Glimpses of The Oral History of Tibetan Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-264
Author(s):  
Renée Ford ◽  
Rachael Griffiths ◽  
Anna Sehnalova ◽  
Daniel Wojahn
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
International Association ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Buddhist Studies ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Online Archive ◽  
History Of ◽  
Crucial Information ◽  
Tibetan Studies ◽  
The Uk

The Oral History of Tibetan Studies (OHTS) project collects memories of individuals who have contributed to the formation of Tibetan Studies as an independent academic discipline in the second half of the twentieth century. Through interview recordings, it explores two aspects: the development of the discipline itself, and the distinctive life-stories of the individuals involved. The project includes scholars and academics, Tibetan teachers and traditional scholars, artists, photographers, book publishers, and sponsors. The oral testimonies also provide crucial information on related academic fields, such as Buddhist and Religious Studies, Anthropology, and Asian Studies more generally, and present a kaleidoscope of broader social, cultural, and educational developments. Of particular interest is the interconnection with Buddhist Studies, as exemplified in the UK and through links with the International Association of Buddhist Studies. This report aims to introduce the project, its open access online archive, and future plans.

scholarly journals Buddhology and modern civilization [peer review of:] Buddhist Studies. Theologicak Almanac / Ed. by L. E. Yangutov. Ulan-Ude: BSC SB RAS, 2020. Issue 3, p. 280

2021 ◽  
pp. 52-59
Author(s):  
Alexander Chebunin ◽  
Tat'yana Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Spiritual Values ◽  
Capitalist System ◽  
Buddhist Studies ◽  
Traditional Structure ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Tibetan Studies ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

The third issue of the theological almanac “Buddhist Studies” was published in December 2020 under the Institute of Mongolian, Buddhist, and Tibetan Studies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The issue retains the traditional structure of the annual book, which covers the problems of philosophy and soteriology, history of Buddhism, its historiography, translations of Buddhist texts, and other aspects of Buddhist teaching, as well as noteworthy events in life of the Institute and Buddhology overall. The peer review covers the central scientific problems, which manifest as the subject of research in the almanac and their importance for modern Buddhology. Brief analysis is conducted on the content of the journal and the fundamental theoretical problems brought up therein. It is indicated that Buddhism, as the world religion and philosophy, is oriented towards the formation of spiritual personality, traditional moral-ethical values, such as compassion, mercy, tolerance, peacefulness, etc. Such personality model deeply contrasts with the selfish consumer personality that is oriented towards wealth and sensual pleasure formed by the modern liberal-capitalist system. As a result of escalating moral-ethical crisis that takes place in modern society, and search for the ways to overcome it, attention of the researchers is drawn to the traditional spiritual teachings; therefore, Buddhology plays an important role in promoting the traditional spiritual values and countering the modern all-round crisis of the liberal model.

Memoirs of an Academic Rōnin: Religious Studies and Mentorship in the Age of Post-Truth

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Leonardo Ambasciano
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Student ◽  
International Association ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Professional Relationship ◽  
Italian Experience ◽  
Current State ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The present article offers a selection of recollections about the author’s professional relationship with his mentor during his cursus studiorum as a graduate student and as a Ph.D. candidate. These memories are preceded by a series of critical reflections on the current state of both Religious Studies and the History of Religions, with a comparative focus on the 1960 scientific mandate of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) and the UK institutional conflation of Theology and Religious Studies (TRS) through the lenses of the early and pioneering Italian experience. Hopefully, these notes will also prompt a much-needed frank conversation on such delicate topics.

scholarly journals Anthropological linguistics research of Kosovo and Metohija's IDPS: Life in refugee camp

2020 ◽  
pp. 89-102
Author(s):  
Biljana Sikimić
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Trauma Studies ◽  
Displaced Persons ◽  
Anthropological Linguistics ◽  
Memory Culture ◽  
Online Archive ◽  
History Of

The article presents the results of field research of displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija conducted in the period 2001-2012 in collective centers and private accommodation in Serbia archived in the Digital Archive of the Balkan Institute of SANU and their possible application for further research of oral history. On the example of the analysis of excerpts from conversations held in a collective center in Kraljevo in 2012 with a focus on exodus and later life in the collective center, from the point of view of memory culture and trauma studies, creation of an online archive of oral history of displaced persons from Kosovo and Metohija is proposed.

Telling Feminist Histories

2019 ◽  
pp. 8-39
Author(s):  
Margaretta Jolly
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
Full Length ◽  
Oral Histories ◽  
Feminist Identity ◽  
Fishing Community ◽  
Inaugural Meeting ◽  
Origin Stories ◽  
Asian Descent ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

The chapter traces the WLM’s compelling, contested and elusive political genealogies, recalling their socialist, radical, black, liberal, national or revisionist versions and fierce debates over strategy, tactics, structure, leadership and resources. It deploys feminist oral histories to re-tell movement ‘origin stories’ (women-led activism within the Hull fishing community and at Ford’s, Dagenham) but principally to parallel the first WLM conference at Ruskin College, Oxford (1970) with the inaugural meeting of the Organisation for Women of African and Asian Descent in Brixton, London (1979). The chapter recounts the ‘feminist composure’ required in remembering, and considers oral history’s significance as a medium of memories, subjectivities and feelings. It looks at how these approaches to movement history highlight the challenges of managing relationships and differences, and the thorny question of feminist identity. It ends with Beatrix Campbell’s oral history recollections of co-authoring Sweet Freedom, the first full-length history of the UK WLM. 149 words

scholarly journals An oral history of health psychology in the UK

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 502-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francis Quinn ◽  
Angel Chater ◽  
Val Morrison
Keyword(s):  
Health Psychology ◽  
Oral History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk

The Contemporary Study of Buddhism

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan McGovern
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Production ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
First Century ◽  
Buddhist Studies ◽  
Production Of Knowledge ◽  
The Third ◽  
History Of ◽  
Contemporary Study ◽  
The Way

This chapter discusses the history of Buddhist studies as a modern academic discipline. Rather than giving a broad bibliographic survey of the field, it explores the way in which power has structured its genesis and development as a system for the production of knowledge. The first section of the chapter describes the confluence of Orientalism and Western presuppositions about the nature of “religion” that shaped the direction of Buddhist studies in its first century. The second section then turns to older systems of knowledge-cum-power that were both drawn upon and disrupted by colonial Buddhist studies. Finally, the third section makes the argument that “decolonization,” while allowing for a critique of colonial Buddhist studies, has not led to an end to the intertwining of power and knowledge production in Buddhist studies, but rather to its transformation.

Oral history of biochemistry in the UK

1991 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 197-198
Author(s):  
HF Bradford
Keyword(s):  
Oral History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Uk
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