Tibetan and Himalayan Religions Unit
Monday, 12:30 MP - 2:30 MP
Hilton Bayfront-Aqua 314 (Third Level)
Andrew Quintman, Wesleyan University, Presiding
This two-hour roundtable session includes 8 presenters who draw on examples of Tibetan-language poetry in different styles and periods of autobiographical writing from across the Tibetan Buddhist cultural sphere including Mongolia. Scholarship over the past several decades has investigated ways that Buddhist ideas of personhood are bound with first-person life writing, but less attention has been paid to the role of poetry and poetics in autobiography, or to how poets use "persona"-whereby the poet speaks through an assumed voice. Prior to the roundtable, al presenters wil have precirculated their own original
translations. These examples show how ni Tibet and Mongolia, as elsewhere, poetics can be used to negotiate various modes of self-expression. The diverse group of presenters will limit their remarks to 10 minutes each to investigate ways that Buddhist ideas of personhood are expressed through poetry.
Panelists
Nicole Willock, Old Dominion University
Gendun Rabsal, Indiana University, Bloomington
Sarah Harding, Tsadra Foundation
Kurtis Schaeffer, University of Virginia
Sangseraima Ujeed, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Andrew Quintman, Wesleyan University
Pema Bhum, Independent Scholar
Joie Szu-Chiao Chen, Harvard University
Gearing up for #SBLAAR24. Lots of great #BuddhistStudies
#TibetanStudies #HimalayanStudies activity.
Here's my roundtable on "Poetics and Persona in Tibetan & Mongolian Buddhist Autobiography." We have a great line-up. Stop by Monday afternoon.
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