Société Européenne pour l'Etude des Civilisations de l'Himalaya et de l'Asie Centrale
Tibet is burning. Self-Immolations in Tibet: Ritual or Political Protest?
A conference organized by EPHE, CRCAO UMR 8155 and INALCO
14-15 May 2012
Provisional Program
Chair: R. Barnett
09h00 – Opening speech by Mr. Denis Pelletier, President of École pratique des Hautes Études09h15 – K. Buffetrille (EPHE) Self-Immolation in Tibet: Some Reflections on an Unfolding History
09h45 – M. Vovelle (Sorbonne-Paris I) Title to be announced
10h15 – Morning break
11h00 – J.A. Benn (McMaster University) Multiple Meanings of Buddhist Self-immolation, a Historical Perspective
11h30 – H. Stoddard (INALCO) Offering the Body in Buddhist tradition: Texts and Images
12h00-14h00 – Lunch
Chair: J. Benn
14h00 – F. Macé (INALCO) Immolation: the Japanese Case14h30 – F. Cavard (EHESS) Self-immolation by Fire as a Conditional Martyrdom: the Case of Bouazizi in the Arab Revolutions
15h00 – M. Biggs (Oxford University) Self-immolation in Context, 1963-2012
15h30 – Morning break
16h00 – F. Jagou (EFEO) Chinese Policy Towards Tibet versus Tibetan Expectations for Tibet: A Divergence Marked by Self-Immolations
16h30 – Chung Tsering (INALCO) On Some Opinions about Self-immolation Expressed in Exile Tibetan Social Medias
17h00 – D. Berounsky (Charles University) The Kirti Monastery of Ngaba (Rnga ba): Its History and Recent Situation
17h30 – Discussion
Chair: M. Biggs
09h30 – T. Shakya (UBC) Self Immolation: Transforming the Language of Protest10h00 – E. Sperling (Indiana University) Conversations and Debates: Chinese and Tibetan Engagement with the Broader Discussion of Self-Immolation in Tibet
10h30 – Morning break
11h30 – D. Avon (Université du Maine-Le Mans) Immolation in a Global Muslim Society. Revolt Against Authority, Transgression of Strict Religious Laws
12h00 – O. Grojean (Université Aix-Marseille) Self-immolations by Kurdish Activists in Turkey and Europe (1982-2011)
12h30-14h00 – Lunch
Chair: E. Sperling
14h00 – M. Lecomte-Tilouine (CNRS) Self-immolation by Fire and Other Forms of Suicide for Cursing, Harming or Protesting in Hindu Nepal and India14h30 – R. Barnett (Columbia University) Political Self-Immolation by Tibetans as Exemplary Behaviour in China: The Lessons of Popular Culture
15h00 – L. Noyontsang (INALCO) Immolations in Tibetan Exile Poetry
15h30 – F. Robin (INALCO) Fire, Flames and Ashes. How Tibetan Poets Talk About Self-Immolations Without Talking About Them
16h00 – Discussion and closing
17h00-19h00 – Screening of “Red River Valley” (Hong Hegu) by Feng Xiaoning (China, 1997)
Venue: Collège de France, Salle 5,
Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75005 Paris
Métros: Cluny La Sorbonne, St-Michel, Odéon
Information: www.ephe.sorbonne.fr/actualites
18/05/2012 20:01
Gender in Central Asia: Contemporary Issues in Nation-Building of Post Soviet States
Conference – Workshop
Gender in Central Asia:
Contemporary Issues in Nation-Building of Post Soviet States
Venue: Réseau Asie - Pacifique / Fondation Maison des Sciences de l’Homme190, avenue de France - 75013 Paris
9.00-9.30: Opening Speech Azadeh KIAN, University of Paris 7 Diderot, CEDREF, France and Anna JARRY-OMAROVA, CEDREF 9.30-10.00: Theorizing Gender and Nation Nira YUVAL-DAVIS, University of East London, United Kingdom
10.00-10.30: Studying Gender and Nation in Post-communist Context
Elena GAPOVA, Western Michigan University, United States of America
10.30-13.00: Constructions and Representations of Gender Identities in Nation-building projects in Post-communist Countries
Anna REKHVIASHVILI, Central European University, Hungary: “Nationalism and motherhood in contemporary Georgia”
Iman KARZABI, Institute of Political Science of Paris, France: “Women and President Lukashenko’s nationalist ideology in Belarus”
