2001-02 SCBS COLLOQUIUM

Asian Gods and Demons

All lectures to be held at
4:15 p.m.
Building 50, Room 51P

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With support from
ARC, Asian Languages, CEAS, Feminist Studies, and Religious Studies

Monday, January 14

"Gods, Demons, and Elixirs
in Medieval Taoism"

Fabrizio Pregadio
(Department of Religious Studies)

Monday, January 28

"Negotiating the Other World:
The Religious Records of the Xu Family
(First Century A.D.)"

Donald Harper
(University of Chicago)

Monday, February 11

"Snake Poets and Dragon Princesses:
Reptilian Women in Japanese Art"

Sarah Thompson
(University of Oregon)

Monday, February 25

"The Legend and Cult of Gavampati
in South and Southeast Asia"

John Strong
(Bates College)

Monday, March 11

"Demonic Recreation
and the Order of the Other World"

Michael Foster
(Department of Asian Languages)

Friday, March 15

"Who Eats Whom?
Flesh-Eating Demons and Power
in Ancient and Medieval Japan"

Michelle Li
(Department of Asian Languages)