讲师: 高万桑（法国高等研究实践学院）
时间: 2024年9月10日– 14:00 (London)
Location: FAMES Room 8/9, University of Cambridge
Abstract: This paper is based on my ongoing work on Chinese gods, processes of subjectification whereby such gods affirm unique personas and engage humans and each other in person-to-person interactions, and relational approaches to study divine-human sociability. It is based on a critical approach to much of the scholarship on gods who merely treat them as projection of human collective values and needs. I propose that the vast array of ritual techniques developed over the very longue durée in China to allow the gods to “talk back” to humans and create bonds have allowed these gods to affirm themselves as persons and subjects – even though there was also resistance against such developments.
I will develop this line of enquiry by adopting a social network analysis (SNA) on a varied corpus of groups of gods, centered on collective hagiographies and the late Yuan-period Soushen guangji 搜神廣記 in particular, exploring how the gods assembled in this collection came to cohere as a group.
讲师: 高萬桑（Vincent Goossaert），1969年生于法国。1997年，在法国高等研究实践学院（EPHE）获得宗教学博士学位，论文题为《近代道教的建立—全真道》；次年成为法国国家科研中心专职研究员; 2012年，升EPHE宗教学系道教史教授。2017年当《通报》编辑.
“Book Culture in Buddhism and Beyond” Lecture Series:
This new lecture series, launching in Michaelmas Term 2023, features talks on writing and publishing in the Buddhist tradition and in related religious and cultural spheres. Lectures in this series offer insights into the various ways in which writing and printing has been shaping Buddhism, as well as the multifaceted impact of Buddhism on book culture in East Asia, past, present, and future.
Registration is not required. The lectures are free and open to scholars, students, and the public.
Please note: all events take place in person at the University of Cambridge. Exact times and location will be circulated via email and posted on the webpage of Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
This lecture series is organised by Dr Noga Ganany (ng462@cam.ac.uk) in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Cambridge with the generous support of the Glorisun Global Network.
