Announcement: Ian Harris as TLKY Visiting Professor, Winter 2008
Ian Harris Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (Jan – May 2008) The Institute of Asian Research welcomes Professor Ian Harris as the TLKY Canada Foundation Visiting Scholar. Professor Harris was a Senior Scholar at the Becket Institute, St. Hugh’s College, Oxford (20014) and is currently Professor of […]
Public Lecture: Ian Harris on Buddhism Under Pol Pot
“Buddhism in Extremis: The Fate of the Buddhist Order Under Pol Pot” Presented by Professor Ian Harris, Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Cumbria. Date: Wednesday February 27, 2008 Time: 12:30 – 2:05 PM Place: Centre for Southeast Asia Research, C.K. Choi Building Room 120, 1855 West Mall The Buddhist monastic sector (sangha) was virtually […]
Public Lecture: Ian Harris on Monastic Boundaries and the Concept of State
“Buddhist Monastic Boundary (sima) as an Explanatory Concept in the Contemporary Conception of the State in Southeast Asia” Presented by Professor Ian Harris, Senior Research Fellow, Documentation Center of Cambodia Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Date: Monday October 2, 2006 Time: 12:00 – 1:15 PM Place: Institute of Asian Research, C.K. Choi Building Room 120, 1855 West […]
Obituary: Professor Ian Charles Harris (June 17th 1952 to December 23rd 2014)
Former Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Visiting Professor, Ian Harris, passed away in December. Many at the Institute of Asian Research who worked with him during his time at the University of British Columbia in 2008 mourn his loss. Below, we have appended an obituary by Prof. Peter Harvey (General Editor, Buddhist Studies Review and co-founder of […]
Tomorrow!: Public Lecture by LeRon Harrison on Japanese Buddhism and Gagaku, or Court Music
The Centre for Japanese Research at UBC is proud to sponsor a public lecture by Prof. LeRon Harrison from the University of Oregon. Prof. Harrison will speak about: “Buddhism and Gagaku“ Date: Thursday, February 5th, 2015 Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm Venue: Room 120, C.K. Choi Building, 1855 West Mall Gagaku (Japanese court music) and Buddhism […]
Ian Harries on Khmer Buddhist Monks, Denied Religious Freedom in Vietnam
By Ian Harris, Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, reposted from Asia Pacific Report 32.2 (2008): 1, 7. The Mekong delta area, known in Cambodia as Kampuchea Krom, has been populated by Khmer speakers for around one and a half millennia. Not surprisingly, the Vietnamese annexation of the […]
Chair and Visiting Scholars
Mailing List Subscribe Social Media Recent Posts Jessica L. Main The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chair in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (Jul 2009 – present) André Laliberté The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Visiting Professor in Buddhism and Contemporary Society (Jan – June 2014) Gustaaf Houtman The Tung Lin Kok […]
A Brief Overview of Buddhist Studies at the University of British Columbia
by Jessica L. Main For prospective students: At the University of British Columbia (UBC), Buddhism is studied using a variety of disciplinary approaches and in historical periods spanning the ancient to the contemporary. The centre of this constellation of teaching and research on Buddhism is the Department of Asian Studies where the main strength is […]
Buddhist Ethics 3.0, Sep 29-Oct 2, 2022
Buddhist Ethics 3.0: In Memory of Michael Jerryson (1974-2021) University of British Columbia • Sep 30 – Oct 2, 2022 About the Conference Buddhist Ethics 3.0 is the third in a series of conferences originally launched by the editorial team of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics. The first was hosted by Daniel Cozort at Dickinson […]
Buddhism and Wellbeing, May 28-30, 2015
Buddhism and Wellbeing: Therapeutic Approaches to Human Flourishing University of British Columbia • May 28–30, 2015 The 5th Annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference (Hosted by the University of British Columbia’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society). Venue: St. John’s College 2111 Lower Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T […]