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10 Jun 2024: 1. “Historiography and Hagiography in Buddhism and Beyond”. Yin-cheng International Conference. Newnham College, University of Cambridge. 8-10 July 2024. Conference Schedule. Monday, July 8. 9:30-10:00 Registration and coffee. 10:00-12:00 Session 1 Welcome Address: Noga Ganany Keynote Addresses. • Rey Sheng Her The Public History in of Contemporary Buddhism: Exemplifying Tzu Chi’s Oral History and Documentation. • Mark Meulenbeld Place and Presence: What Peach Spring tells us about Hagiography. 12:00-13:30 Lunch break. 2. 13:30-15:30 Session 2 The Life/Lives of the Buddha: Chair: Richard Bowring. • Mario Poceski Intersections of History, Legend, and Myth in the Live(s) of the Buddha. • Arun Kumar Yadav Historiography of Some Major Biographical Events of the Śākyamuni Buddha. • Gudrun Bühnemann An Illustrated Life of Śākyamuni Buddha According to the Newar Buddhist Tradition. 15:30-16:00 Coffee break. 16:00-17:30 Session 3 Writing, Publishing, and the Laity: Chair: Noga Ganany. • Marcus Bingenheimer. Uses of Biography in the Longshu jingtuwen (1162 CE). • Guo Xing Bhikshuni (Yu-Chen Tsui) Hongzhi Zhengjue’s Usage of Allusions from Secular Literature in Gong’an Commentarial Verses. • Katherine

10 Jun 2024: 1. “Historiography and Hagiography in Buddhism and Beyond”. Yin-cheng International Conference. Newnham College, University of Cambridge. 8-10 July 2024. Conference Schedule. Monday, July 8. 9:30-10:00 Registration and coffee. 10:00-12:00 Session 1 Welcome Address: Noga Ganany Keynote Addresses. • Rey Sheng Her The Public History in of Contemporary Buddhism: Exemplifying Tzu Chi’s Oral History and Documentation. • Mark Meulenbeld Place and Presence: What Peach Spring tells us about Hagiography. 12:00-13:30 Lunch break. 2. 13:30-15:30 Session 2 The Life/Lives of the Buddha: Chair: Richard Bowring. • Mario Poceski Intersections of History, Legend, and Myth in the Live(s) of the Buddha. • Arun Kumar Yadav Historiography of Some Major Biographical Events of the Śākyamuni Buddha. • Gudrun Bühnemann An Illustrated Life of Śākyamuni Buddha According to the Newar Buddhist Tradition. 15:30-16:00 Coffee break. 16:00-17:30 Session 3 Writing, Publishing, and the Laity: Chair: Noga Ganany. • Marcus Bingenheimer. Uses of Biography in the Longshu jingtuwen (1162 CE). • Guo Xing Bhikshuni (Yu-Chen Tsui) Hongzhi Zhengjue’s Usage of Allusions from Secular Literature in Gong’an Commentarial Verses. • Katherine