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SUMMARY:Why did the Uyghurs become Buddhist?
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DESCRIPTION:Guest lecture by Johan Elverskog (Dallas\, TX).\n\nIn 762 CE\,
  the ruler of East Uyghur Khanate (ca. 744–840\, also known as Uyghur St
 eppe Empire)\, Bügü Khan (759–779)\, converted to Manichaeism. The Uyg
 hur elite continued to embrace this tradition even when their empire on th
 e Mongolian Plateau collapsed and they fled to present-day northwest China
 . But around the year 1000\, the Uyghurs converted to Buddhism\, the domin
 ant religion among their subject peoples—the Chinese\, Sogdians\, and To
 charians—and would remain Buddhist until their conversion to Islam centu
 ries later.\n\n\nJohan Elverskog explores the Uyghurs’ conversion in the
  larger context of Eurasian geopolitics and the contemporary messianic bel
 ief that the end of the dharma was nigh. Johan Elverskog is a historian. H
 e is Dedman Family Distinguished Professor at Southern Methodist Universit
 y and specialises in inter-Asian cross-cultural exchange and interaction. 
 His recent and forthcoming publications include: Johan Elverskog\, "The Bu
 ddha’s Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia" (Philadelphia: Unive
 rsity of Pennsylvania Press\, 2020) and "The Precious Summary: A History o
 f the Mongols" (New York: Columbia University Press\, forthcoming). Elvers
 kog was 2013 Visiting Research Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Dynam
 iken der Religionsgeschichte" in Bochum\n\n\nDue to the rules to minimize 
 the pandemic only limited seats can be offered. Please pre-register at bud
 dhistroad@rub.de by 5th of November 2021.
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/lecture-johan-elverskog/
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