Agenda:
9:00 – 9:30 Breakfast and Registration
9:30 – 9:45 Opening Remarks: Kim Jongmyung, Academy of Korean Studies, Korea
9:45 – 10:15 Keynote Speech: Bernard Faure, Columbia University
10:15 – 11:25 Panel One
Li Silong (Peking University): “The Concept of Disease and its Treatment in Tian-tai Buddhism: On the Integration of Medical Ideas between Buddhism, Taoism and Folk Healing in Medieval China
Michael Como (Columbia University): TBA
11:25 – 11:55 Discussion
11:55 – 1:10 LUNCH
1:10 – 2:40 Panel Two
Jongwook Kim (Dongguk University): “A Buddhist Critique of Neo-Confucianism in the 17th Century Joseon”
Yongtae Kim (Dogguk University): “Buddhist View on the Afterlife in the Confucian Society: One Aspect of the Co-Existence of Buddhism and Confucianism in the Late Chosŏn”
Seong Uk Kim (Columbia University): “Encounter Between Buddhism and Popular Religions in the Late Chosŏn
2:40 – 3:10 Discussion
3:10 – 3:30 COFFEE BREAK
3:30 – 4:30 Panel Three
Kenryo Minowa (University of Tokyo): “The Way Overcoming the Differences of Several Religions”
David Moerman (Columbia University): “Buddhism Underground: Subterranean Sutras at the Ise Shrines”
4:30 – 5:00 Discussion
5:00 Workshop concludes
