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SUMMARY:E-Workshop: GLOBAL CHINESE CATHOLICISM
DESCRIPTION:In Collaboration with Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics\nE-WORKSHOP: GLOBAL CHINESE CATHOLICISM\nONLINE – 8\, 9\, 10 December 2021 ​\nThis workshop explores the lived realities of Chinese Catholic communities established around the world as well as interactions among them and with Chinese Catholics in China.\n​While most of the literature on Chinese Catholicism focuses either on its history in mainland China or on its complicated relationship with the Chinese Communist Party\, this workshop turns the spotlight on the many Chinese Catholic communities who have long been living in Sao Paulo\, Milano\, Melbourne\, Mexico\, Kuala Lumpur\, etc. Often\, those communities are presented as a result of past migrations or as a mere attempt to preserve a particular ethno-religious identity. Thus\, little attention is given to their on-going transformation and development – nor to their relations to other Chinese catholic communities present either around the globe or in mainland China. Furthermore\, while social scientists have been paying a renewed interest in the Chinese diaspora and its religious dimensions\, little attention has been oriented toward global Chinese Catholicism. Therefore\, this e-workshop intends to not only investigate the diversity of global Chinese Catholic communities but also their current evolutions and networking.\n \nTo explore the on-going transformation of Global Chinese Catholicism\, applicants are invited to consider the following questions:\nWhat are the main features of Chinese Catholic communities present around the world? Which kind of ‘Chineseness’ are they producing and displaying? How are regional Chinese languages (Cantonese\, Hokkien\, etc.) and distinctive rituals (Lunar New Year\, etc.) shaping their collective identities – as well as their relationship to specific regions of the People’s Republic of China (Provinces in Mainland China\, Hong Kong\, Macao)?How is the Catholic religion passed on within families? What are the consequences of a settlement outside the country of origin on the transfer of the faith to the following generations? Does the secularization of certain countries have an influence on the passing on of the Catholic religion?How do ethnically Chinese laypeople\, extended families\, and clergy members interact and shape those Chinese Catholic communities and their transnational interactions? How are they mobilizing new technologies and digital platforms to form and reform their communities and networks? How are Chinese Catholics living in Manila\, Paris\, Mexico\, etc. negotiating their ethno-religious specificities with local governmental and ecclesial authorities? How do they respond to local socio-political and theological ideologies defining plurality as well as social and religious coexistence?What are the transnational networks and circulations that global Chinese Catholicism generates (migrations for work\, study\, marriage\, etc.)? How is the new global importance of China impacting those networks? (For instance\, Chinese Catholics from mainland China going for pilgrimages to Rome\, Paris\, Saigon\, Manilla; the influx of Chinese priests and nuns from mainland China serving those Global Chinese communities).   How is the growing international presence of China transforming those Chinese Catholic communities? Which kind of new economic\, political\, religious opportunities and challenges does it bring? How are global Chinese Catholic communities responding to renewed anti-Chinese sentiments that the growing presence of China and the Covid-19 pandemic can generate?​\nThis e-workshop is the first step of a collaborative project sponsored by ISAC and BRINFAITH to foster research on Global Chinese Catholicism. This e-workshop will occur online through zoom. It will be on December 8\, 9\, and 10\, from 8 pm to 10 pm (Singapore Time)\, to accommodate researchers around the globe.\n​\n\nREGISTRATION\nIf you are interested in auditing or joining this e-workshop\, please register by clicking on the link below or by sending an email to:  globalchinesecatholicism@gmail.com.