EAST4504 - Spring 2010

Detailed Teaching Plan EAST4504 Spring 2010

Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus

Dato	Undervises av	Sted	Tema	Kommentarer / ressurser
19.01.2009	Vladimir Tikhonov	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	General Introduction	Separate handout
26.01.2009	Vladimir Tikhonov	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	Basic concepts of Buddhism	World of the Buddha: A Reader by L.Stryk (ed.), N.Y., 1968; Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, pp. 97-105; Sources of Chinese Tradition, pp. 415-433; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed), Buddhism in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1995, pp. 69-87; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed), Religions of China in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1996, pp. 360-372
02.02.2009	Vladimir Tikhonov	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	Mahayana Buddhism / introduction of Buddhism to China	Sources of Chinese Tradition, pp. 433-476; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed), Buddhism in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1995, pp. 228-241; Sources of Chinese Tradition, pp. 529-537; Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, pp. 132-136; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed.), Religions of China in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1996, pp.82-106, 203-223, 372-381, 390-397, 423-437; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed.), Buddhism in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1995, pp. 553-563, 578-603.
09.02.2009	Vladimir Tikhonov	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	The sinification of Buddhism: Doctrinal debates and the formation of Chinese Buddhist schools (Chan, Huayan, Tiantai, Faxiang, Mizong)	Sources of Chinese Tradition, pp. 491-529; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed), Buddhism in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1995, pp. 197-207; Sources of Chinese Tradition, pp. 529-537; Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, pp. 132-136; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed), Religions of China in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1996, pp.82-106, 203-223, 372-381, 390-397, 423-437; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed), Buddhism in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1995, pp. 553-563, 578-603.
16.02.2009	Vladimir Tikhonov	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	Folk Buddhism and Pure Land Practices in Late Medieval China	Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Chinese Tradition, pp. 481-491; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed), Religions of China in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1996, pp. 203-223, 423-437; Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed), Buddhism in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1995, pp. 359-380
23.02.2009				NO CLASSES (the teacher participates in a conference in South Korea)
02.03.2009	Vladimir Tikhonov	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	The spread of Buddhism in East Asia: The formation of Korean and Japanese schools	Donald S. Lopez, Jr (ed), Buddhism in Practice, Princeton University Press, 1995, pp.69-79, 88-91, 216-248, 553-577, 586-591; Kazuo Kasahara (ed.), A History of Japanese Religion (Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001), pp. 47-131, 227-285.
The first draft of the semester assignment is to be submitted by March 9, 15.00, to the teacher (preferably electronically: vladimir.tikhonov@ikos.uio.no. ). The topic is to be approved by the teacher beforehand. First draft is expected to include the title, subtitle, detailed plan of the essay (with at least 2-3 sentences on the content of each part of the essay) and literature list, and to be approximately 1-2 pages long.
09.03.2009	Ann Heirmann (University of Gent)	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	Indian Disciplinary Rules and their Early Chinese Adepts: How to deal with Buddhist Monastic Discipline?	Yifa Zongze, The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 2002 (non-obligatory); Kieschnick, J. The Eminent Monk, Buddhist Ideals in Medieval Chinese Hagiography. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1997 (non-obligatory).
16.03.2009	Ivo Spira	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	Introduction to the theory of religion	Mircea Eliade, ”Methodological Remarks on the Study of Religion’s Symbolism” The History of Religions: Essays in Methodology by Mircea Eliade and Joseph M. Kitagawa (eds.) Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1959. Non-obligatory: Gerald James Larson, “Prolegomenon to a Theory of Religion”, - Journal of the American Academy of Religion Vol. 46, No. 4 (Dec., 1978), pp. 443-463.
