[CFP] UBC: International Conference: Buddhism & Technology: Historical Background and Contemporary Challenges

International Conference Buddhism and Technology: Historical Background and Contemporary Challenges  (UBC, September 20-22, 2019) The organizing committee for the international conference on “Buddhism and Technology: Historical Background and Contemporary Challenges” cordially invites the submission of related papers. The conference is sponsored by the Tianzhu Global Network for Buddhism and East Asian Culture, and organized by …

[Announcement] University of British Columbia: World Sanskrit Conference 2018 (July 9-13, 2018)

ACADEMIC PROGRAMME The 17th World Sanskrit Conference will feature a full schedule of five days of scholarly papers, plenary speakers, keynotes, special panels, and workshops, in addition to numerous evening events open to the general public (For more information about these, please see HERE). We have invited more than 600 of the foremost Sanskrit scholars …

[Conference] McGill: Buddhism and Ritual Performance in Pre-Modern Japan (September 28, 2018)

The event is sponsored by BDK Canada and CREOR McGill. Please see the attached poster for schedule details.

[Call for Abstracts] McGill University: Buddhism and Performance Conference (September 28, 2018)

Dear colleagues, In January 2018 the McGill University Rare Books Collection was able to acquire a 16th century Japanese manuscript related to the Yuima-e or Vimalakirti Assembly (Kofukuji) in addition to several Edo-Meiji prints concerning the Kasuga shrine. Both documents shed light on the performative aspect of Hoe and illustrate the vibrant ceremonies that took …

[Conference Schedule] University of Lethbridge: Research in Religious Studies (May 5-6, 2018)

The Research in Religious Studies Conference at the University of Lethbridge will take place from May 5 to 6 this year. Please see the schedule below for sessions' details. Research in Religious Studies SCHEDULE SATURDAY May 5 All conference sessions are in Anderson Hall 8:00 – 9:10         Light Breakfast and Registration      AH 175   …

[Call for Papers] UBC Conference: Buddhist Beasts: Reflections on Animals in Asian Religions and Culture (Deadline: Aug. 30, 2017)

The SSHRC partnership project “From the Ground Up: Buddhism and East Asian Religions” based in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia cordially invites participation in this 3-day (April 20-22, 2018) conference at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. This conference explores the many ways in which animals have …

[Blog] 2017 Canadian Society for the Study of Religion Conference Reflection

By Rutika Gandhi Recently, I have been in contact with the manager of the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies. Since I was about to attend the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences 2017 meeting for the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion at Ryerson University in Toronto, from May 27th – 30th,  I …

[Event Announcement] Conference: The End of Life: Dying, Suicide, Death at Institute for the Humanities, SFU (Nov.2-3, 2016)

Questions regarding the end of life––about dying, suicide, and death––have been with humanity from ancient times. Many thinkers have wrestled with the realities of suffering and mortality, and how we as humans, individually and collectively, can be the most humane, compassionate, and just in face of such certainties. Only one thing appears sure, and this …

[Call for Proposals] UBC Buddhist Studies Forum: Buddhism and Business, Market and Merit Conference: Intersections between Buddhism and Economics Past and Present (May 19-21,2017)

Buddhism and economics is emerging as a significant field of scholarly inquiry. Having long ago abandoned the vision of Buddhist practitioners as recluses seeking individual soteriological ends at a remove from the “ordinary” world, students of history, philosophers, and specialists in the subdiscipline of Buddhist economics itself are helping us to understand the religion’s pervasive …

[Event Announcement] UBC Conference: Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West (August 10-12, 2016)

Buddhism in the Global Eye: Beyond East and West University of British Columbia • August 10–12, 2016 Co-sponsored by the University of British Columbia’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (Jessica L. Main, director) and The Modernization of Buddhism in Global Perspective Project (SSHRC Insight Grant: John S. Harding, …