Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 3-7 pm
Shamans, Buddhists and Muslim Saints: The Layered History of the Desert Mazar
Symposium
Institute of East Asian Studies, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor conference room
In conjunction with the exhibition in the IEAS Gallery, "Desert Mazar: Sacred Sites in Western China," a symposium on the historical and contemporary religious landscape of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
3:00-3:20 Introduction
Sanjyot Mehendale, Vice Chair, Center for Buddhist Studies
3:20-4:00 Framing the Desert Mazar: Exhibitions, Artists and Scholarship
Beth Citron (Assistant Curator, Rubin Museum of Art) and Lisa Ross (Artist/Photographer)
4:00-4:30 Buddhist-Muslim Interaction in Mongol Inner Asia
Johan Elverskog, Visiting Fellow, Stanford University
4:30-4:40 Coffee/Tea Break
4:40-5:10 Sufis, Dervishes and Maddahs in the Mazars of East Turkestan
Alexandre Papas, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris
5:10-5:40 Mapping the Sacred Landscape: Uyghur Shrines in Xinjiang
Rahila Dawut, Xinjiang University, China
5:40-6:30 Panel Discussion and Q&A
Chair, Sanjyot Mehendale

Desert Mazar, Center for Buddhist Studies and Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2223 Fulton Street, Room 512
Berkeley, CA 94720-2318

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