Buddhas Paradies

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Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 To Sun, 03 Oct 2010
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Museum Rietberg

Gablerstrasse 15
8002 Zürich

T. +41 (0)44 206 31 31
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http://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/kultur/de/index/institutionen/museum_rietberg.html

 

Wie kommt es, dass uns eine 2000 Jahre alte Figur eines Buddhas aus dem pakistanischen Gandhara so vertraut vorkommt wie eine Skulptur der griechisch-römischen Antike?

In Gandhara, am Fuss des Hindukusch, kreuzten sich einst wichtige Handelswege. Entlang dieser Lebensadern fand ein reger kultureller Austausch statt: Die westliche antike Kultur gelangte mit dem Asienfeldzug Alexanders des Grossen (356 – 323 v. Chr.) nach Gandhara. Aus Indien kam der Buddhismus, und aus Zentralasien wanderten Nomadenvölker wie die Kushana ein. Die verschiedenen Einflüsse verschmolzen zu einer einzigartigen buddhistischen Kultur, die vom 1. bis 5. Jahrhundert blühte.

Die Kunst Gandharas strahlt Ruhe und Erhabenheit aus. Die einst prächtigen Klöster waren mit künstlerisch herausragenden Reliefs geschmückt, die durch ihren erzählerischen Reichtum bezaubern: Nirgendwo in der buddhistischen Kunst haben die Bildhauer so viele Episoden aus dem Leben des Buddha dargestellt. Archäologen haben hier Skulpturen entdeckt, die zu den frühesten figürlichen Darstellungen des Buddha gehören.

Heute steht das Gebiet der einstigen Hochkultur im Fokus politischer Auseinandersetzungen. 2001 wurden die monumentalen Buddha-Figuren von Bamiyan in Afghanistan gesprengt – einst stolze Zeugen der Gandhara-Kultur. Die pakistanischen Museen, die erstmals ihre Schätze in den Westen ausleihen, zeigen mit dieser Ausstellung eine andere Seite dieser Region: Gandharas Geschichte ist voller Reichtum, Toleranz und kultureller Vielfalt.

Eine Ausstellung der Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn.

Unter dem Patronat der UNESCO
Mit Unterstützung von Novartis und der Parrotia-Stiftung 


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International Health Sciences Conference: Advancing Comprehensive Heart and Cancer Care

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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 To Sat, 16 Oct 2010
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NTERNATIONAL HEALTH SCIENCES CONFERENCE

Advancing Comprehensive Heart and Cancer Care

October 14-16, 2010
Nairobi, Kenya


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Gender and Identity in Muslim Contexts

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Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2010 To Sat, 16 Oct 2010
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This course is jointly offered by the AKU-ISMC and the Centre for Gender Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS).

Challenging stereotypical understandings of gender roles in Muslim societies, this course will highlight the multiple and changing constructs of these roles and identities both historically and in contemporary contexts.

We will consider the entanglements of colonial, national and transnational projects and movements at different historical moments, which have shaped and coerced roles and expectations for Muslim men and women. Specific case studies will allow us to identify and assess socio-economic, religious, and political circumstances that inform gender roles and relations.

We will explore a range of topics, such as dress and adornment, Islamic feminism, marriage and family law – across geographies from the Middle East to Europe– to shed light on the wider contestations and negotiations of gender roles and expectations.

The course will explore the complex ways in which religion can be used both to restrict women’s roles and to serve as a tool for empowerment and independence. We will look at ways that Muslim women and men have transgressed, reproduced and challenged gender hierarchies by engaging in scholarship, activism and the creative arts. The course will be taught through a combination of lectures, debate and group discussions.

Please click here for further information about the Centre for Gender Studies


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Exploring Muslim Cultures Level I

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Exploring Muslim Cultures Level I
October 12-November 4, 2010
210 Euston Road, Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, London, UK

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