The 20th IASBS Conference Program
General Theme: Pure Land Buddhism and the World
第20回学会大会
学会テーマ：浄土教と世界
September 28 & 29, 2024
*Reception on September 28th
Ryukoku University Omiya Campus | Kyoto – Japan
Detailed Program
September 28th (Sat) 9月28日(土)
Opening Ceremony 開会式 10:00～（清和館3階ホールSeiwa-kan Hall)
In memory of Late Dr. Hisao Inagaki (the 2nd President of IASBS; 1929-2023)
Hoyu Ishida (The University of Shiga Prefecture, Emeritus)
Session #1 第1セッション 10:30～12:00
Room 1 第１部会 （Nanko-room203: 南黌 203教室)
1. A Neoplatonist Reading of Rennyo Shōnin’s Soteriology: The Dialectic versus Theurgy | Alexander James O’Neill, Musashino University
2. (Re)definitions of “Faith” 信in Late-Imperial Chinese Pure Land Buddhism | Jakub Zamorski, Jagiellonian University
3. The “Other Power” Teachings Beyond Pure Land Buddhism: Report on the Pan-Buddhist Project Co-sponsored by IASBS and the Univ. of British Columbia | Kenneth K. Tanaka, Musashino University, Emeritus
Lunch Break
Session #2 第2セッション 13:30～15:00
Room1 第１部会 （Nanko-room203: 南黌 203教室)
1．How 19th Century Japanese Buddhists Portrayed Themselves According to the Bijou of Asia? | Mitsuya Dake, Ryukoku University
2. How 19th Century Japanese Buddhists Portrayed Themselves According to the Hansei Magazine? | Ichido Kikukawa, Chikushi University
3．The Birth and Decline of “Shinshu Theology”: Collaboration between Shinshu Followers and Western Missionaries during the Meiji and Taisho Periods | Nobuya Dake, Ryukoku University
Room2 第２部会 (清和館3階ホール Seiwa-kan Hall)
Panel #1 (日本語) 未来志向で考える新しい「領解文」
1. Zenko Inoue | Ryukoku University
2.Tomoo Fujimaru | Musashino University
3.Kenneth Tanaka | Musashino University, Emeritus
Public Lecture 公開記念講演会 15:30～（清和館3階ホール Seiwa-kan Hall)
Some Issues of Pure Land Practice in the Ōjōyōshū | Robert Rhodes, Otani University, Emeritus
Receptionレセプション 18:00～
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September 29th (Sun) 9月29日(日)
Session#3 第3セッション 10:00～12:00
Room1 第１部会 （Nanko-room203: 南黌 203教室)
1．Nāgārjuna in the Commentary on the Ten Boddhisattva Stages ― As a Practitioner | Akinobu Kuwahara, Ryukoku University
2．From the Three-Grade Rebirth System in the Da Amituo jing to the Nine-Grade Rebirth System in the Guan Wuliangshou fo jing | 肖(XIAO) 越（Yue), Ryukoku University
3. A Study of “Kanto E-Den” a Biography of Shinran in the Early Modern Period | Ryoei Nanjo, Ryukoku University
4．The View of Female Teachers in Medieval Shin Buddhism -Focusing on the “Nyobos” (女房) teaching in the Kumano-Kyokeshu (『熊野教化集』) | Masumi Itajiki, The Nakamura Hajime Eastern Institute
Room2 第２部会 （Nanko-room204: 南黌 204教室)
１. A Study on the Effectiveness of the English Translation of Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha | Keiya Yasutake, Ryukoku University
2. Americanizing Jodo Shinshu: Nisei Perspectives and Ministerial Guidance in WWII Internment Camps | Masumi Kikuchi, Ryukoku University
3. Translating the Kyōgyōshinshō today | Jérôme Ducor, University of Geneva
Lunch Break
Session#4 第4セッション 13:30～15:00
Room1 第１部会 （Nanko-room203: 南黌 203教室)
1．Why doesn’t Yuien Kill Thousand People? | Masatomo Tsurodome, Otani University
2．Soga Ryōjin’s view of the relationship between the history of self-awareness and the history of the original vow of Amitābha Buddha | Yuichi Tsunoda Sophia University
3．The Enlightenment of King Ajātaśatru as the Archetype of the “Attainment of Buddhahood by Evil persons | Takami Inoue Otani University
Room2 第２部会 （Nanko-room204: 南黌 204教室)
1. The Significance of the Pure Land Beyond the Contemporary Human World | Esho Muraishi, Musashino University
2. Resemblance of the Distinct “Names” of God in Islamic Theology and Amida’s Attributes in the Pure Land Tradition | Afrashteh Sepideh Ohtani University
3. The true Faith endowed by Tathagata Amida | Jishin Yabu
Session #5 (Panel Session) 第５セッション (パネルセッション) 15:15～16:45
Room1 第1部会 （清和館3階ホールSeiwa-kan Hall)
Panel #2 Translating Tannisho commentaries in Edo Period
1. Mak Blum | University of California at Berkeley
2. Michel Conway | Otani University
3. Mitsuya Dake | Ryukoku University
General meeting of the society 学会総会 16:50～
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Contact email address／大会連絡メール: 2019iasbs@gmail.com
Call for Papers – CLOSED
Paper Proposal Deadline:
May 31, 2024 ／2024年5月31日
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Please fill out the attached “Conference Registration Form” and send it to the Contact email address by September 15th, 2024. Fee: JPY 2,000.00.
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The banquet will be hold in the evening of September 28th, 2024. Please check the column of the registration form whether you wish to attend to it or not.
Fee: JPY 4,000.00. Those who want to join the banquet, please pay the fee at the site.
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