Harvard Daoist Studies Symposium: The Body, Gender, and Self-cultivation in DaoismS030, Doris and Ted Lee Gathering Room, CGIS South, Harvard University, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge.This
two-day symposium aims to bring in several of the world’s leading
experts in the study of Daoism to focus on the topic of body, gender,
and self-cultivation in Daoism. This topic is a fertile ground for
research, especially because Daoism at most stages of its development
envisioned spiritual perfection as inextricably bound with the physical
body, and because attitudes towards gender in many Daoist communities
were complex and could differ in significant ways from those found in
other Chinese sources. The nexus of body, gender, and self-cultivation,
therefore, makes for an exceptionally productive and exciting theme to
explore in a sustained way through a series of talks and extensive
discussions.Thursday, April 259:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.Introductory Remarks 9:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.Pane
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