[Event] Online Conference Session: Transmission of Buddhism in Asia and Beyond

ONLINE July 3–5, 2020in collaboration with Princeton University This session is the first of three in the conference Enduring Discoveries of the Cosmopolitan, Multicultural, Expansive and Relative Orthodoxies in the Study of East Asian Buddhism, History, Manuscripts, Archaeology, Literature, Art, and East-West Exchanges that will honor the late Dr. Antonino Forte (1940–2006). The Glorisun Global …

[Online] 2020 International and Intensive Program on Buddhism in collaboration with Princeton University

2020 Glorisun International & Intensive Program on Buddhism (June 27–July 15; ONLINE, in collaboration with Princeton University) The Glorisun Global Network for Buddhist Studies, whose founding members include Peking University, UBC, Princeton, Yale, Harvard, U Hamburg, Cambridge and Oxford, cordially invites applications for an intensive program on Buddhist Studies. Lasting from June 27 to July …

[Online] 2020 International and Intensive Program on Buddhism in Collaboration with McMaster University and University of Toronto

2020 Tianzhu International & Intensive Program on Buddhism (July 31–August 15, 2020; ONLINE, in collaboration with McMaster University & University of Toronto, Canada) The Tianzhu Global Network for the Study of Buddhist Cultures, whose founding members include UBC, Ghent University, Harvard, INALCO, McMaster, and UC Berkeley, with support from the Department of Religious Studies at the University …

[Blog] A Reflection on the International and Intensive Program on Buddhist at UBC

By Meng Zhang The International and Intensive Program on Buddhism was held at University of British Columbia from July 27 to August 15, 2018. This program consisted of six seminars delivered by six international scholars. Each seminar combined a close reading of primary sources with lectures on the implications of the study of these sources. …

[Blog] A Reflection on Professor Barend J. ter Haar’s Lecture Series at the UBC International and Intensive Program on Buddhism

By Jing Le and Jisi Fu From July 30th to August 3rd, 2018, Dr. Barend J. ter Haar, the Run Run Shaw Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Oriental Studies, delivered a lecture series about re-reading sources on Lord Guan (Guan Yu, a famous god in China). Professor ter Haar’s lectures …

[Blog] A Student Reflection of the International and Intensive Program on Buddhism at UBC

By Zhang Anqi My name is Zhang Anqi, a third-year undergraduate at Shanghai International Studies University 上海外國語大學 and Globalink Mitacs Intern at the University of Saskatchewan. Thanks to Prof. George Keyworth’s suggestion and encouragement, I’m very glad to have the chance to participate in the International and Intensive Program on Buddhism at the University of …

[Blog] Perceiving the Change of China through the Scope of Buddhism

By Shuyue He Under the organization of Professor Chen Jinhua, the University of British Columbia (UBC) hosted an international and intensive program on Buddhism from July 28 to August 12, 2018. The program has provided a platform for young scholars from across the world to engage in cross-cultural and interdisciplinary dialogues on Buddhism, further undertaking …

[Call for Applications] An International and Intensive Program on Buddhism at UBC (July 29-August 18, 2018)

The Tianzhu Global Network of Buddhist Studies at UBC, with the assistance from UBC’s SSHRC-sponsored international and interdisciplinary project on Buddhism and East Asian Religions (www.frogbear.org), cordially invites applications for an intensive program on Buddhism and East Asian Cultures. Lasting for three weeks from July 29 to August 18, 2018, this program is composed of …