International Symposium 2012 "Buddhist Culture of the Silk Road -- Gandhara, Kucha and Turfan"

International Symposium Buddhist Culture along the Silk Road: Gandhara, Kucha, and Turfan

Symposium at Ryukoku University, organized by the Research Center for Buddhist Cultures in Asia (BARC) and the Comprehensive Data Collection of Gandharan Art and its Integrated Study Research.
Project (Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, JSPS).
Support provided by the Ryukoku Museum.
Date: November 3-5, 2012
Place: Ryukoku University, Omiya Campus, Seiwakan, third floor hall November 3 (Saturday)





Section I: Buddhism and Art in Gandhara and Kucha 
Place: Ryukoku University, Omiya Campus, Seiwakan, third floor hall
Saturday, November 3, 2012

 1. Nakao ODANI (Professor Emeritus, University of Toyama)
 “Gandharan Narrative Reliefs of the Buddha’s Biography: With Special Reference to their Connection to Buddhist Texts in Chinese Translation”  13:00 -13:40 (presentation), 13:40 - 14:00 (discussion)

 2. Monika ZIN (Professor, Freie Universität Berlin, Institute of Art History, Department of South Asian Art History)
 “Buddhist Narrative Depictions in Andhra, Gandhara and Kucha” 14:00 - 14:40 (presentation), 14:40 -15:00 (discussion)

 3. Hirotoshi OGIHARA (Lecturer, Institute for Historical and Philological Studies of China’s Western Regions, School of Chinese Classics, Renmin University of China)
 “The Buddhism of Kucha from a Tocharian Paleological Perspective” 15:15 -15:55 (presentation),15:55 -16:15 (discussion)

 4. Satomi HIYAMA (Ph.D. Candidate, Freie Universität Berlin / Peking University, Research Fellow, Asian Art Museum, the National Museums of Berlin)
“Study on Two Artistic Styles of the Buddhist Murals of Kucha” 16:15 -16:55 (presentation), 16:55 - 17:15 (discussion)

 5．Round Table (17:30 - 18:30) Moderator: Akira MIYAJI (Ryukoku University) Translation: Yasuko FUKUYAMA (Ryukoku University) Satomi HIYAMA, Michiyo MORI (Waseda University) 4th November (Sunday)

Section II: Buddhism and Art in Turfan: From the Perspective of Uyghur Buddhism 

Place: Ryukoku University, Omiya Campus, Seiwakan, third floor hall
Sunday, November 4, 2012

 1. Peter ZIEME (Honorary Research Associate, The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Turfan-Studies)
“Some Notes on Old Uyghur Art and Texts” 13:00 - 13:40 (presentation), 13:40 - 14:00 (discussion)

 2. Ines KONCZAK (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz / Asian Art Museum, the National Museums of Berlin, Visiting Researcher at the Research Center for Buddhist Cultures in Asia, Ryukoku University)
“Origin, Development and Meaning of the Praṇidhi Paintings on the Northern Silk Road” 14:00 - 14:40 (presentation), 14:40 - 15:00 (discussion)

 3. Lilla RUSSELL-SMITH (Curator for Central Asian Art, Asian Art Museum, the National Museums of Berlin / Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation)
 “The Formation of Uyghur Buddhist Art” 15:15 - 15:55 (presentation), 15:55 - 16:15 (discussion) 

4. Kōichi KITSUDŌ (Lecturer, Ryukoku University)
 “The Historical Significance in Uyghur Buddhism of Bezeklik Cave no. 20” 16:15 - 16:55 (presentation), 16:55 - 17:15 (discussion)

 5. Round Table (17:30 - 18:30) Moderator: Takashi IRISAWA (Professor, Ryukoku University) Translation: Michiyo MORI, Satomi HIYAMA, and Yasuko FUKUYAMA


Public Lectures on Buddhist Art 

Place: Ryukoku University, Omiya Campus, Seiwakan, third floor hall (Presentations in English, Japanese translation available)
Monday, November 5, 2012

 1. Lilla RUSSELL-SMITH (Translated by Satomi HIYAMA)
 “The Central Asian Collection of the Asian Art Museum, Berlin” 10:00 – 11:00 

2. Monika ZIN (Translated by Yasuko FUKUYAMA)
 “Newly Excavated Buddhist Narrative Reliefs in South India: On the Findings from Kanganhalli and Panigiri” 11:10 - 12:10 These events are free of charge and open to the general public.

Ryukoku University Research Center for Buddhist Cultures in Asia (BARC) Website

"Buddhism culture handbill (file format pdf size 1,535kb) of Silk Road"