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DESCRIPTION:Youn-mi Kim will present at the seminar in The Global Middle Ag
 es on Tuesday\, October 19\, at 12:15 pm. Her talk is entitled “Cross-Cult
 ural Transformation of Buddhist Talismans from Medieval China to Korea.” B
 ased on materials excavated from inside Buddhist statues and tombs\, this 
 talk explores Buddhist talismans from medieval Korea. Recently a growing n
 umber of scholars have shown an interest in talismans used in Buddhist con
 texts. Buddhist talismans from medieval Korea\, however\, remain unknown\,
  to say nothing of their connections to manuscripts discovered from the di
 stant Dunhuang caves in China. Through an exploration of Korean Buddhist t
 alismans\, this talk traces a hybrid practice that interweaves Buddhism an
 d Daoism\, arguing that such hybrid talisman practices formed part of a la
 rge network that spanned western China and the Korean peninsula. Surprisin
 gly similar types of talismans were used from 10th-century Dunhuang to 13t
 h-century Korea. At the same time\, the efficacy of each talisman reveals 
 considerable modification which continuously changed according to the need
 s of local populations in different periods and regions. This talk is base
 d on a joint study with Professor Paul Copp and Venerable Jeonggak.Youn-mi
  Kim is associate professor in the Department of History of Art at Ewha Wo
 mans University. Before joining the Ewha faculty\, Kim served as assistant
  professor in the Department of the History of Art at Yale University (201
 2–2016) and The Ohio State University (2011–2012)\, and was a postdoctoral
  associate at the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University (2010–2
 011). Kim is a specialist in Chinese Buddhist art\, but her broader intere
 st in the cross-cultural relationships between art and ritual extends to K
 orean and Japanese materials as well. She is particularly interested in sy
 mbolic rituals in which an architectural space serves as a material agent\
 ; the interplay between visibility and invisibility in Buddhist art\; and 
 the sacred spaces and religious macrocosms created by religious architectu
 re for imaginary pilgrimages. She is the editor of New Perspectives on Ear
 ly Korean Art: From Silla to Koryŏ (Cambridge\, MA: Korea Institute\, Harv
 ard University\, 2013). Her articles have appeared in the Journal of Song-
 Yuan Studies\, Religions\, International Journal of Buddhist Thought and C
 ulture\, as well as art history journals.  Based on archaeological data fr
 om a medieval Chinese pagoda and medieval ritual manuals\, she is currentl
 y completing two book manuscripts.This event will be held via Zoom. A link
  will be circulated to registrants by 10 am on the day of the event. This 
 event will be live with automatic captions.
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SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Cross-Cultural Transformation of Buddhist Tal
 ismans from Medieval China to Korea
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