Friday, March 8
2:00 - 2:15
Opening Remarks: Alexander von Rospatt and Samuel M.Grimes (UC Berkeley)
Monastic Buddhism in Nepal and its Purported Domestication
2:15 - 3:45
Todd T. Lewis, Holy Cross College
Textual Archives, Art, Ritual: In Search of Early Newar Buddhism
Samuel M. Grimes, Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
Was There Ever a Local, Celibate Saṃgha in Nepal after the Licchavi Period? A Survey of the Evidence
15-minute Break
4:00 - 5:30
Alexander von Rospatt, UC Berkeley
The Treatment of the Monastic Ordination as a Rite of Passage in the Pārājikā Literature and its Precursors
Christoph Emmrich, University of Toronto
Malla Period Girlhood Rites. The Textualization of the Ihi and the Bārhā in Late Medieval to Early Modern Newar Manuals
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Saturday, March 9
Vajrayāna Practices in Nepal
9:30 - 11:45
Péter-Dániel Szántó, Eötvös Loránd University
A Tibetan in Nepal during the End of the World
Ryan Damron, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
The Making of a Vajrācārya: The Influence of Newar Buddhism on the Career of the Indian Paṇḍita Vanaratna
Tsunehiko Sugiki, Hiroshima University
The Psychophysiology of the Saṃvara Literature
15-minute Break
12:00 - 1:30
Kris Anderson, 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
Traces and Variations: Development of the Utkrānti Funeral in Newar Buddhism
Manik Bajracharya, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Royal Patronage of the Cult of Buṅgama-Lokeśvara under King Śrīnivāsa Malla
1:30 - 2:30 Lunch
Narrative Literature
2:30 - 4:00
Camillo Formigatti, Independent Scholar
Remaking Buddhism for Early Modern Nepal. Jayamuni and his Role in 17th-century Newar Buddhism
Meghan Howard Masang, Yale University
The Textual History of the Lake-Draining Episode in the Svayambhūpurāṇa
15-minute Break
4:15 - 5:45
Miroj Shakya, University of the West
A Liberator of Hell Beings: Nepalese Legends of Jaṭādhārī Lokeśvara
Petra Lamberson, UC Berkeley
Viṣṇu Bows and Śiva Cries: Buddhist Māhātmya Literature of the Nepal Valley
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Sunday, March 10
The Arts
9:00 – 10:45
Makoto Kitada, Osaka University
Cacā Songs. So-called New Caryāpada in Kathmandu
Suyog Prajapati, University of Michigan
Always Watching: Sacred Gaze through the Newar Jhyā and its Indo-Islamic Contexts
15-minute Break
11:00 - 12:30
Workshop: Digital Tools for the Study of Nepalese Buddhism
