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Buddhism and the Future: Transhumanism and Posthumanism Call for Papers Submission Deadline 31 May 2022 Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies (Vol 18, 2023) Guest Editors: Martin Adam (UVIC) and Michael Berman (Brock U) The guest editors for CJBS invite all interested scholars to submit papers on any aspect of Buddhism in relation to transhumanism and … Continue reading [Call for Papers] CJBS Vol 18, 2023: Buddhism and the Future: Transhumanism and Posthumanism
May 26, 27, 31, June 2, 2022 Written by Tianjie Yin, École Pratique des Hautes Études In order to explore the subject Continuous Revelations”, cluster 2.3 of FROGBEAR hosted an online workshop at the end of May and the beginning of June. Seven sessions were presented by Philip Clart, Rostislav Berezkin, Katherine Alexander, Zhenzhen Lu, … Continue reading FROGBEAR Cluster 2.3 Continuous Revelations Online Workshop Report
Cluster 1.4: Enriched Reading Practices – 2022 Workshop MaterialBy Abigail MacBain, University of Edinburgh The first half of the two-year Enriched Reading Practices cluster met from June 25–29, 2022. It was led by Dr. Bryan Lowe of Princeton University and Dr. Lori Meeks of The University of Southern California, both of whom are specialists in premodern Japanese religion. While … Continue reading Cluster 1.4: Enriched Reading Practices – 2022 Workshop MaterialBy Abigail MacBain, University of Edinburgh
Longyu Zhang, Ghent University The “Image – Text – Reality in Buddhism: Interrelation & Internegation” workshop and the related fieldwork activities, belonging to the research cluster 3.4 of the FROGBEAR project, convened virtually from May 23 to May 31, 2022. Three-Day Conference The first part of the activity, a three-day conference, was organized by Prof. … Continue reading “Image – Text – Reality in Buddhism: Interrelation & Internegation” (May 23–31, 2022
Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies Editor Position The Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies (CJBS) is currently looking for a candidate to fill the editor position. The CJBS is an online peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes annually and which is dedicated to the promotion of Canadian Buddhist scholarship. Ideally, the editor will serve on the journal … Continue reading Editor Position Available
The Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies (CJBS) is currently looking for a candidate to fill the book review editor position. The CJBS is an online peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes annually and which is dedicated to the promotion of Canadian Buddhist scholarship. Ideally, the book review editor will serve on the journal for a minimumof two … Continue reading Book Review Editor Position Available
2022 Glorisun Intensive Program on Buddhism Report Huizhi Wang University of British Columbia The 2022 Glorisun International and Intensive Program on Buddhism, co-organized by the Glorisun Network for Buddhist Studies at UBC and Yale University, was held successfully on Zoom from July 20 to August 9, 2022. The three-week program incorporated various events: five seminars … Continue reading 2022 Glorisun Intensive Program on Buddhism Report
Cluster 3.1 Multicultural Dunhuang Field Visit Report 2022 Junfu Wong, University of Cambridge Report The Frogbear Cluster 3.1 entitled “Multicultural Dunhuang: Manuscripts and Paintings” was a fieldwork summer programme co-organised and taught by Professor Imre Galambos, a Dunhuang manuscript scholar and codicologist at the University of Cambridge, and Professor Michelle Wang, an art historian of … Continue reading Cluster 3.1 Multicultural Dunhuang Field Visit Report 2022
Tracing a history of the intersection of Buddhist thought and artistic production in North America (United States and Canada) from the mid-20th century to the present, In the Present Moment draws on the extensive collections at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria along with leading research and, for many artists, lifelong investigations into the relationship between art, … Continue reading In the Present Moment: Haema Sivanesan
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LECTURES Monasteries and Madhouses: On the Care and Confinement of the Insane in Early Modern and Contemporary East Asian BuddhismAugust 1, 2022, 6 am PDT, James Robson (Harvard University), Online https://frogbear.org/yin-cheng-distinguished-lecture-series-james-robson/https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ApdOGvrzojG9DbLX7EozykHbFsfb7xt6qh Lecture title TBCOctober 7, 2022, James Benn (McMaster University), In-person CONFERENCES How Zen Became Chan: Pre-modern and Modern Representations of a Transnational East Asian … Continue reading Upcoming Events