January 2011

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Call for Proposals

This Group invites panel and/or paper proposals on the topics below. Please contact listed organizers if you wish to take part in any proposed session. Where no organizer is identified, contact the Program Unit Chairs with questions. Potential panel organizers are encouraged to contact the Program Unit Chairs prior to organizing a complete panel. Suggested topics are:

  • Internal alchemy (Stephen Eskildsen, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
  • Daoism in Japan and Korea
  • Contemporary Daoism
  • Daoist archaeology
  • Daoist temple networks and local society
  • Comparative/Theoretical studies of Daoism
  • Historiography of Daoist studies since the Bellagio Conference (Terry Kleeman, University of Colorado, Boulder, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
  • Hagiography (Mark Meulenbeld, University of Wisconsin, Madison, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )
  • Daoist techne (Michael Stanley-Baker, University College London, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )

We also invite panel and paper proposals on other topics. As the regional focus for this year’s meeting is the Mediterranean, we will particularly welcome papers and panels with comparative perspectives.

Mission

This Group has been formed as an independent gathering place for the field of Daoist studies, for investigating the religious tradition which is Daoism, and related topics. As we understand it, Daoism is a Chinese religious tradition that has been continually modified and transformed for some two thousand years and that is currently in the process of globalization. As here conceived, the field of Daoist studies, historically associated with Sinology, textual study, and Chinese area studies, is now expanding to include other theoretical and methodological approaches — anthropology, archaeology, comparative religious studies, cultural studies, intellectual history, material culture studies, philosophy, sociology, women’s studies, and so forth. We aim to provide a forum for presenting, exploring, and discussing these various approaches to the study of “Daoism.” In addition to historical and textual approaches, this Group recognizes the importance of considering Daoism as a global religion, the history of the study of Daoism, as well as dominant and alternative interpretative models. Our website is www.daoiststudies.org/dao/aar.

Anonymity of Review Process

Proposals are anonymous to Chairs and Steering Committee Members until after final acceptance or rejection.

Questions?

Xun Liu
Rutgers University
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Gil Raz
Dartmouth College
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Method of Submission

 

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