in the West, and consider new possibilities in methods and approaches
| Chair | Dates | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Adeana McNicholl, Vanderbilt University | adeana.mcnicholl… | - | View |
| Caroline Starkey | c.starkey@leeds.ac.uk | - | View |