Conferences
WSWG 15
6-8 Oct 2000 / University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Program
*Indicates a (suggested reading) or a paper given in absentia

Friday, 6 October 2000

Duyvendak Memorial Banquet

Saturday, 7 October 2000

Canon Formation

• The Lu Elite Lore Tradition (Taeko Brooks)

Chun/Chyou and Dzwo Jwan 1

• Report: Jvng Lyang-shu on the Three Jwan (Eric Henry)
• Roundtable: David Schaberg's Naming Criterion
• Linguistic Markers in DJ (Bruce Brooks)

Coffee Break

Chun/Chyou and Dzwo Jwan 2

• The Evolving Ba Theory (Taeko Brooks)
• *Eric Henry's handout on Chung-ar in DJ and Gwo Yw
• Roundtable: Chung-ar in DJ and Gwo Yw
• The Role of Heaven in the Dzwo Jwan (Taeko Brooks)

New Research Tools

• Philosophical Dictionary Project (Paul Goldin and Gil Mattos)
• A Digital Index to the Dzwo Jwan (John Page)

Lunch

Sino-Indian Cultural Contacts

• Roundtable: The Buddha Death Date Controversy
• Indian Terms Suggesting Chinese Origin (Michael Witzel)
• Roundtable: Indian Text Chronology

The Neolithic Background

• What Did Make the Chinese Chinese? (David Keightley)
• Wu/Ywe Culture and the Coastal Theory (Julia Luo)
• *Ancient DNA From Shandung (Victor Mair)
• Religious Aspects of Coastal Culture (John Major)

Coffee Break

Antiquity From Below

• Hmong Origin Traditions (Michele Thompson)
• The Shang Heritage (David Keightley)
• Early Meanings of the Term Bai-sying (Eric Henry)

Chinese Banquet

Sunday, 8 October 2000

Warring States Thought

• Rvn and Yi (Ken Holloway)
• The Maternal in the Mencius (Anne Birdwhistell)
• The Pentagram Theory of the Yi (Bruce Brooks)

Coffee Break

Cosmology and Correlative Thought

• The Late 04c Cosmological Impulse (Michael Puett)
• Neurobiology and Correlative Thought (Steve Farmer, John Henderson)

Lunch

End of Conference

 

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