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Discussion published by Sarah Jacoby on Saturday, November 19, 2016

Dear Colleagues,

We'd like to share a list of the papers and panels related to Tibetan and Himalayan religions taking place this weekend at the American Academy of Religion Meeting in Texas. This list, as well as a history of past years' events, can also be found at http://campuspress.yale.edu/thrg/.

Regards,

Sarah Jacoby, Northwestern University, and Ben Bogin, Skidmore College

Co-chairs of the Tibetan and Himalayan Religion Group at the American Academy of Religion

TIBETAN AND HIMALAYAN RELIGIONS GROUP SESSIONS

A20-280 Books under Discussion Presidential Theme: Revolutionary Love Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Group Theme: Love and Liberation (Columbia University Press, 2014): Reflections on Sarah Jacoby's Study of Sera Khandro Benjamin Bogin, Skidmore College, Presiding Sunday - 3:00 PM-4:30 PM Grand Hyatt-Republic B (4th Level)

Panelists: Anne C. Klein, Rice University Annabella Pitkin, Lehigh University Kurtis Schaeffer, University of Virginia Responding: Sarah Jacoby, Northwestern University

A21-137 Tantric Studies Group and Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Group Theme: Imagination and Visualization in Tibetan Buddhist Literature Nancy Lin, Vanderbilt University, Presiding Monday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Grand Hyatt-Republic B (4th Level)

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Joel Gruber, University of San Diego When a Warm Heart Turns Cold: A Re-Imagination of Scholarly Interpretations of Tibetan "Fiction"

Vesna Wallace, University of California, Santa Barbara Imagination, Desire, and Aesthetics in Engendering the Vision of Śambhala

Matthew King, University of California, Riverside Visions of Sovereignty in Late-Imperial Tibetan and Mongolian Travel Literature

Daniel Hirshberg, University of Mary Washington A Yogin’s Retirement: Visionary Tourism in Nyang ral’s Twilight Years

Michael Sheehy, Harvard University The Magical Realism of Guru Chowang (1212-1270)

Responding: Jacob Dalton, University of California, Berkeley

A21-237 Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Group Theme: Cosmos, Language, and Local Practice: New Research in Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Sarah Jacoby, Northwestern University, Presiding Monday - 1:00 PM-3:30 PM Grand Hyatt-Travis B (3rd Level)

Eric Huntington, Princeton University Cosmological Murals at the Entrance to Sacred Spaces: The Bhavacakra and Cakravāla in Tibetan Buddhism

Natasha Mikles, University of Virginia Karmic Reservations and Resolutions: Narrative Imagination and Ethical Formation in Gesar’s Descent through Hell

Rachel Pang, Davidson College Emanation as Simile: The Literary Imagination in Shabkar’s Nine Emanated Scriptures

Jann Ronis, University of California, Berkeley Cosmopolitan Compassion: The Category of the Imagination in Lama Tenzin Gyatso’s (b.1968) Elaboration of a Modernist Buddhist Poetics

Eric D. Mortensen, Guilford College Religious Ambiance and the Resurgence of Local Religious Practices in the Lingering Buddhist Vacuum of Rural Tibetan Valleys of Gyalthang

Business Meeting: Sarah Jacoby, Northwestern University Benjamin Bogin, Skidmore College

TIBETAN AND HIMALAYAN RELIGIONS-RELATED PAPERS/PANELS IN OTHER PROGRAM UNITS:

A19-107 Buddhism Section Theme: Book Session: Being Human in a Buddhist World: An Intellectual History of Medicine in Early Modern Tibet (Columbia University Press, 2015) Jacob Dalton, University of California, Berkeley, Presiding Saturday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Convention Center-217C (2nd Level - West)

Panelists: Kurtis Schaeffer, University of Virginia Richard Nance, Indiana University Sonam Kachru, University of Virginia

Responding: Janet Gyatso, Harvard University

A19-236 Yogācāra Studies Group Theme: Reading the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga Joy Brennan, Kenyon College, Presiding Saturday - 1:00 PM-3:30 PM Grand Hyatt-Mission A (2nd Level)

Pierre-Julien Harter, University of Chicago First Things First: The Genre of the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga

Dian Denis, Laval University The Structure of the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga and Kārikā and Its Use of the Notion of Support

John Y. Cha, Gustavus Adolphus College The Darśana of the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga

William S. Waldron, Middlebury College On the Relation between "Bhājana-loka," "Vijñapti," and "Vāsanā" in the Dharmadharmatāvibhāga and Its Commentaries

Jingjing Li, McGill University What is Abūta-parikalpa? Debates on the Authenticity of Dharmadharmatāvibhāga in Early Modern China

Business Meeting: C. John Powers, Australian National University Roy Tzohar, Tel-Aviv University

A19-328 Religion and Science Fiction Group Theme: Speculative Fiction Dreaming It Is Religion? Or Religion Dreaming It Is Speculative Fiction? David McConeghy, Chapman University, Presiding Saturday - 4:00 PM-6:30 PM Convention Center-304B (3rd Level)

