#  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)