演講主題：Buddhism, Migration, and the Quest for Social Equality: Ambedkarite Indians in East Asia
主講人：Jon Keune( 密西根州立大學宗教研究所副教授 )
主持人：蘇國賢(台大社會系教授)
時間：2022年12月19日(一)12:30-14:00
地點：台大社會系319室
報名連結：https://forms.gle/LzYTTYcqYrzQacuKA
演講大綱：
The Dalit (“Untouchable”) leader Bhimrao Ambedkar converted with some 400,000 followers to Buddhism in 1956 as way of protesting untouchability and the caste system. Ambedkar’s rationalist vision of Buddhism focused on social transformation and promoting equality, and his eight million followers today carry on that legacy. Through transnational collaborations and migration in the past thirty years, Ambedkarites have interacted increasingly with Buddhists in Japan and Taiwan. Dr. Keune will share observations from his ongoing research on these developments and discuss how these diverse groups manage their many vast differences as they work together and pursue their own distinct goals.
密西根州立大學宗教研究所的Jon Keune教授將於台大社會系分享安貝卡佛教(Ambedkar)在東亞社會如何進行跨國遷移與合作，看見這個來自印度賤民階級(The Dalit (“Untouchable”)的宗教社群，如何在跨國流動中回應階級與族群的不平等。 Keune教授將分享他在日本及台灣的田野觀察。這不只是宗教研究，也跟階層不平等、跨國與移民研究有著密切關係，歡迎大家一起來參加這場跨領域的討論。
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