2005 Symposium

Religion and Ethnicity:

The Second Symposium of the Social Scientific Study of Religion in China

In conjunction with the Summer Institute 2005, a Symposium for the Social Scientific Study of Religion was held on July 25-27, 2005 at Yunnan Nationalities University, Kunming. The theme of the Symposium was on “Religion and Ethnicity.” About 30 established scholars or advanced graduate students in China and the United States submitted papers and made presentations. The President and the Party Secretary of the Yunnan Nationalities University, leaders of the Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, and officials of the Yunnan Religious Affairs Bureau participated in the symposium. Symposium participants also visited churches, temples, the Yunnan Buddhist Academy, and some ethnic minority communities.