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SUMMARY:Reading Canonical and Non-canonical Religious Works in China and England  during the Ming Period (1368-1644)
DESCRIPTION:Speaker: Lucille Chia | 贾晋珠\, Professor Emerita\, 
 Department of History\, UC Riverside\n\nLucille Chia compares religious 
 (primarily Buddhist) texts and images produced in China and in England 
 during much the same time\, within the Ming period (1368-1644). Is such a 
 comparison viable? Is it useful?\n\nIn the mid to late Ming (ca. mid-16th 
 to mid-17th c.)\, there was an unprecedented increase in the production of 
 printed works in China. This period also saw a “revitalization” of 
 Buddhism\, as well as the growth of “folk” or “sectarian” religious 
 groups\, with both these developments documented by a plethora of imprints. 
 In western Europe\, including England\, the same era covered the first 
 century and a half of printing. In England\, the Protestant Reformation 
 encompassed many changes in religious beliefs and practices and a huge 
 growth of religious literature. While the comparisons may be awkward and 
 the contrasts stark\, they can still inspire us ask questions that help us 
 better understand both regions’ religious developments. \n\nThis program 
 will be delivered in English.\n\nClick the More Details button to RSVP or 
 register now.\n\n\n \n\nLucille Chia (賈晉珠) is Professor emerita of 
 the Department of History at the University of California at Riverside. Her 
 research includes studies on Chinese publishing and book culture from the 
 Song through the early Qing (commercial printing\; religious printing\, 
 including the production of editions of the Daoist canon and Buddhist 
 canon\; etc.). Her most recent study in this area deals with the life and 
 after-lives of the Qisha Buddhist canon\, the printing of which took over a 
 hundred years to complete and which remained in distribution for another 
 three hundred years. She has also done research on the influence on Fujian 
 of the early Chinese migration to the Spanish Philippines during the 
 sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries. Another of her current projects 
 is a historical (rather than art historical) examination of the rise and 
 decline of ceramics producing centers in south and southeast China\, 
 especially in southern Fujian and the Chaozhou area in Guangdong.  \n\nJoin 
 Meeting: 
 https://ucla.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pwEXiQgFRDavVIliFHyePA#/registration
LOCATION:Online
ORGANIZER;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
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CONTACT;CN="Jae Nguyen":MAILTO:nguyj@g.ucla.edu
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