07:30-09:00
Registration
OPENING CEREMONY
Room: Queen’s Park 1
09:00-09:30
A Briefing to HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
President, Chulalongkorn University
Opening Address
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
PLENARY SESSION 1
Room: Queen’s Park 1
Chair: Peter Skilling
09:30-10:00
Narrative of the Seven in the Buddha’s Biography
Prapod Assavavirulhakarn
– Chulalongkorn University
10:00-10:45
Break
PLENARY SESSION 2
Room: Queen’s Park 1
Chair: Hwang Soonil
10:45-11:45
Buddhist and Jain Narratives of Early Times: How do They Relate?
Nalini Balbir
– University of Paris-3
Buddhist Mythology and Japanese Medieval Mythology: Some Theoretical Issues
Nobumi Iyanaga
– Tokyo Centre of the École française d'Extrême Orient
11:45-13:30
Lunch
NARRATIVES & IDEOLOGY
Room: Queen’s Park 1
Chair: Justin McDaniel
13:30-14:45
Narratives of Travel and Ship-wreck
Himanshu Prabha Ray
– Jawaharlal Nehru University
Buddhist Influence in Mongolian Epic Tradition Geser
Chao Gejin
– Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Continuity or Chaos?: Karma and Rebirth in early Buddhist and Jain Narrative
Naomi Appleton
– Cardiff University
14:45-15:15
Break
NARRATIVES OF GIVING & SACRIFICE
Room: Queen’s Park 1
Chair: Toshiya Unebe
15:15-16:30
Dāna of one’s own body and the dāna perfection (pāramitā)
Hwang Soonil
– Dongguk University
Narrative and Gift-Giving in Thai Ānisaṃsa Texts
Arthid Sheravanichkul
– Chulalongkorn University
The Evolution of the Story of Sadāprarudita in the Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra
Bhikṣu Chang Tzu
– University of Sydney