International Conference:

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"Divinatory Traditions in East Asia: Historical, Comparative and Transnational Perspectives"

Conference

at Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
February 17-18, 2012

Co-Sponsors:

The International Consortium for Research in the Humanities, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
The Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University, Houston, Texas, US
The Department of History, Rice University
The Humanities Research Center, Rice University
The Department of Religious Studies, Rice University


Contributions by the Consortium

  • Michael Lackner (IKGF):
    The Last Stand of 'Chinese Science': Yuan Shushan, Traditional Divination and Western Knowledge in Republican China
  • Marc Kalinowski (École pratique des hautes études / IKGF):
    An Overview of Divination in China from the Shang through the Tang: Some Issues and Approaches
  • Richard Smith (Rice University / IKGF):
    An Overview of Divination in China from the Song through the Qing: Some Issues and Approaches

Conference Topics – Overview

  • An Overview of Divination in China from the Shang through the Tang: Some Issues and Approaches
  • An Overview of Divination in China from the Song through the Qing: Some Issues and Approaches
  • Divination in Works of the Shishuo Genre, China and Japan
  • The Visual Culture of Temple Divinations in Song Dynasty China
  • Correcting the Old, Adapting the New: Baba Nobutake and the (Relative) Rejuvenation of Divination in Japan at the End of the 17th Century
  • Divination Practices among Vietnamese Minorities
  • The Last Stand of 'Chinese Science': Yuan Shushan, Traditional Divination and Western Knowledge in Republican China
  • From Jianghu to Liumang: Working Conditions and Cultural Identity of Wandering Fortune-tellers in Contemporary China
  • Divining Hail: Deities, Energies, and Tantra on the Tibetan Plateau
  • Women and Divination in Contemporary Korea
  • Horoscopic Divination and Digital Technologies in Contemporary Korea

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