Encountering Buddha in Museums: Modern Expressions of an Ancient Tradition

Monday, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM | Westin Copley Place, Empire (Seventh… Session ID: P24-200

Hosted by: Association for Public Religion and Intellectual Life

Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)

"Encountering Buddha in Museums: Modern Expressions of an Ancient Tradition" brings together five papers examining recent displays of Buddhist art and practices in museums and cultural settings. This event marks the beginning of a year-long project by APRIL that examines the place of religion in museums.

Papers

Grasping a Famous Buddhist Mountain in China: Monumentalism and Miniaturization at the Jiuhuashan Dayuan Buddhist Culture Park

Authors

Aik Sai Goh, University of Virginia

aiksai@virginia.edu

Modern Displays of Buddhism or Displaying Buddhist Modernity? Multiple Temporalities at Two Recent Exhibitions in Japan and Belgium

Authors

Paride Stortini, Ghent University

sparide85@gmail.com

Fateful Encounters: Recounting Buddhist Images Within and Beyond National Museums in Japan

Authors

Stephanie Bell

sab2346@columbia.edu

Exhibiting Buddhist Life Incarcerated: Japanese American National Museum’s Sutra and Bible

Authors

Emily Anderson, Japanese American National Museum

eanderson@janm.org

Chinese Buddhist Art in the Ten Thousand Chinese Things Exhibition (1842), London

Authors

Jie Zhang, Arizona State University

jzhan683@asu.edu