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SUMMARY:Why did the Uyghurs become Buddhist?
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DESCRIPTION:Vortrag von Johan Elverskog (Dallas\, TX).\n\nIn 762 CE\, the 
 ruler of East Uyghur Khanate (ca. 744–840\, also known as Uyghur Steppe 
 Empire)\, Bügü Khan (759–779)\, converted to Manichaeism. The Uyghur e
 lite continued to embrace this tradition even when their empire on the Mon
 golian Plateau collapsed and they fled to present-day northwest China. But
  around the year 1000\, the Uyghurs converted to Buddhism\, the dominant r
 eligion among their subject peoples—the Chinese\, Sogdians\, and Tochari
 ans—and would remain Buddhist until their conversion to Islam centuries 
 later.\n\n\nJohan Elverskog explores the Uyghurs’ conversion in the larg
 er context of Eurasian geopolitics and the contemporary messianic belief t
 hat the end of the dharma was nigh. Johan Elverskog is a historian. He is 
 Dedman Family Distinguished Professor at Southern Methodist University and
  specialises in inter-Asian cross-cultural exchange and interaction. His r
 ecent and forthcoming publications include: Johan Elverskog\, "The Buddha
 ’s Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia" (Philadelphia: Universit
 y of Pennsylvania Press\, 2020) and "The Precious Summary: A History of th
 e Mongols" (New York: Columbia University Press\, forthcoming). Elverskog 
 was 2013 Visiting Research Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Dynamiken
  der Religionsgeschichte" in Bochum\n\n\nAufgrund der pandemiebedingten Re
 geln können nur begrenzte Platzmöglichkeiten angeboten werden. Es wird d
 eshalb dringend um eine verbindliche Anmeldung unter buddhistroad@rub.de b
 is zum 5. November 2021 gebeten.
LOCATION:CERES-Palais\, Raum "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://khk.ceres.rub.de/de/veranstaltungen/vortrag-johan-elverskog/
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