Third International Conference

Daoism and the Contemporary World

Daoist Cultivation in Theory and Practice

25-28 May 2006

Monastery Frauenwörth near Munich, Germany

Organizers

Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Sinological Institute

Medical Society for Qigong Yangsheng, Bonn

Societas Medicinae Sinensis (International Society for Chinese
Medicine), Munich

Keynote Speaker: Catherine Despeux, Paris

Presentations on:

Daoism and long life Qigong and Taiji quan

Herbs and diets Daoism and medicine

Daoist concepts of body and self Daoism in China today

Health practices and modern science Comparative monastic cultivation

Daoist cultivation in history Daoism and ecology

Daoism and health politics New visions of life and health

Workshops on:

Taiji quan, Qigong, Daoyin, Chinese medicine, meditation,
visualization, dietary methods

Presentation format:

individual papers or complete panels, with three papers plus chair
and discussant

languages: English, German, Chinese (abstracts will be translated)

Schedule: The conference will begin on Thursday, May 25, at 2 pm,
with a plenary session (welcome, keynote speaker). Then panels will
be open Thursday afternoon, Friday morning, Friday afternoon,
Saturday morning, and Saturday afternoon.

A plenary session with concluding remarks will take place Saturday,
at 4:00 p.m. The conference will end around 5:00 p.m. on Saturday.
An excursion to monastaries and mountains is scheduled for Sunday.

Conference Fee: 60 €

To register:

E-mail: info@...

Mail: Medical Society for Qigong Yangsheng

Colmantstr. 9, D 53115 Bonn, Germany

Please supply the following:

Name

Institution

E-mail address

Address

Phone/fax

Paper title (if presenting)

Please check with kind of monastery accommodation you prefer (for
three days):

50 € per day (double occupancy, all meals included)

80 € per day (single room with private bath, all meals included)

Deadline:

Registration for housing: March 1, 2006.

Abstracts for papers: email by March 15, 2006.

The abstracts will be put at the homepage www.daoism-conference.de

Final schedule will be emailed around April 15, 2006