Harvard Daoist Studies Symposium: The Body, Gender, and Self-cultivation in Daoism- Day 2
This two-day symposium aims to bring in several of the world’s leading experts in the study of Daoism to focus on the topic of body, gender, and self-cultivation in Daoism. This topic is a fertile ground for research, especially because Daoism at most stages of its development envisioned spiritual perfection as inextricably bound with the physical body, and because attitudes towards gender in many Daoist communities were complex and could differ in significant ways from those found in other Chinese sources. The nexus of body, gender, and self-cultivation, therefore, makes for an exceptionally productive and exciting theme to explore in a sustained way through a series of talks and extensive discussions.
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Panel 4
The Daoist Master Between This World and the Other World
Chair: Michael Puett (Harvard)
David J. Mozina (Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University), “Transcorporeal Bodies and the Chthonic Realm of Fengdu”
Norifumi Sakai (Keio University), “The Chaoxiu Mizhi 朝修秘旨 in the Collection of the Harvard Yenching Library”
11:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Roundtable
New Directions in Daoist Studies
12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch for participants
Afternoon Event
TBD
Primary Contacts:
James Robson (Harvard) jrobson@fasharvard.edu
Michael Puett (Harvard) puett@fas.harvard.edu
Sasha Makarova (Harvard) smakarova@g.harvard.edu