professor of religious studies, mother of two, scholar of Japanese religion, alumna of Guilford College and the University of Virginia
Portland, OR
Joined November 2020
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If you’re in town/Japan June 9-10, please join us for a star-studded discussion of the study of Japanese religions past, present, & future. If not, don’t worry! We’re planning to record the event.
Plz RSVP if you can by May 9–just for planning purposes. Walk-ins encouraged. 😉 – at Nagoya-shi Chikusa, Aichi
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Excellent piece. I was struck by this passage in particular:
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I'm honored to be delivering the Taitesu Unno Memorial Lecture at Smith College on Monday. If you're in the neighborhood, please come by!
Jessica Starling retweeted
What is Patchwork Ethnography? Find out in our online DIJ Method Talk 'Patchwork Ethnography: Interpenetrations of the Personal and the Professional in Research' with @drchikawatanabe @PatchworkEthno on 30 March @kott_no. Details & registration dij.tokyo/patchwork
Jessica Starling retweeted
Very thankful for the opportunity to talk with Nathan
Hopson on his pod about my new book. @NewBooksNetwork
Listen to find out how it all started and what spirituality has in common with Big America burgers at Japanese McDonalds (anyone remember those?) newbooksnetwork.com/spiritua…
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Please help spread the word: The Department of World Languages and Literatures at Boston University invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in premodern Chinese Literature before 1911, to begin July 1, 2023. academicjobsonline.org/ajo/j…
Looking forward to presenting my work at Princeton this Thursday! Please come if you happen to be in the neighborhood!
Very excited to welcome Jessica Starling (@JStar_2000) to Princeton next Thursday (3/2) to speak about her new research on Buddhist activism and Hansen's disease in Japan. If you happen to be anywhere vaguely in the area of central NJ, please join us: csr.princeton.edu/events/202…
ALT Poster advertising talk called "In Pursuit of Companionship" Hansen's disease in the Jōdo Shinshū Moral Imagination," a Buddhist Studies Workshop with Jessica Starling at 4:30 PM on Thursday March 2 in Jones 202. Image of an island at the top of the poster and three small images of people (sitting, standing, and offering flowers) in three circles. Sponsored by Center for Culture Society and Religion. Registration required.
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Jessica Starling retweeted
Today marks the commemoration of the Buddha's death, as celebrated in Japan and elsewhere. Images of the Buddha's death have long been a common theme in Japanese #BuddhistArt. While it would seem to be a serious subject, it has also been one of humor and parody. A 🧵. 1/
Revisiting Religion & Place in Light of Environmental, Legal, and Indigenous Studies - UVA Religion Lab religionlab.virginia.edu/rev…
CFP for the American Academy of Religion annual meeting in November is now open! Proposals are due March 1, 2023. papers.aarweb.org/pu/japanes…
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It's an honor to have my work published in the Journal of the American Academy of Religion (where I was once an editorial assistant to the peerless @CTMathewes!). I hope this piece is useful for teaching about Buddhism and gender, among other things. academic.oup.com/jaar/articl…
Jessica Starling retweeted
Great piece by @JonMalesic on willingness to learn!
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Teaching position in Buddhism at the University of Virginia—apply by January 15
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Join me and many other talented scholars of Women in Buddhism in Honolulu this summer for this excellent NEH program!
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Want an MA in Magic? Come to USC!
I'm overjoyed to announce that the University of South Carolina’s Department of History has officially launched 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 as a new graduate theme, the first of its kind in North America.
Some great-looking articles in the new issue of JJRS, focused on Japanese religion after 1940:
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Yah. Agree. nytimes.com/2022/07/08/opini…