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Traditional wisdom and Political Expression
Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences - International Conference
TRADITIONAL WISDOM AND POLITICAL EXPRESSION
29 January 2016
(Palais des Académies, Albert II room)
Programme
Morning
9:30 : registration
10:00 : Christian Sturtewagen (member Academy, emer. prof. Universitaire Faculteit voor Protestantse Godgeleerdheid, Brussels): Welcome Address
Chair :Bart Dessein (member Academy, prof. Universiteit Gent)
10:10 : Martin Lehnert (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich): Imperial Self-Description and Self-Ascertainment: Buddhist Ritual Services in Late Medieval China
10:30 : Aike Rots (University College Cork, Ireland): Reclaiming Public Space: Shinto and Politics in Japan Today
10:50 : Discussion
11:10 : Coffee break
Chair : Geert Vervaeke (member Academy, prof. KU Leuven)
11:40 : Peter Schwieger (University of Bonn): Religion and Politics in Pre-Modern Tibet
12:00 : Emmanuel Francis (CNRS): La royauté selon les rois (Inde)
12:20 : Discussion
12:40 : Lunch
Afternoon
Chair : Xavier Luffin (member Academy, prof. Université Libre de Bruxelles)
14:00 : Louis Gabaude (émér. Ecole française d’Extrême-Orient, Paris): Les mésaventures de l’expression politique du bouddhisme en Thaïlande
14:20 : Christoph K. Neumann (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich): “Kadimden” ─ A Notion of Truth Turning into Legal Claims (Ottoman Empire)
14:40 : Discussion
15:00 : Coffee break
Chair : Urbain Vermeulen (member Academy, emer. buitengewoon hoogleraar Universiteit Gent)
15:30 : Bernadette Martel-Thoumian (Université Pierre Mendès France – Grenoble 2): Itinéraires chiites: pouvoir politique et religion dans le Dar al-Islam médiéval
15:50 : Gino Schallenbergh (member Academy, KU Leuven): Contenders for “Wisdom” in Contemporary Sunni Islam
16:10 : Discussion
16:30 : Bart Dessein (member Academy, prof. Universiteit Gent) : Conclusions
16:45 : Reception
Conference fee : 15 €, to be paid by bank transfer by 15 January 2016
(Account number : BE21 6791 0321 8003, BIC PCHQBEBB)
Your registration will be confirmed on payment receipt
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