Jeffrey Durham, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco Time Travel by Thankga: How Tibetan Art and Narrative Traditions Shift Time and Alter Identity

A19-312 Religion in South Asia Section Theme: Praise Poetry across South Asian Religious Traditions Patton Burchett, College of William and Mary, Presiding Saturday - 4:00 PM-6:30 PM Convention Center-007A (River Level)

Hamsa Stainton, University of Kansas Approaching Praise Poetry via Kashmir

A20-121 Buddhist Critical-Constructive Reflection Group and Buddhist Philosophy Group Theme: The Contemplative Context of Buddhist Philosophy David Fiordalis, Linfield College, Presiding Sunday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Grand Hyatt-Republic B (4th Level)

Davey Tomlinson, University of Chicago Vāgīśvarakīrti’s Strictly Verbal Initiation: How Tantric Practice Can Become Rational Inquiry

Yaroslav Komarovski, University of Nebraska Buddhist Philosophy and Contemplation: In Search for the Common Ground

John Dunne, University of Wisconsin Replacement or Suspension: Two Theories of Philosophical Practice

Karin Meyers, Kathmandu University The "Damned" Topics of Buddhist Philosophy, Their Contemplative Context, and the Future of Our Practice

Responding: Richard Nance, Indiana University

A20-223 Tantric Studies Group Theme: Comparative and Constructive Work in Tantric Studies Gudrun Bühnemann, University of Wisconsin, Presiding Sunday - 1:00 PM-2:30 PM Marriott Rivercenter-Conference Room 2 (3rd Level)

Rita Sherma, Graduate Theological Union “To the Pure, All Things are Pure”: Śakta Tantra and Constructive Social Ethics

David P. Lawrence, University of North Dakota Pratyabhijñā Thought, the Pluralistic Philosophy of Religion, and the Evolution of Semiotic Freedom

Ben Williams, Harvard University Thinking with Abhinavagupta about Education: Interdisciplinarity in a Context of Religious Pluralism

Mark Schmanko, Rice University The Generative Interplay of Emic and Etic Modes in the Modus Vivendi of Tantric Scholars

Responding: John Nemec, University of Virginia

A21-212 Buddhism Section and Religions in Chinese and Indian Cultures: A Comparative Perspective Group Theme: Trans-Regional Dynamics in Buddhist Cultures Amy P. Langenberg, Eckerd College, Presiding Monday - 1:00 PM-3:30 PM Convention Center-301B (3rd Level)

Brandon Dotson, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich Coincidence, Contingency, and Tendrel: Buddhism and Divination in Early Tibet

Christina A. Kilby, James Madison University Humanizing the Divine Childhood: Child Tulku Mentorship through Letter Writing in Tibetan Buddhism

Benjamin Wood, St. Francis College Searching for the Right Buddha: Contesting Tulku Candidates in the Ocean Annals of Amdo

A22-100 Buddhism Section Theme: Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Tibetan Protector Deities

Alison Melnick, Bates College, Presiding Tuesday - 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Convention Center-302B (3rd Level)

Unregistered Participant The Twelve Acts of Rudra: Buddha’s Mythic Inversion

Christopher Bell, Stetson University Tsiu Marpos: How a Tibetan Protector Deity Possesses Multiple Identities

Natasha Mikles, University of Virginia Ideological Narratives: A Rimé Challenge to Geluk Power through King Gesar in Hell

A22-128 Buddhist Philosophy Group Theme: Narrative and Philosophy in Buddhism Unregistered Participant, Presiding Tuesday - 10:30 AM-12:00 PM Convention Center-304C (3rd Level)

C. W. Huntington Jr., Hartwick College The Autobiographical No-Self

Sonam Kachru, University of Virginia A Life Dreamed, the Traumatized Titan, and the Forest Decimated in Anger: Of the Stories Philosophers Tell, and Why

Sara L. McClintock, Emory University The Inescapability of Narrative in Buddhist Philosophy

A22-118 Focus on Sustainability Religion in South Asia Section and Religion and Ecology Group Theme: Religion, Landscape, and Ecology in South Asia Carla Bellamy, City University of New York, Presiding Tuesday - 9:00 AM-11:30 AM Convention Center-007A (River Level)

Dean Accardi, Connecticut College Kashmir’s Religious Nature: Siting Shrines in the Sacred Landscape

A19-215 Comparative Theology Group and Roman Catholic Studies Group Theme: Comparative Theologies of Creation: Engaging Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ Bede Bidlack, Saint Anselm College, Presiding

Saturday - 1:00 PM-3:30 PM Convention Center-007B (River Level)

Thomas Cattoi, Graduate Theological Union Laudato Si' and a Broader Vision of Reality: Theologies of Purified Vision in Theodore the Studite and Bokar Rinpoche