2008: Chinese Religions and Globalisation, 1800-Present
| Chinese Religions and Globalisation, 1800-Present |
| University of Cambridge Department of East Asian Studies - St Catharine's College, July 3-6, 2008 Programme Thursday, 3 July 15:30-15:45 Welcome/Introduction (Jansen) 15:45-18:00 Session 1: Globalisation and the religious field in China: Theoretical Approaches / Chair: Christian Meyer Thoralf Klein "Religious markets in China since 1800: Potential and limits of a concept" Vincent Goossaert "One empire and multiple local religious systems: the management of religious pluralism in Qing China, 1800-1898" 19:00 Conference dinner at St Catharine's (SCR; lounge suit) Friday, 4 July 9:30-12:30 Session 2: The state's role and the religious market: Changes and/or Continuity? / Chair: Thoralf Klein Joseph Lee "The Christian Century of South China: The Church-State Relations in Chaozhou, Guangdong Province (1860-1980)" Joachim Gentz "The Communist Party on the Religious Market: Falun Gong's political performances on a global stage" Lauren Pfister "Globalisation, the Loss of Ruist Intellectual Hegemony, and the Experience of Cultural Angst in 19th and 20th Century China" 12:30-14:00 Lunch break 14:00-17:00 Session 3: New Encounters through Globalisation: Inter-religious exchange, dialogue, competition / Chair: Adam Chau Stephan Feuchtwang "'Religion' and its historical passage into contemporary China" Thomas Jansen "Sectarian Responses to Foreign Presence in China in the Nineteenth Century: The Wanbao baojuan (1858) and other examples" Lai Pan-chiu "Globalisation and Buddhist-Christian Encounter in Republican China" 17:00 Visit of the Orchard in Grantchester Pub Saturday, 5 July 9:30-12:30 Session 4: Becoming global(ised) - and aware of it / Chair: Joachim Gentz Michael Dillon "Islam in China - China and the Muslim World: ethnicity, politics and global Islam" Esther-M. Guggenmos "Does International Buddhist Networking Influence the Biographical Self-constructions of Lay Buddhists in Contemporary Taiwan? Results of Interview based Field Research" Robert Weller "Globalization and the Rise of Philanthropic Religion in Taiwan" 12:30-14:00 Lunch break 14:00-18:00 Session 5: Religion(s) and academia: observers and/or participants / Chair: Lai Pan-chiu Christian Meyer "Was there 'religious studies' in Republican China?" Dirk Kuhlmann "Debates on national identity and modernization in the context of historical research on late Qing/early Republican Christian missions in 20th century China" Break with Refreshments Monika Gaenssbauer "Does the study of religion (with a focus on Christianity) play a special role in the ideological crisis of the present reform era?" Chloe Starr "Sino-Christian theology: an outworking of the globalized academic market-place or a newly contextualized Christianity?" 19:00 Dinner Sunday, 6 July 9:00-12:00 Session 6: The changing role and use of 'media' from tradition to modern (script, book, art, ritual) / Chair: Thomas Jansen Adam Chau "Encounters with the Foreign and Script Fundamentalism in Early Twentieth Century China" Hildegard Diemberger "Tibetan Buddhists and their books in a digital age" Xiaobing Wang-Riese "Annual Offering Rituals to Confucius and the Revitalization of Confucianism in Quzhou, China" 12:00-13:30 Concluding discussion and perspectives for further specialized conferences 13:30-14:00 Lunch (Sandwiches) 14:00 End of conference/departure |