On the basis of Chinese archival records, this presentation describes and critically assesses – including from a global, comparative perspective – covert postal inspection as conducted by state security organs in Mao Zedong’s China (1949–1976). According to an early classified directive, postal inspection and monitoring was to “pay attention to the imperialist countries as well […]

Hsiao-Lan Hu, Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Religious Studies, and Women’s and Gender Studies University of Detroit Mercy) Abstract: On 24 May 2017, the Supreme Court in Taiwan ruled in favor of marriage equality, nearly five years after the much celebrated first Buddhist lesbian wedding officiated by Bhiksunī Chao-Hwei. She has officiated a few other same-sex […]

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Die Universität Göttingen feiert am Montag, 26. Juni 2017, in der Aula am Wilhelmsplatz die Unterzeichnung einer Absichtserklärung zur Förderung eines neuen Zentrums für Buddhismuskunde. Schwerpunkt des angestrebten Zentrums wird die vergleichende Erforschung des chinesischen Buddhismus sein, insbesondere des in China am weitesten verbreiteten Chan-Buddhismus (japanisch Zen-Buddhismus). Das Zentrum wird gefördert vom Tempel des Sechsten […]

Abstract: This year will see the 19th Party Congress. marking a moment of re-evaluation for the Communist Party policy and elite leadership. Under Xi since 2012 there has been what is claimed to have been a concentration of power within his hands. But how can we best understand this power, and what sense does it […]