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H-AHC From: H-ASIA Date: May 3, 2012 Subject: New book/website: Buddhist funeral cultures (Cambridge University Press) (Ed. note - The use of a website in conjunction with the release of a new book incorporating a bibliography, film clips and an online exhibition may prove of interest to H-AHC members. --DF) New book/website: Buddhist funeral cultures (Cambridge University Press) ****************************************************************** From: "Patrice Ladwig" <patrice@gmx.net> *Apologies for cross-posting!* Dear all, From 2007-2009 the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK) funded a project on Buddhist death rituals at the University of Bristol. The book deriving from the project is finally out for publication this week. The volume is edited by Paul Williams and Patrice Ladwig and covers material from TheravÄda Buddhism in Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and various regions of Chinese Buddhism, both on the mainland and in the Southeast Asian diasporas. Topics such as bad death, the feeding of ghosts, pollution through death, and the ritual regeneration of life show how Buddhist cultures deal with death as a universal phenomenon of human culture. More details on the CUP webpage: http://www.cambridge.org/aus/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9781107003880 In case you think that the volume might be interesting for your department/library, please suggest it for order. We have also compiled a webpage for the project, hosted by the University of Bristol and the Centre for Buddhist Studies. This contains materials for intended for public outreach, teaching and also scholars. An online exhibition (images and descriptions), an extensive bibliography and several films and short clips are available free for download and we hope that they might be of use for our colleagues. For the moment, the webpage can be found here: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/thrs/buddhist-centre/projects/bdr/ With best wishes, Patrice Ladwig ****************************************************************** -- Daniel Fandino History Graduate Student University of Central Florida www.wiredhistory.com
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