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DR Stefania Travagnin's Outputs (54)

Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law (2023)
Book
Bartles-Smith, A., Crosby, K., Harvey, P., Tilakaratne, A., Ratheiser, D., Trew, N. M., Travagnin, S., Harris, E. J., Deegalle, M., & Kilby, C. A. (Eds.). (2023). Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003439820

What guidance can Buddhism provide to those involved in armed conflict and to belligerents who must perhaps kill or be killed or defend their families, communities or countries from attack? How, moreover, does Buddhism compare with international huma... Read More about Buddhism and International Humanitarian Law.

Fostering Education Beyond the Classroom: Examples from Republican Buddhism and their Legacy Today (2023)
Journal Article
Travagnin, S. (2023). Fostering Education Beyond the Classroom: Examples from Republican Buddhism and their Legacy Today

This research explores how Buddhist “education within/for lay society” translated in the Chinese context. In both the Imperial and Republican eras, Buddhist monastics and lay intellectuals did more than simply preach the laity. Trusting that Buddhist... Read More about Fostering Education Beyond the Classroom: Examples from Republican Buddhism and their Legacy Today.

Buddhist Discourses in Modern Suining (Sichuan): Local Discourses within Chinese and Regional Narrative (2021)
Journal Article
Travagnin, S. (2021). Buddhist Discourses in Modern Suining (Sichuan): Local Discourses within Chinese and Regional Narrative. Asia major, 34(2), 127-179

Research on Buddhism in modern Sichuan has been limited mostly to a few case studies and places. However, the in-depth research undertaken here reveals a richer picture, involving several rural and urban centers, and overlapping monastic and lay netw... Read More about Buddhist Discourses in Modern Suining (Sichuan): Local Discourses within Chinese and Regional Narrative.

Monk Changyuan 昌圓 (1879–1945), Nuns in Chengdu, and Revaluation of Local Heritage: Voicing Local (In)Visible Narratives of Modern Sichuan Buddhism (2021)
Journal Article
Travagnin, S. (2021). Monk Changyuan 昌圓 (1879–1945), Nuns in Chengdu, and Revaluation of Local Heritage: Voicing Local (In)Visible Narratives of Modern Sichuan Buddhism. Journal of Chinese religions, 49(2), 191-240

The study of Buddhism in modern Sichuan has been limited mostly to a few case studies and places. However, in-depth research reveals a richer picture, involving several rural and urban centers. This article seeks to redirect scholarly focus and give... Read More about Monk Changyuan 昌圓 (1879–1945), Nuns in Chengdu, and Revaluation of Local Heritage: Voicing Local (In)Visible Narratives of Modern Sichuan Buddhism.

Chinese Religion and Violence (2020)
Book Chapter
Travagnin, S., Li, G., Grootenhuis, H., & Sterken, A. (2020). Chinese Religion and Violence. In M. Jerryson (Ed.), Religious Violence Today: Faith and Conflict in the Modern World (131-175). ABC-CLIO

Reducing Suffering During Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism And International Humanitarian Law (2020)
Journal Article
Bartles-Smith, A., Crosby, K., Harvey, P., Premasiri, P. D., Tilakaratne, A., Ratheiser, D., Deegalle, M., Trew, N. M., Travagnin, S., & Harris, E. J. (2020). Reducing Suffering During Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism And International Humanitarian Law. Contemporary Buddhism, 21(1/2), 369-435. https://doi.org/10.1080/14639947.2021.1976016

This article stems from a project launched by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2017 to examine the degree to which Buddhism might complement or enhance international humanitarian law (IHL), also known as ‘the law of war’ or ‘the... Read More about Reducing Suffering During Conflict: The Interface Between Buddhism And International Humanitarian Law.

Introduction (2020)
Book Chapter
Travagnin, S., & Scott, G. A. (2020). Introduction. In S. Travagnin, & G. A. Scott (Eds.), Concepts and Methods for the Study of Chinese Religions II: Intellectual History of Key Concepts (1-10). De Gruyter