LECTURER:
Lisa Zhang (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Tohoku University)
DATE:
January 31, 2025 (Friday)
16:30-18:00 (JST)
VENUE:
東北大学・川内北キャンパス
国際文化研究科棟 101会議室
Tohoku Univ., Kawauchi Campus
Grad. School of Intl. Cult. Studies, r.101
(For directions, please click here)
This English language event is open to anyone who is interested. Registration is not required（本講演は英語にて行われる。登録不要）。
ABSTRACT:
In 1902, the renowned Buddhist scholar and philosopher Inoue Enryō (1858-1919) embarked on his second world trip, which included an in-depth exploration of India. Often called “Doctor Monster” for his work on yōkai, he also sought to revitalize Buddhist scholarship through direct engagement with historic sites and living traditions. In this lecture, Lisa Zhang delves into Inoue’s experiences traveling across key Buddhist pilgrimage locations, highlighting how these encounters shaped his views on cross-cultural exchange and helped refine his approach to modernizing Buddhist thought. She will explore excerpts from Inoue’s travelogue Seikō nichiroku, to uncover the philosophical and religious insights he gleaned while visiting Bodh Gaya and other sacred regions. By investigating how Inoue merged Eastern spirituality with Western academic approaches, Zhang promises to offer a fresh perspective on early twentieth-century global intellectual networks.
ABOUT THE LECTURER:
Lisa Zhang is a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Japanese Religion and Intellectual History at the Graduate School of International Cultural Studies, Tohoku University. Her current research focuses on Chinese-Japanese Buddhist exchanges in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She has broad interests in intellectual history, transcultural studies, and China–India relations. After receiving her training at University College London, Fudan University, and the University of Copenhagen, she defended her PhD dissertation, “Re-thinking Indian Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century China,” at the University of Heidelberg in 2023.
The event is organized by the Tohoku University Graduate School of International Cultural Studies (Dept. of Japanese Religion and Intellectual History).
For more information, please contact klautau@tohoku.ac.jp
