[KS] Fwd: H-Buddhism: SYMPOSIUM> Korean Buddhist Images and Dedication Practice

[Charles Muller]

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by Wen Li

Dear Colleagues,

I am delighted to announce an upcoming symposium at the Freer Gallery of 
Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. The event is scheduled for February 
20-21, 2020. Please refer to the Freer and Sackler webiste for event 
details and registration links: 
https://asia.si.edu/research/scholarly-programs/symposium-korean-buddhist-images-dedication-practice/ 
We hope you will consider attending; it is an excellent program on 
subjects that are rarely addressed in museum symposia.

*Korean Buddhist Images and Dedication Practice*

Thursday, February 20, 6 pm

Korean Cultural Center, Washington, DC

Friday, February 21, 9:30 am–5 pm

Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

A single object—a beautiful gilt wood sculpture of Gwaneum, the 
bodhisattva of compassion and the most popular deity in Korean 
Buddhism—is the focus of this symposium. Carved in the late Goryeo 
period (918–1392), this crowned image is now known to be the oldest 
surviving Korean gilded wood figure in an informal pose. Sacred texts 
and potent symbolic objects were sealed inside this hollow religious 
sculpture when it was first placed into worship in the thirteenth 
century. /Bokjang, /the practice of adding dedication material to a 
Buddhist sculpture during consecration ceremonies, was believed to 
transform it into a living body.

This symposium,organized in conjunction with the exhibition /Sacred 
Dedication: A Korean Buddhist Masterpiece/,examines recent research 
findings surrounding the sculpture and its dedication materials. It also 
places Korean image consecration practice in a broader East Asian 
context. Speakers discuss living traditions of making religious images 
and consecration ceremonies in contemporary Korean Buddhism.

The event is sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of 
the Republic of Korea. The keynote address and reception on Thursday, 
February 20, are hosted by the Korean Cultural Center.

An English-language version of all papers is available at the keynote 
and symposium.
Registration is required 
<https://support.asia.si.edu/event-registration/goryeo-symposium>to 
these free events.

Participants are also encouraged to attend the related Korean Buddhist 
Dedication Demonstration on Saturday afternoon, February 22, organized 
in conjunction with the exhibition /Sacred Dedication: A Korean Buddhist 
Masterpiece/.

Prior to the symposium, the Freer|Sackler will host a Goryeo Art and 
Culture Study Day for graduate students in Buddhist studies and East 
Asian studies. Details will be sent separately.

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A. Charles Muller, Professor

Liberal Arts Education
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Musashino University
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