\n \nWORKSHOP COORDINATORS\nEva Salerno and Angeline Wong\n  \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Registration\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n					Dec 8Dec 9Dec 10\n				\n				\n					\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Wednesday\, 8 December 2021 \n8.00 p.m. (Singapore Time) : Opening Remarks: Eva Salerno and Angeline Wong  \nPANEL 1 – Moderator: Jonathan Tan \n  \n8.05 p.m.: 500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines: \nChina and the Chinese Connections \nTeresita Ang See (Past President of Philippine Association for Chinese Studies; Executive Trustee\, Kaisa Heritage Center\, Philippines) \n  \n8.25 p.m.: Chinese-Filipino Catholicism: Fusion or Confusion? \nFr. Aristotle C. Dy  (School President\, Xavier School\, Philippines) \n​ \n8.45 p.m.: Q&A Session \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Thursday\, 9 December 2021 \n  \nPANEL 2 – Moderator: Michel Chambon \n8.00 p.m. (Singapore Time): The Pastoral Work of the Catholic Clergy with regard to the Chinese Diaspora in Lyon (France) \nLIVE Yu-Sion (Sociologist\, Université de La Reunion\, France) \n  \n8.20 p.m.: Making Nuns in Manila \nGeorge Bayuga (Instructor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado\, Colorado Springs\, United States)  \n​ \n8.40 p.m.: Q&A Session \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Friday\, 10 December 2021 \n  \nPANEL 3 – Moderator: Bernardo Brown \n​ \n8.00 p.m. (Singapore Time): Hakka migrants and Chinese Catholics in Jamaica \nZichan Qiu (Research Assistant\, Chinese University of Hong Kong\, Hong Kong) and Ji Li (Assistant Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong\, Hong Kong) \n  \n8.20 p.m.: Dialogue in a Multireligious and Political Ecosystem: Understanding Catholic Relations with Other Religions in Mainland China \nStephanie M. Wong (Assistant Professor of Theology\, Valparaiso University\, Indiana\, US) \n​ \n8.40 p.m.: Q&A Session \n​ \n9:45 p.m.: Concluding Remarks\, David Palmer BRINFAITH 
URL:https://asiar.hku.hk/event/e-workshop-global-chinese-catholicism/
LOCATION:Via Zoom (Registration required)
CATEGORIES:BRINFAITH
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SUMMARY:New Visions for the New Globality: China’s BRI vs. Russia’s Greater Eurasian Space
DESCRIPTION:BRINFAITH RELIGION AND EMPIRE PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES\nNew Visions for the New Globality: China’s BRI vs. Russia’s Greater Eurasian Space\nABSTRACTThe Belt and Road Initiative has caused a lot of controversy in Russia’s expert discussion. Formally\, Moscow is very enthusiastic about the BRI project and considers it a positive factor in international relations. Russian-Chinese relations have reached their peak politically and militarily\, though at the same time\, Russia has proposed its own\, very complex integration project\, which is formalized as the Eurasian Economic Union\, which has been supported not only by a number of post-Soviet states but also by Singapore and Vietnam. Besides\, Russia has also put forward its global initiative\, the Great Eurasian Space\, which is supposed to unite dozens of states based on common values\, science and education systems\, and common approaches to problem-solving. Although the BRI and the EAEU have signed a cooperation agreement\, at first glance\, the idea of the BRI and the Greater Eurasian Space may contradict each other. Thus\, both China and Russia have global ideas that are equally close and distant from each other. We cannot exclude that Russia\, supporting the BRI\, is developing its own independent “third way\,” which could manifest itself in a decade. \n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERAlexey Maslov\, Ph.D.\, Professor\, is one of the leading Russian scholars and internationally renowned experts in Chinese studies and Russian-Chinese relations. At the present moment\, he holds the position of Head of the Institute of Asian and African Studies of the Moscow State University\, the leading education center and think-tank on Asian Studies in Russia. His previous positions include Acting Director of the Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Head of the School of Asian Studies at the HSE University (Moscow). Professor Maslov is a state-level expert in negotiations between Russia and China on the most important issues\, and an expert for the Russian Council of International Relations. Professor Maslov graduated from Moscow State University and has been invited as a visiting professor to several leading universities\, including New York State University\, Heidelberg University\, Cambridge University\, Shanxi Normal University\, etc. He has published 11 books on Chinese studies. \n\nORGANIZERThe event is organized by the CRF Project “Infrastructures of Faith: Religious Mobilities on the Belt and Road [BRINFAITH]” (RGC CRF HKU C7052-18G)\, which is hosted by the ASIAR – Asian Religious Connections Research Cluster in HKIHSS.
