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From: "Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko" <sask...@gmail.com>
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Sent: Fri, Feb 14, 2020 at 6:18 AM
Subject: [buddhist-india] Contemporary Buddhism summer school (Copenh
Hi everyone,

I just wanted to let you know that the 'Contemporary Buddhism' summer
school, running over two weeks this summer (27. July - 7. August 2020)
at the Center for Contemporary Buddhist Studies, University of
Copenhagen, is now accepting applications! Read more here:

This summer school is geared towards students who are interested in
learning more about contemporary Buddhism - a burgeoning field which
has not yet taken root in universities and study programs around the
world.

The summer school offers a rich learning environment with a diversity
of teaching formats that will help to immerse the student in
contemporary Buddhist studies, thereby acquiring a great amount of
knowledge in just two weeks. The summer school enquires into
contemporary Buddhism as an interdisciplinary topic of investigation
through bridging area studies, religious studies, anthropology,
sociology and political science.

Building upon an introduction to some key concepts of Buddhism, we
explore how ‘Buddhism’ is employed within various contexts in Asia and
beyond, while paying attention to possible contradictions, contentions
and contentment with contemporary issues, which include:

Buddhist modernity and secularism
Commodification of Buddhism and the spiritual marketplace
Entanglements of Buddhism with politics
Buddhism and environmentalism
Buddhism and new media
Travels and cultural translations

Lecturers include:
Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko
Jørn Borup
Trine Brox
Niklas Foxeus
Duncan McCargo
Levi McLaughlin
Elizabeth Williams Oerberg

All the best,

Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko

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