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Joel Bordeaux deposited The Goddess Tara, Buddhism, and ‘Chinese’ Ritual in Hindu Tantra in the group
Hinduisms on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoPublic talk for International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University (February 24, 2021) https://youtu.be/77oz4tb8r0Y How did Hindu devotees come to worship an Indian goddess in the ‘Chinese Way?’ What was allegedly Chinese about these rituals and how is this related to the goddess’s Buddhist origins? When did Hindus start to think of Ch…[Read more]
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Joel Bordeaux deposited The Goddess Tara, Buddhism, and ‘Chinese’ Ritual in Hindu Tantra in the group
Buddhist Studies on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months agoPublic talk for International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University (February 24, 2021) https://youtu.be/77oz4tb8r0Y How did Hindu devotees come to worship an Indian goddess in the ‘Chinese Way?’ What was allegedly Chinese about these rituals and how is this related to the goddess’s Buddhist origins? When did Hindus start to think of Ch…[Read more]
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Joel Bordeaux deposited The Goddess Tara, Buddhism, and ‘Chinese’ Ritual in Hindu Tantra on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
Public talk for International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University (February 24, 2021)
How did Hindu devotees come to worship an Indian goddess in the ‘Chinese Way?’ What was allegedly Chinese about these rituals and how is this related to the goddess’s Buddhist origins? When did Hindus start to think…[Read more]
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Joel Bordeaux's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
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Joel Bordeaux's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
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Joel Bordeaux's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 10 months ago
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Christopher S. Rose created the event Corpse Traffic in Ottoman Iraq & the Birth of Global Public Health in the group History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months ago
Title: Corpse Traffic in Ottoman Iraq & the Birth of Global Public Health
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Caravan of Death: Corpse Traffic in 19th-Century Ottoman Iraq & the Birth of Global Public Health
Speaker: Zeinab Azarbadegan, PhD Candidate, Columbia UniversityDiscussant: Shana Minkin, Associate Professor & Chair of International and Global St…[Read more]
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Christopher S. Rose created the event A New Past for a Pandemic Future: Evolutionary and Cultural Histories of Infectious Diseases in the group History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months ago
Title: A New Past for a Pandemic Future: Evolutionary and Cultural Histories of Infectious Diseases
Description: Centre for History in Public Health Annual Lecture
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Featuring Monica H Green, Ph.D.
March 16, 2021
17:30 London
12:30 New YorkInfectious diseases are understood now to be caused by…[Read more]
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Christopher S. Rose created the event Re-Orienting Ancient Medicine Courses in the group History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months ago
Title: Re-Orienting Ancient Medicine Courses
Description: Re-orienting Ancient Medicine Courses
Aileen Das (University of Michigan) and Jay Crisostomo (University of Michigan)
April 22 @ 4-5pm EST via Zoom
This pedagogy workshop is aimed at (past, current, and would-be) instructors of ancient medicine, science, and technology courses…[Read more]
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Christopher S. Rose replied to the topic New Articles in the discussion
History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months agoJoelle M. Abi-Rached. “Psychiatry in the Middle East: the Rebirth of Lunatic Asylums?” BJPsych International 18, no. 1 (2021): 5–8. doi:10.1192/bji.2020.22.
This article briefly assesses the historical trajectory of psychiatric institutions in the Middle East. It underlines a key observation: the persistence and expansion of psychiatric insti…[Read more]
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Christopher S. Rose created the event Jerba: Tracking the Impact of the So-Called Justinianic Plague, 560-750 CE in the group History of Medicine in the Middle East/North Africa on Humanities Commons 4 years, 11 months ago
Title: Jerba: Tracking the Impact of the So-Called Justinianic Plague, 560-750 CE
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The American Institute for Maghrib Studies presents Renata Holod of the University of Pennsylvania, speaking at 6 PM Tunis time (7 PM Cairo/Istanbul, 5 PM London, 12 Noon Eastern US, 11 AM Central US, 9 AM Pacific US).
Register at: https://aimsnor…[Read more]
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Christopher S. Rose started the topic New Articles in the discussion
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