Public Lecture: Phillip Bloom on Visualizing Ritual in the Song Dynasty
Join us at the Frederic Lasserre building on January 21 for Dr. Bloom’s talk!
Making and Defending Sacred Space: Parasols in Dunhuang Buddhist Rituals
UBC Buddhist Studies Forum, Kameyama Lecture Series and Centre for Chinese Research (CCR) proudly presents a lecture by Prof. Xin YU 余欣 (Fudan University & Princeton University) Date and time: January 21 (Thursday), 2016, 3:30–5:00pm Venue: Asian Library, Room 506, 1871 West Mall, BC, V6T1Z2 Professor Yu has investigated all manuscripts concerning parasols, mainly focusing on “Liturgies for Installing Parasols” 安傘文 from Dunhuang. He argues […]
A Reflection on DDVC’s Second Academic Workshop, by Lisa Su
A Workshop co-sponsored by DDVC and UBC A congregation of Buddhist scholars gathered at the Dharma Drum Vancouver Center on Saturday, October 4th, in the late hours of the afternoon. They come from all over the world to attend the conference on Paper, Print and Cyberspace: The Perspective of a Global Network for the […]
Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies: Call for Papers
After ten years leading the Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies Professor Suwanda Sugunasiri has decided to retire from the journal to pursue his own creative projects. We are grateful for his long-term commitment to Buddhist studies in Canada and look forward to further developing the journal under the leadership of a new editorial board. We are pleased too […]
New Sound Recording Available
A sound recording of C. Pierce Salguero’s keynote address given at this past summer’s conference, Buddhism and Wellbeing, is now available! Click here to listen to Dr. Salguero’s talk. Stay tuned for information on next year’s conference, and please sign up for our mailing list to receive notifications of upcoming events! On May 29, 2015, The Robert […]
Conference: Paper, Print, and Cyberspace: Interdisciplinary Studies of Buddhism — Oct 4-5
Paper, Print, and Cyberspace: The Perspective of a Global Network for the Multimedia and Interdisciplinary Studies of Buddhism and East Asian Religions This academic workshop, co-sponsored by Dharma Drum Vancouver Center and the UBC Buddhist Studies Forum, brings together scholars to discuss Buddhism and other East Asian religions from a variety of perspectives. This free […]
Public Lecture: Frances Wood on Buddhism, Nestorian Christianity, and the Silk Roads
In celebration of UBC Library’s centennial, author and former British Library curator of Chinese collections Dr. Frances Wood, will speak on the movement of ideas and icons across Central Asia facilitated by the Silk Road trade routes: “From Buddhism to Nestorian Christianity: The Importance of the Silk Roads in the Movement of Ideas and Religions […]
Academic Workshop: Buddhism Now at Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre
This academic workshop, presented by Dharma Drum Vancouver Center, brings together four distinguished scholars of Buddhism to give lectures on the theme of “Buddhism Now: Opportunities and Challenges.” This free workshop will be open to all members of the public and academic community who have an interest in contemporary Buddhism. To register for this event, go to http://www.ddmba.ca Sunday, […]
Public Lecture: Brenton Sullivan on Tibetan Buddhist Monasticism
“Between Heaven and Hell: The Daily Life of Tibetan Buddhist Monks and the Social Fabric of Tibet” Talk by Brenton Sullivan, Sunday, February 22, 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., in Room 120 of the C. K. Choi Building. The image of monasteries in Tibet has suffered from the same sort of distortion affecting Tibetan history and society more […]