[Blog] A Reflection on Dr. Cuilan Liu’s Visit to McMaster’s Religious Studies Department on December 15, 2016

By Crystal Beaudoin On December 15th of 2016, Religious Studies faculty and students welcomed Dr. Cuilan Liu to our department as a guest lecturer. Dr. Liu is an Assistant Professor of Buddhist Studies at Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on relationships between Buddhism and the State during …

[Blog] Bringing Buddhist Art to Vancouver: A Luncheon Preview of “Cave Temples of Dunhuang: Buddhist Arts on China’s Silk Road” Exhibition (May 7th-September 4th, 2016)

By Ngoc Le Buddhist arts enthusiasts, scholars and local press gathered on February 16th for a special presentation of the upcoming exhibition “Cave of Temples Dunhuang: Buddhist Arts of the Silk Road” at Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel in downtown Vancouver. Notable attendants were Tim Whalen, Director of the Getty Conservation Institute; Marcia Reed, Chief Curator …