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Religion and Gender in China symposium
Rutgers Center for Chinese Studies presents:
Religion and Gender in 20th Century China: An International Symposium
Organized by Kang Xiaofei, George Washington University
Elena Valussi, Loyola University, Chicago
Xun Liu, Rutgers University, New Brunswick
Dates: Fri and Sat, Oct 9-10, 2015
Venue: 301 Van Dyck Hall, College Ave Campus, Rutgers University
Conference schedule:
Friday 10/9, 2015: 
9:30-11:30 AM:   Panel 1: Women, Gender and Religious Practices in Republican Era
Beata Grant, East Asian Studies, Washington University
“The Many Lives of Zhang Shenghui (1900-1967): Poet, Reformer, Educator, Laywoman and Nun”
Xun Liu, History, Rutgers University
 Women and Their Daoist Inner Alchemy Practice as Seen in Two Early 20th Century Journals
Elena Valussi, History, Loyola University, Chicago
Gender, Religion, and Nationalism in Chen Yingning’s work on Female Alchemy
Discussant: Kang Xiaofei
11:30AM-1:00 PM:   Lunch Break
1:15-2:45 PM:  Panel 2: Gender, Nationalism, Anti-superstition Campaigns in 20TH Century China
Xia Shi, History, New College of Florida/UCI
Women, Superstition, and the Reorientation towards Charity—The Case of Daoyuan
Xiaofei Kang, Religious Studies, George Washington University
Quelling the "Red-Shoed Female Demon:" Gender and Anti-Superstition in Communist Propaganda, 1944-45"
Discussant: Beata Grant
2:45-3:00 PM:            Tea Break
3:00-5:00 PM:  Panel 3: Women’s Practices among Ethnic Minorities in Post-1949 China/Taiwan
Neky Cheung, History Department, University of Macau.
“Lay Buddhist Women’s Jiezhu Practice in the Post-1949 South China”
Huang Pingying, Assistant Research Fellow, Center for Hakka Studies, National Central University, Taiwan
“The Religious Life of Contemporary Female Disciples of the Phoenix in Puli, Taiwan”
Megan Bryson, University of Tennessee
 “Gendering Minzu and Zongjiao: The Goddess Baijie in 1930s-1950s Yunnan
Discussant: Mayfair Yang
Saturday 10/10, 2015: 
9:00-10:45 AM:  Panel 4: Gender and Women’s Agency in Contemporary Chinese Religion
Adeline Herrou, Centre nationale de la recherché scientifique, Paris.
“The Greatest Daoist Nun under Heaven: Gender Issues and Quanzhen Monasticism in Contemporary China”
Mayfair Yang, Religious Studies/Anthropology, UC Santa Barbara
“Of Mothers and Goddesses:  Religiosity and Women's Agency in Wenzhou
Discussant: Elena Valussi
10:45-11:00AM:        Tea Break
11:00-Noon:              Roundtable Discussion:
Common issues and publication plans
Noon:                         Lunch and farewell
by denton.2 at osu.edu on October 8, 2015
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