URL:https://asiar.hku.hk/event/new-visions-for-the-new-globality-chinas-bri-vs-russias-greater-eurasian-space/
LOCATION:Via Zoom (Registration required)
CATEGORIES:Religion and Empire Public Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Hong_Kong:20211217T133000
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SUMMARY:A Half-day Retreat @ HKU + Lung Fu Mountain: Demystifying Mindfulness from the perspectives of Psychology and Buddhism
DESCRIPTION:Activity Highlights Recap: The Present is a present for you\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				A Half-day Retreat @ HKU + Lung Fu Mountain: Demystifying Mindfulness from the perspectives of Psychology and Buddhism\n\nWe spend most of our time learning about the outside world and try to change small parts of it\, but most of us know very little about our own inner mindscape\, and even less about how to change it for the better.\n\nMindfulness is one of the most simple yet also profound ways of knowing while transforming our own consciousness into one with more clarity\, peace and happiness. It is a widespread practice across different religious traditions and nowadays being even widely applied in fields like psychology\, medicine and education.\nWe now invite you to explore these questions together with us by joining this half-day retreat @HKU + Lung Fu Shan:\n\n1. How can mindfulness connect us to a deeper understanding of self and meaning of life?\n2. What insights can we gain if we could learn from both religious and non-religious approaches of mindfulness?\n3. What will happen to our daily life and surrounding if we can practice mindfulness from the here and the now?\n\n  \nDate: Dec 17 (Friday) \, 2021【Rescheduled】\nTime: 13:30 pm-18:00 pm\nVenue: HKU campus + Lung Fu Mountain*\nFormat: Talks + experiential practices in mindful breathing\, sitting\, stretching and hiking\n\n(Limited quotas are available\, first come first serve) *Further details will be sent to you upon successful registration \n  \n			\n				Activity Highlights Recap: The Present is a present for you\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				About our guest facilitators\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Professor Shui-fong LAMB.A. (CUHK)\, PGDE (CUHK)\, M.Ed. (U. of Texas)\, Ph.D. (U. of Minnesota) Shui-fong LAM is a Professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). She was a recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award from the HKU\, the Outstanding International Scholar Award from the International School Psychology Association\, and the Knowledge Exchange Award from the Social Sciences Faculty at HKU. She is now the Director of the Jockey Club “Peace and Awareness” Mindfulness Culture in Schools Initiative. It is her aspiration to promote mental health of students\, teachers\, and parents in Hong Kong through the training and research in mindfulness. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Plum Village Hong Kong Founded by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh\, Plum Village began in 1982 as a small\, rustic farmstead\, and has today grown into Europe’s largest Buddhist monastery. “At Plum Village we weave mindfulness into all our daily activities\, training ourselves to be mindful throughout the day: while eating\, walking\, working\, or enjoying a cup of tea together. Plum Village is a home away from home\, and a beautiful\, nourishing\, simple environment in which to cultivate the mind of awakening.” Its center in HK was founded in November 2008 as a non-profit making\, charitable\, religious and educational organization to promote the teachings and practice of Buddhism in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh and Plum Village\, France. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				About Event Co-curators\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The New Mindscape \nThe New Mindscape provides a spiritual and intellectual space on re-imaging and re-building the self and society\, with multimedia content (readings\, videos and community events) developed from CCHU9014 Spirituality\, Religion and Social Change\, an HKU common core course taught by Prof. David A. Palmer who’s an anthropologist in exploring different realities. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				The Art of Happiness \nThe Art of Happiness HKU is a community of inner discovery\, mindfulness\, and self-care. We rediscover happiness in psychology\, philosophy\, arts\, and spirituality\, and turn ideas into weekly practice.
URL:https://asiar.hku.hk/event/a-half-day-retreat-hku-lung-fu-mountain-demystifying-mindfulness-from-the-perspectives-of-psychology-and-buddhism/
LOCATION:HKU campus + Lung Fu Mountain\, Hong Kong
CATEGORIES:The New Mindscape
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