Diana KUDAIBERGENOVA, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom: “The representation of femininity and masculinity in the formation of national ideas and national symbols in Central Asia: between state and artist”
Elira TURDUBAYEVA, Turkey Manas University, Kyrgyzstan: “Discursive construction of gender in the media in Kyrgyzstan: Representation of women in the television”
14.00-15.30: Body, Sexuality and Nation
Catherine POUJOL, National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations, France: “From batche to
goluboï, the course of a “social taboo” in Central Asia”
Tohir KALANDAROV, Academy of Sciences, Russia: “Intimate Life of Female Migrants from Central
Asia to Moscow”
Mohira SUYARKULOVA, University of Saint Andrews, United Kingdom: “Power, glamour and discourse of dress in Central Asia”
15.30-17.00: Collective Mobilizations of Women
Lucia DIRENBERGER, University of Paris 7 Diderot, France: “What de-sovietization implies for
women’s associations in Tajikistan? Impacts of patriarchy as a state discourse on national identity”
Joana HOARE, School of Oriental and African Studies, United Kingdom: “Doing gender activism in a donor-organized framework: constraints and opportunities in Kyrgyzstan”
Maria DEIANA, Queen’s University, United Kingdom: “Fighting Against Windmills? The Promises and Perils of Collective. Action in Post-Dayton Bosnia-Herzegovina”
17.30-18.30: Conflicts, Borders and Gender
Aksana ISMAILBEKOVA, Zentrum Moderner Orient, Germany: “Post Conflict Socio-Economic
Situation: A Case of Conflict Affected Female-Headed Households in Osh, Kyrgyzstan”
Isabella DAMIANI, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Ulm, France: “Gender and Borders: cross-border issues in the valley of Ferghana”
Committee organization:
Lucia DIRENBERGER, Université Paris 7 Diderot, CSPRP, CEDREF : lucia.direnberger@gmail.com
Anna JARRY-OMAROVA, Université Paris 7 Diderot, CEDREF : anna.jarry@free.fr
Iman KARZABI, Science Po, CERI, IEC : iman.karzabi@gmail.com
11/05/2012 20:02
Colloquium « Espace et Patrimoines Mongols »
PROGRAMME du COLLOQUE ACADÉMIQUE « Espace et Patrimoines Mongols » du 10 au 13 mai 2012
: PATRIMOINES : ÉTATS, FRONTIÈRES, IDENTITÉS (INALCO – Amphithéâtre 4)
PATRIMOINES CULTURELS : SOURCES, OBJETS, USAGES (INALCO – Amphithéâtre 7)
CONFLITS D’USAGE SUR L’ESPACE ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT (INALCO – Amphithéâtre 7)
ESPACE ET PATRIMOINES : PERCEPTIONS ET ATTACHEMENTS COMMUNS (ENS – salle Dussane)
Plus d'information : http://www.reseau-asie.com/media3/10/espace-et-patrimoines-mongols/
08/05/2012 20:03
Tornare uomini mangiando rose
Tornare uomini mangiando rose.
Introduzione agli strumenti usati per la preghiera in oriente e occidente
Massimiliano A. Polichetti (MNAO)
24 aprile 2012, ore 11.00
In più di una tradizione spirituale, in ‘oriente’ come in ‘occidente’, alcune fasi del disciplinato processo di accostamento di sé stessi al sacro spazio dell’ interiorità sono accompagnate dall’uso della ripetizione di brevi formule/giaculatorie.
In ‘oriente’ assistiamo ad esempio alla elaborazione del mantra inteso, sia in ambito buddhistico che induistico, come ‘parola di potere’ la cui efficacia può prescindere dal mero significato semantico posseduto, contando assai più l’intenzionalità e - soprattutto - la replicazione della pronuncia da parte di un discepolo (shishya) il più possibile simile a come l’abbia appresa da un maestro (guru).
In ‘occidente’, la ripetizione dei salmi, la ‘preghiera del cuore’ (o esicasta), la pratica della recita del rosario cattolico, la ripetizione - anche in ambito islamico - del nome o dei nomi di dio, almeno fenomenologicamente paiono indirizzare verso temi analoghi.
