Ven. Ajahn Jayasaro – A Dhamma Talk
Date May 6, 2024 Time 6:30 – 8:30 PM PST Location Floral Hall | VanDunsen Botanical Garden | Vancouver, BC This event is in-person, free and open to the public. More information Venerable Ajahn Jayasaro, Senior Theravada Buddhist Monk in the That Forest Tradition is visiting Vancouver in early May and speaking at Van Dusen […]
Conference – Burning Refuge
[Original post here] Date March 7-9, 2024 Location Harvard Divinity School Closed Conference Themes Buddhism and Race, White Supremacy & Colonialism Buddhism and Sex, Gender & Queer/Trans Being Buddhism and Capitalism & Labor Buddhism and AI, Technology & Meta-Narratives of Progress Buddhism and Environmental Justice, Animal Liberation & Deep Ecology Keynote Speakers Ven. Kodo Nishimura […]
Language Learning: Summer Tibetan and Nepali Language Courses
[Original post here] Nepali Language in a Community Context (NEPL 390) and Tibetan Language in a Community Context (TIBT 390) will be offered by the Department of Asian Studies in collaboration with the UBC Himalaya Program again this year! How to apply Not a UBC Student? If you are a non-UBC student, resident in Canada, […]
Second Annual UBC Himalaya Program Lecture: Prof. Christoph Emmrich
This lecture is sponsored by the UBC Himalaya Program and co-sponsored by School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute of Asian Research, Department of Asian Studies, and RHNHFF BCS Program. [Original post here] Date Tue, Mar 28, 2023 Time 5:30 – 7:30 PM PST Location UBC | Room 130 Liu Institute Registration Closed About […]
Public Talk: Tanya Marie Luhrmann, “Voices of Madness, Voices of Spirit”
This lecture is sponsored by the UBC Program in the Study of Religion and co-sponsored by Database of Religious History, Department of Anthropology, Department of Asian Studies, Department of Philosophy, and RHNHFF BCS Program. [Original post here] Date Mon, Mar 06, 2023 Time 4:00 – 6:00 PM PST Registration Closed About this Event They seem […]
Public Talk: Curator Jeff Watt, “Mara’s Three Daughters in Tibetan Art”
This lecture is sponsored by the UBC Himalaya Program and the Institute of Asian Research with administrative support from UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Hosted by UBC Department of Asian Studies. [Original post here] Date Thu, Feb 09, 2023 Time 5:30 – 7:30 PM PST Registration Closed About this Event The Daughter’s […]
Applications Open for the 2021- 2022 Competition Year of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhist Studies
The online fellowship and grant administration (OFA) system is now open for applications
Himalayan Research in the Time of COVID-19: Views from Canada
DATE Fri, November 13, 2020 TIME 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PST Register Here About the Event Featuring a panel of graduate students and emerging scholars across different disciplines and institutions in Canada, the roundtable discussion will explore the ongoing experience of what it is like to conduct research about the Himalaya region during a […]
CJBS Publication: 2020 Special Issue Buddhism and Social Change
The Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies 2020 special issue “Buddhism and Social Change“ was published and is now available for online reading READ THE SPECIAL ISSUE VISIT CJBS Introduction of the Special Issue By Wendi Adamek, University of Calgary Articles As If This Is Home By Wendi Adamek, University of Calgary Chan Practitioners as Agents […]
UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Lecture Series: Dr. John Kieschnick
This lecture is sponsored by Tianzhu Global Network for the Study of Buddhist Cultures with administrative support from FROGBEAR. Hosted by UBC Department of Asian Studies. UBC Tianzhu-Hurvitz Lecture Series Karma in Chinese Buddhist Historiography About the event Friday, October 9, 2020 | 8:00 – 9:30 AM Over the course of 1500 years, Chinese Buddhist […]