Gāndhārī Manuscripts Workshop

University of Washington

June 30 – July 4, 2008



Thomson Hall, room 317 (map, campus map: 9N)



Program

Monday, June 30

9:15–9:45 Coffee and Snacks

9:45-10:00 Welcome: Robert Stacey, Divisional Dean of Arts and Humanities, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington

10:00-12:00 Mark Allon (University of Sydney): The Senior collection: overview and discussion of the index scrolls

12:00-13:30 Lunch at the University of Washington Club

13:30-15:30 Tien‐chang Shih (University of Washington): The Darukadhasutra from the Senior collection: readings and discussion

16:00-18:00 Ingo Strauch (Freie Universität Berlin): The Bajaur collection: reading and discussion of passages from a Gāndhārī Mahāyāna sūtra and other texts

Tuesday, July 1

10:00-12:00 Harry Falk (Freie Universität Berlin): A new collection of Gāndhārī manuscripts: overview and reading of Dharmapada verses

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Daniel Boucher (Cornell University): Early Chinese translations of Gāndhārī texts

16:00-18:00 Paul Harrison (Stanford University): A Gāndhārī Mahāyāna sūtra fragment in the Schøyen Collection: the Sarvapuṇyasamuccayasamādhisūtra

Wednesday, July 2

10:00-12:00 Collett Cox (University of Washington): Gāndhārī abhidharma texts: overview, readings and discussion

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Oskar von Hinüber (Universität Freiburg): Buddhist schools in Gandhāra

16:00-18:00 Stefan Baums (University of Washington): Gāndhārī verse commentaries: overview, readings and discussion

Conference Dinner

Thursday, July 3

10:00-12:00 Timothy Lenz (University of Washington): Gāndhārī avadāna literature: introduction, readings and discussion

12:00-13:30 Lunch

13:30-15:30 Andrew Glass (University of Washington): Introduction to the Gāndhārī Dictionary Project

16:00-18:00 Richard Salomon (University of Washington): Schøyen collection fragment 8 (self‐praise of the Buddha): reading and discussion

Visit to the Seattle Asian Art Museum

Friday, July 4

Informal Meetings or Excursions



There will be two conference events: a group lunch on Monday, June 30, and a group dinner on the evening of Wednesday, July 2. All other meals can be arranged individually.



Program Overview


Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9:15–9:45

Coffee, Snacks




Informal Meetings or Excursions

9:45–10:00

Welcome




10:00 – 12:00

Allon

Falk

Cox

Lenz


UW Club

Lunch

13:30 – 15:30

Tien‐chang

Boucher

von Hinüber

Glass

16:00 – 18:00

Strauch

Harrison

Baums

Salomon




Conference Dinner

Visit to Seattle Asian Art Museum


Accommodation

University Inn

4140 Roosevelt Way NE

Seattle, WA 98105

206 632 5055

(website, map)


Airport Transportation

information sheet