Per i contesti sopra sinteticamente delineati, le medesime tradizioni ammettono inoltre l’uso di ‘strumenti’ adattati, nel corso dei secoli, a questo ‘sacro computo’, principalmente: japamala, rosari, chokti, ‘ruote del dharma’. Tali ‘supporti per la contemplazione’ costituiranno l’argomento della trattazione, per la quale ci si avvarrà, per il tempo della conferenza, dell’esposizione di alcuni esemplari.
14/04/2012 09:35
AUTHORITATIVE SPEECH IN THE HIMALAYAN REGION
Maison Suger, Paris, 25-26 November 2011Salle de conférences, rez-de-chauusée, 16-18 rue Suger
Organized by Marie Lecomte-Tilouine and Anne de Sales
PROGRAMME
Friday 25th November
Chair person: Michael Hutt, SOAS, London
9:30-9:50 Coffee
9:50-10:15 Introduction Anne de Sales and Marie Lecomte-Tilouine
10:15-11:00 — gregory g. maskarinec (University of Hawai'i)
Nepalese Shaman Mantras: Does knowing and knowing how to use mantras confer
intrinsic authority and provide "Symbolic Capital" to define the social function of
individuals who use them?
11:00-11:45 — arik moran (University of Haifa):
Authoritative Speech in Himachal pradesh
11:45-12:00 break
12:00-12:45 — john leavitt (Université de Montréal):
Who Do the Gods Speak For? Central Himalayan Divine Speech as Evocation and Injunction
Lunch break
14:30-15:15 — william s. sax (SAI, Heidelberg):
The Language of the Gods: Oracular Speech in Garhwal
15:15-16:00 — Daniela Berti (CNRS, Villejuif)
Oral Dialogues and legal Records in Shimla District Court (Himachal Pradesh)
16:00:-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-17:15 — Barbara Berardi-Tadié (EHESS, Paris):
«Raising the Voices»: Production and Circulation of Discourses in Nepali Associations
17:15-18:00 — pustak raj ghimire (Oxford University):
Authority, Status, and Caste markers in Everyday Village Conversations (eastern Nepal)
18:00-18:15 break
18:15-19:00 —marie lecomte-tilouine (CNRS, Villejuif):
From the bottom to the top and vice versa: Alterocentrism in Nepal's oral traditions
Saturday 26th November
Chair person: CK Lal, editorialist, Nepal
9:30-10:15 — charles ramble (EPHE, Paris)
The babbling lark and the dragon that defines the seasons: recipes for powerful speech in the Tibetan oratorical tradition
10:15-11:00 — Christian Jahoda (University of Vienna)
A Comparative perspective on oral traditions in Western Tibet (Spiti, Purang)
11 :00-11 :30 coffee break
11:30-12:15 — mireille mazard (University of Regina)
« God and the CCP Protected Me » : Persuasion and Authority on China's Tibeto-Burman Frontier
12:15-13:00 — franck bernede (CNRS, Villejuif):
Authoritative Speech in Newar Music
13:00-14:45 Lunch break
14:45-15:15 — martin gaenszle (University of Vienna)
Meaning and intention in Rai divinatory discourse
15:15-16:00 — Judith Pettigrew (University of Limmerick):
Contested Authority: Who Speaks for the Tamu-mai?
16:00-16:30 Break
16: 30-17:15 — Mark Turin (University of Yale)
Performative Plurilingualism and Competitive Codeswitching : the Register of the Thangmi Shaman
17:15-18:00 — anne de sales (CNRS, Nanterre)
Persuasion and violence in shamanic speech
18:00-18:15 short break
Final remarks by the two chair persons and general discussion
Perspectives for the future of the Himalayan Oral Traditions Network
Financial support: Région Ile de France, CNRS, CEH Villejuif, LESC Nanterre, ANR Just India.
18/11/2011 22:39
DIVERGENT PATHS: Early Representations of Amoghapāśa in East, South and Southeast Asia
À l’invitation du Centre de Recherches sur les Civilisations de l’Asie Orientale (UMR 8155)
Mme DOROTHY WONG donnera une conférence sur
Contact : liying.kuo@efeo.net
15/10/2011 12:59
professeur à l’Université de Virginia (USA)
DIVERGENT PATHS:
Le 18 octobre, à 10h30
à la Maison de l’Asie
(Salon du 1er étage, 22 avenue du Président-Wilson, 75116 Paris)
Early Representations of Amoghapāśa in East, South and Southeast Asia
18/06/2011 14:01