This Unit is dedicated to the academic, comparative study of Chinese religions in all forms, both historical and contemporary. The Unit makes every effort to recognize Chinese voices in religious practice as well as scholarship, and applies rigorous standards of linguistic, cultural, historical, and social-scientific understanding to the study of religion in China.
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Chinese Religions Unit
Call for Proposals
All proposals for both panels and papers are welcome and will be given careful consideration. We encourage panel organizers to take various forms of diversity into account, including race, gender, rank, kind of institution, region, etc., especially for presenters and respondents. For gender diversity, you can look for participants in the database Women in the Study of Asian Religions (http://libblogs.luc.edu/wisar/). Please feel free to direct any general questions about panel and paper submissions to the co-chairs.
If you wish to contribute to the following topics, please get in touch with the contact person listed:
- Religions and Cities, Tyler Feezell (tyler.feezell@asu.edu)
- Chinese Religious Spaces and Landscapes, Courtney Bruntz (courtney.bruntz@gmail.com)
- Body, Medicine, and Health in Chinese Religions, Dixuan Chen (chenyuji@grinnell.edu)
- Spiritual seekers and anxieties around authenticity in contemporary China, Gareth Fisher (gfisher@syr.edu)
Activism in Chinese Religions, Ting Guo (tg.guo@utoronto.ca)
Statement of Purpose
Co-Sponsoring
Chairs
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Susan Andrews, Mount Allison University1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Rongdao Lai, McGill University1/1/2021 - 12/31/2026
Steering Committee Members
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Katherine Alexander, University of Colorado1/1/2019 - 12/31/2024
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Ting Guo, Chinese University of Hong Kong1/1/2023 - 12/31/2028
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Alexander Hsu, University of Notre Dame1/1/2022 - 12/31/2027
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Elena Valussi, Loyola University, Chicago1/1/2020 - 12/31/2025
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Richard Wang, University of Florida1/1/2019 - 12/31/2024
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Wei Wu, Emory University1/1/2021 - 12/31/2026
Method
PAPERS
Review Process
Proposer names are visible to chairs but anonymous to steering committee members