Dr. Suraj Yengde: Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture Series & Ambedkar Chetna Awards Night
DATE Thursday October 10, 2019 TIME 5:00 to 6:30 PM LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room 120 | 1855 West Mall The Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture Series & Ambedkar Chetna Awards Night (2019) In the book ‘Caste Matters’ Suraj Yengde unearths the rigid and discriminatory caste system. In addition to delivering […]
Lecture: Dr. David Geary: Awakened Villages: Liberation and Exclusion at the Place of Buddha’s Enlightenment in North India
DATE Thursday October 3, 2019 TIME 6:30 to 8:00 PM LOCATION UBC | Henry Angus Building Room 241 | 2053 West Mall About this event The state of Bihar (the “land of vihara”) is frequently lauded by Indian political leaders and Buddhist teachers as the “land of origins” and/or homeland of Buddhism that has given […]
Workshop: Buddhism and Social Change
DATE Monday September 30, 2019 TIME 9 AM to 4:40 PM LOCATION Richmond | Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre 8240 No. 5 Rd About this event The Dharma Drum Vancouver Centre’s “Buddhism and Social Change” workshop proposes to address areas of dialogue between Buddhist practice and the complex social and environmental crises and transitions we currently […]
Buddhism & Technology: Historical Background and Contemporary Challenges
DATE September 20 – 22, 2019 LOCATION UBC | St. John’s College 2111 Lower Mall | Vancouver, BC DAY 1 – Friday, Sept 20 Tzu Chi Foundation Canada (8850 Osler) 3:00PM to 8:00PM DAY 2 – Saturday, Sept 21 St. John’s College (211 Lower Mall) 8:00AM to 8:30PM DAY 3 – Sunday, Sept 22 St. […]
The Politics and Pathways of Return: June 28-29
University of British Columbia • June 28-29, 2019 All keynote presentations are public events. The workshop is closed door and there is limited space. Please contact the organizer david.geary@ubc.ca if you are interested in attending. This event is sponsored by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, The Robert H. N. Ho Family […]
Lecture: “Carrying a Basket of Gold,” A Historical Reflection on Buddhist Concepts and Ethics in Bhutan with Dagmar Schwerk
DATE Monday, March 18th, 2019 TIME 5:30 to 7:00 PM LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room 120 | 1855 West Mall The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society is delighted to welcome Dagmar Schwerk, Khyentse Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Asian Studies, who will give a lecture entitled: Carrying […]
Lecture: Khenpo Chöying Dorjee on Emptiness: “How to Milk a Painted Cow”
DATE Thursday, February 28, 2019 TIME 6:30 to 8:00 PM LOCATION UBC | Henry Angus Building Room 241 | 2053 Main Mall The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society is delighted to welcome Khenpo Chöying Dorjee, who will give a lecture entitled: ‘How to Milk a Painted Cow’: Considering the Buddhist View […]
Lecture: Ambedkar’s Idea of Religion, with Dr. Valerian Rodrigues
DATE Thursday, February 28, 2019 TIME 5:00 to 7:00 PM LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room 120 | 1855 West Mall Lecture: Ambedkar’s Idea of Religion, with Dr. Valerian Rodrigues About this event Much of the existing scholarship on Ambedkar’s idea of religion has focused on his critique of Hinduism and on his distinct approach […]
Monasteries as Home: Facing Challenges of Modernization in Tibetan Monastic Education and Leadership
DATE 25 February, 2019 TIME 5:30 to 7:00 pm LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room #120, 1855 West Mall About the event For well over 500 years in Tibet, the Buddhist monasteries stood at the center of Tibetan cultural, spiritual, artistic, economic and political life. Now, with many Tibetan monasteries relocated to India and around […]
Event: Dr Ambedkar’s Legacy – Our Campaign to Outlaw Caste Discrimination in Great Britain with Santosh Dass MBE
DATE Thursday October 11, 2018 TIME 5:00 PM LOCATION UBC | C.K. Choi Building Room 120 | 1855 West Mall The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society is proud to co-sponsor the Second Annual Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Lecture with Ms. Santosh Dass MBE This year’s Memorial Lecture is dedicated […]