Category: Doctoral schools

This Doctoral School is open to a limited number of external PhD students (free of charge)! For more information, please contact christoph.anderl@ugent.be.

Monday, March 13th
9:30: Welcome of the participants by the Doctoral School organizers (Christoph Anderl, Ann Heirman)
10:00 – 12:00: General introduction* (Guillaume Jacques)
12:00 – 13:30: lunch break
13:30 – 15:00: Introduction: Multilingualism along the Silk Road* (Christoph Anderl)

Tuesday, March 14th
10:00 – 12:00: Rhyme Tables (Guillaume Jacques)
12:00 – 13:30: lunch break
13:30 – 15:30: Exercises: Rhyme Tables (Christoph Anderl)

Wednesday, March 15th
10:00 – 13:00: Sanskrit transcriptions into Chinese (Guillaume Jacques)
13:00 – 14:00: lunch break
14:00 – 16:00: Discussion with students, Q+A (Guillaume Jacques, Sven Osterkamp)

Thursday, March 16th
10:00 – 12:00: Large-scale Borrowings and the “Sinoxenic” Reading Traditions of Chinese Characters (Sven Osterkamp)
12:00 – 13:30: lunch break
13:30 – 15:30: Foreign Transcriptions of Chinese and Vice-Versa in a Historical Perspective: Part 1 (Sven Osterkamp)

Friday, March 17th
10:00 – 12:00: General lecture on Historical Phonology in an East Asian perspective* (Sven Osterkamp)
12:00 – 13:00: lunch break
13:00 – 15:00: Foreign Transcriptions of Chinese and Vice-Versa in a Historical Perspective: Part 2
15:15 – 16:00: Final discussions (Sven Osterkamp, Christoph Anderl, Ann Heirman)
*Lectures also suitable for a more general audience

 

Abstract: The course will introduce Chinese Buddhist apologetic texts from two different periods. Dr.Jülch will deal with the Zhenzheng lun 甄正論 written in the Tang dynasty, and Dr. Dr. Zhangwith the Dayuan zhiyuan bianwei lu 大元至元辨偽録 written in the Yuan dynasty. In thecourse, selected parts of the texts will be translated, their historical background analyzed, andmethodological issues discussed.

“Chinese Buddhist Apologetic Literature in a Diachronic Perspective” – A specialist course for PhD studentsorganized by Prof. Dr. Christoph Anderl and Dr. Thomas Jülch

Ghent University, Department of Languages and Cultures, Section Chinese Language and Culture, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000 Ghent

28th of September to 2nd of October, 2015

The organizers of the course cordially invite PhD students of Ghent University, as well asfrom other universities, to participate in this training course taught by Dr. Thomas Jülch (Ghent University) and Dr. Dr. Zhang Dewei (University of Macao). Participation is free ofcharge.

The course will introduce Chinese Buddhist apologetic texts from two different periods. Dr.Jülch will deal with the Zhenzheng lun 甄正論 written in the Tang dynasty, and Dr. Dr. Zhangwith the Dayuan zhiyuan bianwei lu 大元至元辨偽録 written in the Yuan dynasty. In thecourse, selected parts of the texts will be translated, their historical background analyzed, andmethodological issues discussed. On Monday, the 28th of September, we will begin with a short welcome at 09:30. The subsequent schedule will remain the same for all course days (Monday to Friday):

10:00 – 12:00: morning session;

12:00 – 13:00: lunch break;

13:00 – 15:00: afternoon session

Proceedings / Locations:

Monday, 28th of Sept.; topic: Zhenzheng lun; room: Plateau-Rozier, D2. 20

Tuesday, 29th of Sept.; topic: Zhenzheng lun; room: Plateau-Rozier, D2.43

Wednesday, 30th of Sept.; topic: morning: Zhenzheng lun, afternoon: Dayuan zhiyuanbianwei lu; room: Plateau-Rozier, D2.20

Thursday, 1st of Oct.; topic: Dayuan zhiyuan bianwei lu; room: Plateau-Rozier, D2.43

Friday, 2nd of Oct.; topic: Dayuan zhiyuan bianwei lu; room: Plateau-Rozier, D2.43

International students are welcome to participate in the course! For more information,questions, and registration, please contact Dr. Thomas Jülch (Email:Thomas.Julch@UGent.be)