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"Zen Buddhism: Roots and Branches"
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November 2-3, 2018
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The Asian Studies Program and the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture of 最大资源采集网 invite paper proposals for a conference on听Zen听Buddhism:听Roots听and听Branches听that will be held听November 2-3, 2018听at FAU鈥檚 Boca Raton campus. The conference鈥檚 call for papers is as follows:
Zen听Buddhism:听Roots听and听Branches
Today, Zen听Buddhism听is both a religion and a bodily practice with听branches听that have spread over the entire world. Its听roots听first developed in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), and by the thirteenth century the tradition had spread to Japan, Korea, and Vietnam. In the modern period, the theory and practice of听Zen听has become prominent in Europe, the Americas, and elsewhere. This conference will provide a forum for scholars to explore both the early development and the later spread of听Zen. Areas of particular interest include both ancient and modern issues related to history, ethics, aesthetics, gender, as well as pedagogy.
Abstracts of 250 words and a current CV should be sent electronically as attachments听to听bodymindculture@fau.edu听no later than听August 1, 2018.听Please direct conference inquiries to the same address.听Further information about the conference will be made available at听http://www.fau.edu/bodymindculture, where you can also consult the programs of the Center鈥檚 prior international conferences. Prospective speakers should be notified by听August 25, 2018.
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FAU, Boca Raton Campus, CU Building, Third Floor
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The Center for Body, Mind, and Culture听of听最大资源采集网听invite paper proposals for a conference on听鈥淏odies of Design: Somaesthetics Perspectives on Technology鈥澨齮hat will be held听January 24 to 25, 2019听at FAU鈥檚听Boca Raton听campus. The conference鈥檚 call for papers is as follows:
There is no denying that recent developments in technology have significantly transformed our modes of communication, behavior, and experience, even to some extent the experience of our own bodies. This conference will explore issues relating to the somaesthetic dimensions of technology with particular attention to human-computer interactive design. These issues include such questions as the following.
* To what extent and in what way does our technology-saturated lifeworld require rethinking our conception of the body and the revision of aesthetic theory and practice?
* How does the study of somaesthetics inform the conceptualization, design and use of technology and how is the study of somaesthetics informed by concepts and uses of technology?
* How should somaesthetic theory and practice inform design in robotics, virtue reality, and mixed realities?
* In what ways have the contemporary arts reacted to the new technologies and their creative potential but to also their possible risks?
* How can somaesthetics help us to develop an ethical stance towards technology and its various devices and purposes?听
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Abstracts of 250 words and a current CV should be sent electronically as attachments听to听bodymindculture@fau.edu听no later than听November 27, 2018.听
Please direct conference inquiries to the same address.听Selected papers may be developed for publication in听The Journal of Somaesthetics听or in an edited book based on the conference听papers and published in Brill鈥檚 series听Studies in Somaesthetics.
Further information about the conference will be made available at this听link, where you can also consult the programs of the Center鈥檚 prior international conferences. Prospective speakers should be notified in December 2018.
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WINTER 2018 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
"Somaesthetics and Chinese Culture"
December 14-15, 2018
The Center for Somaesthetics of East China Normal University (Shanghai) and the Center for Body, Mind, and Culture of 最大资源采集网 (Boca Raton) invite submissions for a conference on Somaesthetics and Chinese Culture. The conference will take place at the E.C.N.U. campus in Shanghai on the dates of December 14-15, 2018.听 Possible paper topics include not only somaesthetic theories and practices of classical and contemporary Chinese culture, but also the influence of Chinese philosophy and culture on the somaesthetic theories and practices in other Asian and Western cultures.听
Scholars interested in presenting a paper at the conference should submit an abstract of approximately three hundred words.
Proposals in Chinese should be sent to Professor Wang Feng,听wang99feng@126.com;听 proposals in English should be sent to听bodymindculture@gmail.com.
Proposals should be submitted before August 1, 2018.
December 15, 2018
Dr. Shusterman lectured on听"Somaesthetics: Retrospect and Prospect"听at the conference 鈥淪omaesthetics and Chinese Culture鈥 at East China Normal University (Shanghai), on December 15, 2018. For more information click .
For a mention of this conference in FAU's听Research Weekly听newsletter, click .听 For a report of the conference, click .
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