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Wednesday Weekly 05 February 2020

Dear friends and colleagues,

This week we present our latest Screening Religion movie, a recently published book by one of our affiliates and two conferences in South Korea and Leipzig. Further, we have two job offers in the field of global entanglement in Bayreuth and Leipzig, as well as an exhibition on magical books. Enjoy!

Screening Religion: Opening film of "拆 chai. Chinese Film Festival"

CONFUCIAN DREAM
Documentary film by Li MIJIE, China/USA 2019, 86 min, Chinese with English subtitles

This month’s Screening Religion movie is also the opening film of the "拆 chai. Chinese Film Festival", taking place in Leipzig from 12 – 15 February. The screening is followed by Q&A with producer Betsy Tsai and buffet from chinabrenner.

12 February, 7 p.m.
Cinématèque Leipzig in der nato, Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 46
Admission: €6.50 / €5.00 reduced. We recommend to order tickets in advance: 0341 - 97 30 390 // filmfestival@konfuziusinstitut-leipzig.de

Trailer

Katja Triplett: Buddhism and Medicine in Japan

KFG Affiliate Katja Triplett recently published a book on “Buddhism and Medicine in Japan. A Topical Survey (500-1600 CE) of a Complex Relationship”.

The book demonstrates the close link between medicine and Buddhism in early and medieval Japan. A careful re-reading of well-known materials from a study-of-religions perspective, together with in some cases a first-time exploration of manuscripts and prints, opens new views on an understudied field.

More Publications

Conference on Religion and Peace in East Asia

From 23 – 25 February, the East Asian Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (EASSSR) will hold its annual conference on “Religion and Peace in East Asia. Reconsiderations of Roles of Religion in the Post-Secular Age” at Jeju National University, South Korea. The conference considers religious beliefs and practices for the pursuit of a just and peaceful world more expansively at the political, social, national and global level as well as at the individual level.

Deadline: 15 February 2020

Call for Papers

Conference on Decentring Comparative Perspectives on Eastern Europe

The Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) will hold its annual conference on “Asymmetries of a Region: Decentring Comparative Perspectives on Eastern Europe” on 6 – 8 July 2020. This interdisciplinary conference will connect to current efforts in global and area studies to integrate multiple perspectives, highlight spatial overlaps of actors, objects and ideas and address unequal relationships between them.

Deadline: 29 February 2020

Call for Papers

CfA: Interdependence and Globalisation in Eastern Europe

The Leibniz Institute for History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO) is looking for a research associate for the department "Interdependence and Globalisation" (TV L 13 with the possibility for a permanent position) as soon as possible.

Deadline: 1 March 2020

Call (in German)

CfA: Study of Religion and Global Entanglements

The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Bayreuth is currently seeking to appoint an assistant professor for the Study of Religion with a special focus on global entanglements (W1 with option to W3) to commence in winter 2020/21.

Deadline: 15 March 2020

Call

Finissage at Bibliotheca Albertina: Magical Books

The Leipzig University Library houses the "Magica Collection" as a unique collection of 140 manuscripts on the subjects of alchemy, hermetics, astrology and more. It is the largest relevant text corpus in a public library in Europe, which allows a unique view into the world of magical rituals. At the finissage of the exhibition "Magical Books. The Leipzig Magica Collection in the Shadow of Early Enlightenment (Zauberbücher. Die Leipziger Magica-Sammlung im Schatten der Frühaufklärung)" the curator Prof. Dr. Marco Frenschkowski will give a lecture on the further exploration of the collection, followed by a joint visit of the exhibition.

The exhibition can be visited during the opening hours of the library at the left hand in the entrance hall.

Finissage: 16 February, 3 p.m., Fürstenzimmer

Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe "Multiple Secularities - Beyond the West, Beyond Modernities"
Nikolaistraße 8-10, 04109 Leipzig
Mail: multiple-secularities@uni-leipzig.de

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