HTOR0103FU Cancelled Summer school on Contemporary Buddhism (Summer School)
- Programme curriculum to be announced
The course is geared towards students who are interested in learning more about Contemporary Buddhist Studies. Contemporary Buddhist Studies is a burgeoning field which has not yet taken root in universities and study programmes around the world. The summer school will bring together interested students from around the world who wish to participate in an active learning environment with the world’s foremost scholars of Contemporary Buddhism
The summer school on Contemporary Buddhism offers a rich learning environment with a diversity of teaching formats that will help to immerse the student in Contemporary Buddhist Studies, thereby acquiring a great amount of knowledge in just two weeks. This course enquires into contemporary Buddhism as an interdisciplinary topic of investigation through bridging area studies, religious studies, anthropology, sociology and political science. Building upon an introduction to some key concepts of Buddhism, we explore how ‘Buddhism’ is employed within various contexts in Asia and beyond, while paying attention to possible contradictions, contentions and contentment with contemporary issues, which include: Buddhist modernity and secularism, commodification of Buddhism and the spiritual marketplace, entanglements of Buddhism with politics, changing roles of women in Buddhism, Buddhism and new media, and travels and cultural translations.
The summer school will offer lectures by foremost scholars of Contemporary Buddhist Studies, engaged discussion groups with scholars, field visits to sites of Contemporary Buddhism to learn fieldwork skills and ethnography, and individual research projects on a topic of the student’s choice to go more in-depth in a particular field of interest related to Contemporary Buddhist Studies. Moreover, throughout the course we will work with various media formats and discuss how to engage with public scholarship through twitter, blogs, and other social media sites.
The exam is based on active attendance. Requirements for passing the course is 75% attendance, participation in classroom and group discussions, delivering 3-4 shorter written assignments and delivering one oral presentation on a topic of interest..
Area studies, religious studies, anthropology, sociology, political science.
To be announced
Must have completed one year of Bachelor studies. The summer school combines approaches from the Humanities and Social Sciences, but interested students from other disciplines are also welcome to apply.
Harvy, Peter 2013. An Introduction to Buddhism: Teachings, History and Practices. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press. (521 pages)
Keown, Damien 2013. Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford, Oxford University Press. (158 pages).
The required syllabus readings will be announced later.
- Category
- Hours
- Excursions
- 40
- Lectures
- 42
- Preparation
- 124,25
- Total
- 206,25
Students from the Faculty of Humanities can sign up for the summer school during 15. November - 1. December 2019 and during spring.
All other students must apply before 1st April 2020. Remaining seats will be filled within application deadline 1st June 2020. Please refer to https://asiandynamics.ku.dk/english/education-at-ucph/summer-schools/contemporary-buddhism/ for information regarding application procedures, tuition fees, etc.
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Type of assessment
- Other
Course information
- Language
- English
- Course code
- HTOR0103FU
- Credit
- 7,5 ECTS
- Level
- BachelorBachelor choice,Full Degree Master choice
- Duration
- Placement
- Summer
- Schedule
- Monday 27th. July - Friday 7th August
- Study board
- Study Board of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
Contracting department
- Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies
Contracting faculty
- Faculty of Humanities
Course Coordinators
- Elizabeth Lane Williams-Oerberg (17-6a716e7f66676a796d33746a77676a776c456d7a7233707a336970)
Lecturers
Elizabeth Williams-Oerberg, elizabeth.oerberg@hum.ku.dk
Trine Brox, trinebrox@hum.ku.dk