For two decades, we were told the humanities are moribund and we only need STEM, and now we're reached a point where the biggest innovations in STEM are raising fundamentally humanist questions about the nature of personhood and identity that require philosophy, art, history, and religion to answer.
Thanks @dcsmith.bsky.social!
I am looking forward to speaking at UPenn this Thursday! I hope to see 🫵🏿 there!
Proud to launch the Digital Library of Chinese Classics! 510 texts, 20 years of research, 500 scholars, 282 vols, in one comprehensive digital collection, empowered by Brill’s renowned dictionaries. Check it out:
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I'm so excited about the work the Crossroads Project fellows have done and hope you will check out the new projects and teaching resource.
@nwitkowski.bsky.social Thanks!
Sept 11 - Friends in Buddhist Studies and beyond - @rhcraig.bsky.social will be speaking at the Ho Center at @utoronto.ca on Dharma preachers of the Indian Buddhist Mahāyāna and the Dharma preacher Tina Turner!
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Thanks Nick!
A Buddha carved into a mountainside.
Happy Birthday, big guy.
#JohnNemec presents his new book on brahmins and kings, and the role of narratives within Sanskrit philosophy:
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Screenshot of Word document about the history of Chinese literary genre fu, with some main text and footnote text visible. In the first footnote a sentence is highlighted: "In translating the text, I have not once used AI or machine translators (I would rather resign from the profession than start doing this). "
Time to start explicitly saying what used to be implicit (and what I regard to be the ethical limits of this sort of thing). From a paper I'm working on for next week's confererence.
Thanks for the share!
I am excited for this online discussion on March 23rd with the Barre Center For Buddhist Studies about my book Dancing in My Dreams (@eerdmansbooks), and American Religion through the lens of @tinaturner!
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Tell me BBC America ain’t petty. 🤭
The Robert H. No foundation finances up to 2/3 of new professorships in Buddhist studies!
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Perhaps @jamesabenn.bsky.social can help me spread the news? Or @histphilosophy.bsky.social ? Or @rhcraig.bsky.social ?
Yes!
Do you study religion, gender and/or sexuality? Consider applying to this amazing program.
Deadline is Dec 16, 2024. If you can’t do this one, there will be 3 MORE this year!
Sacred Writes is open to all religion scholars regardless of citizenship.
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I had the great honor of meeting Nikki Giovanni in high school. She spent a whole class session with us, had lunch with us, and then gave one of the most powerful talks I have ever heard. We thank her for her insight, her power, and her graciousness. Now, may she soar on into the great unknown! 🕊️🕊️🕊️
I have been looking forward to reading @protass.bsky.social’s new book!
Thank you!!! I am looking forward to it!
11. Author meets critics roundtable: Ralph H. Craig III: Dancing in My Dreams: A spiritual biography of Tina Turner. Sunday 12:30-2:30pm with @rhcraig.bsky.social
12. The Anthropology of Buddhism. Sunday 12:30-2:30pm.
Thanks Ray!!
Good idea 🙌🏿
Looking forward to presenting this weekend at AAR this weekend alongside some brilliant scholars, such as @nwitkowski.bsky.social, @adeanamcn.bsky.social, and others!
BuddhaNexus 2.0 is maturing and will be ready for release soon! This is going to be 🔥🔥🔥
@malcolmkeating.bsky.social looking forward to using this in classes!
Do you have any Tina in there?
Is the volume officially out now??
NEW Article: "Translating Charismatic Bodies as Erotic Bodies: A Study of Revolutionary Agency and Counterrevolutionary Reception in Buddhist Legal Codes for Monastic Women." DOWNLOAD HERE: tinyurl.com/mw6k6jhy
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Hey friend!! Thank you!