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By Crystal Beaudoin McMaster's Religious Studies Department was a hub of activity on the weekend of May 13-14 2016, as we celebrated the 50th anniversary of our graduate program. The weekend commenced with an opening reception and barbecue on Friday evening. Saturday began with a 50th-anniversary luncheon, during which we heard from Professor Eileen Schuller, … Continue reading [Blog] A Report on McMaster’s Religious Studies Department’s 50th Anniversary of Graduate Studies Celebration
A public lecture by Assistant Professor of East Asian Art Phillip E. Bloom (Department of Art History, Indiana University) at UBC on January 21, 2016 (5:30 p.m.). Click the picture for more details.
This FREE online event presented by Shambhala Mountain Center will feature more than 30 of the world's most brilliant teachers of purposeful living and societal transformation. They'll be guiding us -- through dialogues, presentations, and guided meditations -- in a five day journey to bring the wisdom of mindfulness, meditation, and yoga into our daily … Continue reading Shambhala Mountain Center’s Free Online Conference: Awake in the World (Nov. 4-8, 2015)
When the Vietnamese monk physician Tuệ Tĩnh慧靖 (c. 1330-c.1389) was approximately fifty-five years old he was sent, along with nineteen other monks, with the diplomatic mission of 1385 as a living present to the Ming Dynasty from the Vietnamese royal court. Despite the fact that his travels were involuntary Tuệ Tĩnh’s journey to China and … Continue reading [Event] UBC Asian Studies Lecture: “The Medical, Religious, and Diplomatic Travels of Tuệ Tĩnh 慧靖” (Oct. 15, 2015)
Dr. Peter Nosco has recently returned from his sabbatical over the last year in Japan and has published a new book this summer via Cambridge University Press. The book, co-edited with Dr. Simone Chambers of the University of Toronto, is titled Dissent on Core Beliefs: Religious and Secular Perspectives and compares the ways in which nine ethical and … Continue reading [Event] UBC: Book launch of UBC Professor Peter Nosco’s new edited volume: Dissent on Core Beliefs: Religious and Secular Perspectives Sept. 25
Dharma Drum Vancouver Center (DDVC) is pleased to co-sponsor “A Local Workshop on a Global Network” with the UBC Buddhist Stdies Forum on October 4th and 5th of 2015. The keynote speeches will be given on October 4th by Dr. T. H. Barrett of the University of London, and Dr. Masahiro Shimoda of the University … Continue reading [Event] Paper, Print and Cyberspace: UBC Buddhist Studies Forum Oct. 4-5