Program

Embodiment (June 2nd, 9:30am - 12pm ET)

Yuhang Li (University of Wisconsin-Madison): "Anthropomorphizing Icons through Gendered Bodies: Rethinking Chen Hongshou’s Dharma Likeness of Cundi Buddha Mother"

Carolyn Wargula (Williams College): "Silk, Hair, and Gold: Materializing Women in Embroideries of Amida’s Welcoming Descent"

Youn-mi Kim (Ewha Womans University): "Textile, Talismans, and Incantation: Tracing Female Agency in Chosŏn Buddhist Practice"

Melissa McCormick (Harvard University):  "Ōtagaki Rengetsu’s Haptic Poetics and the Non-Self"

Discussant: Lara C. W. Blanchard (Hobart and William Smith Colleges)

Patronage (June 2nd, 3pm - 5:30pm ET)

Kate Lingley (University of Hawaii at Manoa): ​​"Buddhist Women, Patronage, and Agency in Early Medieval China"

Talia Andrei (Wesleyan University): "The Elderly Nun, The Rain Treasure Child, and the Wish-Fulfilling Jewel: Tracing Patronage and Buddhist Networks at the Grand Shrine of Ise"

Jinah Kim (Harvard University): “Women in Action: Gender dynamics in the art of medieval South Asia”

Michelle McCoy (University of Pittsburgh): "Notes on the Tangut Nun in Mogao Cave 61"

Discussant: Kevin Carr (University of Michigan)

Sacred Feminine (June 3rd, 9:30am - 12pm ET)

Ashley Thompson (SOAS University of London): "Becoming and Unbecoming: Meditations on Gender and Form at Srei Santhor"

Ikumi Kaminishi (Tufts University): "Buddhist Women Who Crossed the Cordon"

Ryūichi Abé (Harvard University): "The Dragon Princess Episode in a Larger context early Mahayana literature"

Megan Bryson (University of Tennessee): "Meeting the Multifaceted Goddess: Images of Baijie Shengfei"

Discussant: Janet Gyatso (Harvard University)