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SUMMARY:On the use of Historical Social Network Analysis in the Study of C
 hinese Buddhism
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DESCRIPTION:BuddhistRoad Guest Lecture by Marcus Bingenheimer (Philadelphi
 a)\n\nThe lecture is a hybrid event. To participate via Zoom\, please pre
 -register until 12 July 2022\, 12 pm. Zoom lecture times: 2 pm (Amsterdam\
 , Berlin\, Rom\, Vienna)\; 8 pm (Peking)\; 8 am (East Coast)\n\nCan histor
 ical network analysis contribute to our understanding of Chinese Buddhism?
  The talk will describe some of the methods and data currently available f
 or the application of formal network analysis. Formal network analysis in 
 this context denotes the analysis and visualisation of clearly defined\, c
 omputable network data. After an introduction to network analysis as a met
 hod\, the lecture will describe its application with the help of two case 
 studies. First\, we will look at a network region spanning the late 3rd an
 d early 4th centuries. The “Dao'an-Huiyuan-Kumārajīva Triangle” is a
  stable reference point\, which\, from a network perspective\, emerges as 
 the actual fountainhead of Chinese Buddhism. It will be argued that this f
 ormation was the immediate cause for the firm establishment of Mahāyāna 
 as the dominant form of Buddhism in China. Second\, a closer look at the n
 etwork region modeling the late 16th early 17 century reveals two distinct
  stages in the late Ming (1368–1644\, 明) Buddhist revival. Following t
 he Wanli (萬曆) revival brought about by a group of well-studied\, famou
 s monks\, the network perspective asserts the centrality of Miyun Yuanwu (
 1567–1642) and his students who came to dominate 17th century East Asian
  Buddhism. It can be argued that the Buddhism of Miyun's lineage differed 
 considerably from the syncretic\, inclusive Buddhist discourse of the “g
 reat monks” of the Wanli era.\n\n\nMarcus Bingenheimer is Associate Prof
 essor of Religion at Temple University\, Philadelphia. He specialises in t
 he history and historiography of Buddhism\, early sūtra literature\, and 
 computational approaches to research in the humanities. He has published a
  handful of books and more than fifty articles.\n\n\nTo join the lecture\,
  please register at https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/register/u50v
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LOCATION:CERES-Palais\, Raum "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/de/events/on-the-use-of-historical-social-network
 -analysis-i/
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