23.03.2009	Ivo Spira	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	Approaches to the studies of animist/shamanist cults and beliefs	M.Eliade, Shamanism, Princeton University Press, 1972; Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, pp. 3-17, 105-109; Sources of Chinese Tradition, pp. 3-24; Donald S. Lopez (ed.) : Buddhism in Practice, pp. 41-51, 229-241; D.Overmyer (ed.), Religion in China Today (Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 32-89. Non-obligatory: D.K.Gardner, “Ghosts and Spirits in the Sung Neo-Confucian World: Chu Hsi on kuei-shen”, - Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 115, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1995), pp. 598-611; A.Anagnost, “Politics and Magic in Contemporary China”, - Modern China, Vol. 13, No. 1, Symposium on Hegemony and Chinese Folk Ideologies, Part I (Jan., 1987), pp. 41-61; J.Grayson, Korea – A Religious History (Routledge, 1989), pp. 19-22, 216-230.
30.03.2009				NO CLASSES
06.04.2009				NO CLASSES
13.04.2009	Ivo Spira	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	Confucian and Neo-Confucian traditions	Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, pp. 411-470,496-501; Jonathan DChinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, pp. 17-27, 42-51, 64-69, 157-164, 172-178, 195-199, 256-263, 326-335; Sources of Chinese Tradition, pp. 24-30, 32-64, 114-159, 325-346, 598-639, 667-682, 684-741, 743-755. Sources of Chinese Tradition, pp. 24-213, 325-375, 568-639; 667-755, 841-874; Donald S. Lopez (ed.) : Buddhism in Practice, pp. 251-260, 471-487 Non-obligatory: D.Gardner, Chu Hsi and the Ta-Hsueh (Harvard University Press, 1986); Bryan W. Van Norden, Confucius and the Analects: new essays (Oxford, 2002); P.Nosco (ed.), Confucianism and Tokugawa Culture (University of Hawaii Press, 1984), pp. 27-62, 138-166; Ed. Chung, The Korean Neo-Confucianism of Yi Toegye and Yi Yulgok: A Reappraisal of the "Four-Seven Thesis" and Its Practical Implications for Self-Cultivation (State University of New York Press, 1995).
20.04.2009	Ivo Spira	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	“Western” (Christian and Leftist) Thought in East Asia	Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, pp. 411-470,496-501; Jonathan D. Spence: The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci, Faber, 1985. pp. xiii-xvi, 1-23, 128-200; Charles E. Ronan and Bonnie B.C. Oh (ed.): East Meets West: The Jesuits in China, 1582-1773, Loyola University Press. 1988 pp. 129-173; Arif Dirlik: The Origins of Chinese Communism, pp. 9-121; Kazuo Kasahara (ed.), A History of Japanese Religion (Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001), pp. 421-441, 495-525; D.Overmyer (ed.), Religion in China Today (CambridgeUniversity Press, 2003), pp. 162-199. Non-obligatory: Saree Makdisi (ed): Marxism beyond Marxism(Routledge 1996), pp. 119-149; Raymond F. Wylie, The emergence of Maoism : Mao Tse-Tung, Ch'en Po-ta, and the search for Chinese theory 1935-45 (Stanford University Press, 1980); W.Pietz, New Asian Marxisms (Duke University Press, 2002), pp. 205-247; Lee Namhee, The Making of Minjung (Cornell University Press, 2007), pp. 147-186.
27.04.2009	Ivo Spira	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	Nationalism in East Asia	Chinese Civilization: A Sourcebook, pp. 401-411, 501-505; Xue Yu, Buddhism, War and Nationalism: Chinese Monks in the Struggle against Japanese Aggressions, 1931-1945 (Routledge, 2005), pp. 15-77, 136-150. Non-obligatory: Zheng Yongnian, Discovering Chinese nationalism in China : modernization and international relations, (Cambridge, 1999); Yumiko Iida, Rethinking identity in modern Japan : nationalism as aesthetics (Routledge, 2002); P.Gries, China’s New Nationalism (University of California Press, 2004); Shin Gi-Wook,Ethnic Nationalism in Korea (Stanford University Press, 2006).
04.05.2010	Ivo Spira	Tuesday 12:15 -14:00, Seminarrom 6 P.A. Munchs hus	”New religions” in East Asia	Ian Reader, Esben Andreasen, Finn Stefansson: Japanese religions: Past and Present, University of Hawaii Press. 1993. pp. 121-139; Kazuo Kasahara (ed.), A History of Japanese Religion (Tokyo: Kosei Publishing, 2001), pp. 561-585; D.Overmyer (ed.), Religion in China Today (Cambridge University Press, 2003), pp. 199-215. Non-obligatory: Peter Clarke, Jeffrey Somers, Japanese new religions in the West , Sandgate, 1994. J.Lewis, J.Petersen, Controversial New Religions (Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. 43-61.