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Researcher
Ann Heirman
- Keywords:religious material culture, Monasticism, Chinese Buddhism, Buddhism
- Disciplines:Study of Buddhism, Cultural history
Affiliations
- Department of Languages and Cultures (Department)
Responsible
From1 Oct 2018 → Today - Department of Languages and Cultures (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 2018 → Today - Department of Languages and Cultures (Department)
Member
From1 Jun 2012 → Today - Department of Languages and cultures of South and East Asia (Department)
Member
From1 Oct 1995 → 31 May 2012
Projects
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- Corpora in Greater Gandhāra: Tracing the Development of Buddhist Textuality and Gilgit/Bamiyan Manuscript Networks in the First Millennium of the Common EraFrom1 Jan 2024 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
- Vinaya Revival on Baohua Mountain in Ming–Qing ChinaFrom1 Oct 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Legitimizing Buddhism through the Body: On Robe, Posture, and Tonsure in Early Medieval China’s Buddhist Communities.From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- From Aksara to Corpora: Tracing the Development of Buddhist Textuality and Manuscript Networks in Greater GandharaFrom1 Nov 2022 → 13 Nov 2023Funding: FWO senior postdoctoral fellowship
- Nalanda in the history of philosophy: An investigation of the textual and material sourcesFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- The Awakening of the Hinterland: The Regional Establishment of Mainstream Buddhist Traditions in Mid-Tang China (755–845)From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- The “Revolution” of Chinese Buddhism of the Mao Era: A Study of the Monastic Life on Mt. Jiuhua (1949–1978)From1 Oct 2021 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- “Revolutionizing” the Abode of Dizang Bodhisattva: A Study of Modern Jiuhua Buddhism (1949-1976)From1 Sep 2021 → 30 Sep 2021
- Buddhist Ideology and Propaganda in the Indic Northwest: A Study in Avadana LiteratureFrom1 Oct 2020 → 30 Sep 2023Funding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Chinese Buddhism and society in the first 40 years of the 20th centuryFrom1 Oct 2020 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
Publications
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- Body movement and sport activities : a Buddhist normative perspective from India to China(2023)Series: Studies on East Asian Religions
Authors: Ann Heirman, Tzu-Lung Chiu, Ester Bianchi, Daniela Campo
Pages: 297 - 324 - Physical exercise and sporting activities in contemporary Taiwanese and mainland Chinese Buddhist monasteries(2023)Series: Studies on East Asian Religions
Authors: Tzu-Lung Chiu, Ann Heirman, Ester Bianchi, Daniela Campo
Pages: 325 - 358 - Reaching for perfection : studies on the means and goals of ascetical practices in an interreligious perspective(2022)
Authors: Joseph Verheyden, Geert Roskam, Ann Heirman, Johan Leemans
- Introduction(2022)Volume: 329
Authors: Joseph Verheyden, Geert Roskam, Ann Heirman, Johan Leemans, Joseph Verheyden, Geert Roskam, Johan Leemans
Pages: 1 - 7 - What is the position of nuns in Buddhism?(2021)Series: Religion in 5 Minutes
Authors: Ann Heirman, Elizabeth J. Harris
Pages: 163 - 167 - How does one become ordained?(2021)Series: Religion in 5 Minutes
Authors: Ann Heirman, Elizabeth J. Harris
Pages: 153 - 156 - What is the role of monasticism in Buddhism?(2021)Series: Religion in 5 Minutes
Authors: Ann Heirman, Elizabeth J. Harris
Pages: 148 - 152 - The consumption of garlic : vinaya rules(2021)
Authors: Ann Heirman
Pages: 63 - 89 - What about rats? Buddhist disciplinary guidelines on rats : Daoxuan’s vinaya commentaries(2021)
Authors: Ann Heirman
- 18-20 juli 2007(2021)
Authors: Ann Heirman, Leah Budke, Eloïse Forestier
Pages: 236 - 238