The Art of Pilgrimage: Journeys of Faith and Discovery
All-Day Symposium Saturday, April 17
Join us for an all-day, multi-disciplinary symposium including discussions with authors, and scholars on traditional and contemporary practices of pilgrimage.
Speakers include: Diana Eck, Harvard (keynote); Shalini Ayyagari, Dartmouth College; Perry Garfinkel, Buddha or Bust; filmmaker David Grubin, The Buddha; Rochelle Roca Hachem, UNESCO; Pico Iyer, The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls, and the Search for Home; Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania; Pankaj Mishra, An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World; D. Max Moerman, Barnard College; and Chün-fang Yü, Columbia University.
This program is organized in conjunction with the exhibition Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art, on view at Asia Society Museum through June 20, 2010.
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Schedule
10:00 amWelcome
Michael Roberts, Asia Society New York Center
10:15 – 11:00 am
Keynote
Beginning in India: Sacred Geography and the Pilgrim Journey
Diana L. Eck, Harvard University
Session 1: Traces of the Past
11: 00 - 11:30 am
The Pilgrim's Map: India in the Japanese Buddhist Imagination
D. Max Moerman, Barnard College
11:30 am – 12:00 pm
'Kalam' and 'Kafi' Betwixt and Between: Sufi Musical Repertoire as a Spatial Mediator in Hindu and Muslim Shrines (Rajasthan, India)
Shalini Ayyagari, Dartmouth College
12:00 - 12:30 pm
Famensi as a Contested Site of Pilgrimage and Tourism
Victor Mair, University of Pennsylvania
12:30 – 12:50 pm
Round Table
Moderated by Adriana Proser, Asia Society Museum
1:00 – 2:00 pm
Lunch Break
Session 2: Pilgrimage and Contemporary Culture
2:00 – 2:45 pm
Sacred Spaces: Practice and Preservation
Chün Fang Yü, Columbia University in conversation with Rochelle Roca Hachem, UNESCO
3:00 – 3:30 pm
A New Kind of Spiritual Journey: The Buddha Film
David Grubin, filmmaker, in Conversation with Adriana Proser, Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art curator, Asia Society Museum
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Pilgrimage East Meets Pilgrimage West
Perry Garfinkel, author
4:00 – 4:30 pm
Pilgrimage for Today
Pankaj Mishra, author, in conversation with Mark Epstein, psychiatrist and author
4:30 – 5:00 pm
Global Soul—A New View on the Spiritual Traveler
Pico Iyer, author, in conversation with Rachel Cooper, Director of Culture and Performing Arts, Asia Society
5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
Adriana Proser, Asia Society Museum
5:00 – 6:00 pm
Reception
Exhibition and AsiaStore open