The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society
On October 17, 2014, The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation and the University of British Columbia (UBC) announced the renaming of the University’s Chair and Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society to The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Chair in Buddhism and Contemporary Society and The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and […]
Workshop: Charlotte von Verschuer on The Illustrated Biography of the Priest Ippen
Thanks to the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies and the Consulate General of Japan in Vancouver, Professor Christina Laffin will be hosting Dr. Charlotte von Verschuer from the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) for a week long visit as part of the French Scholars Series. Through the support of the Robert H.N. Ho Family […]
Call for Papers: Buddhism and Wellbeing Conference: May 28-30, 2015
Full conference webpage may be found here: https://buddhism.arts.ubc.ca/conferences/buddhism-and-wellbeing-may-28-30-2015/ The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, University of British Columbia, will host the fifth annual Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Conference at UBC’s Point Grey campus. “Buddhism and Wellbeing: Therapeutic Approaches to Human Flourishing” We are pleased to welcome […]
Public Lecture: Brian Victoria on Zen Terrorism in 1930s Japan
UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, funded by The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, is pleased to welcome Professor Brian Victoria, for a talk on “Zen Terrorism: Meditation as a Terrorist Weapon in 1930s Japan” on June 9, 2014 at the Asian Centre, UBC, Point Grey campus.
Three Lectures on Chinese and Japanese Buddhism
UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, in conjunction with the Tzu-chi Buddhist Studies Forum, Kameyama Lecture Series, and Contemporary Tibetan Studies Program, presents three lectures on Buddhism this March: Dr. Weirong Shen, research fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University, will present his lecture: Fiction in History and History in Fiction: “The Secret Meditation […]
Public Lecture: Albert Welter on Buddhist Relic Veneration in Medieval China
UBC’s Tzu-chi Buddhist Studies Forum, together with the Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program (generously supported by the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Foundation), are pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Professor Albert Welter, University of Winnipeg. January 24, 5:00 – 6:30pm, Asian Center 604 “Buddhist Rulers and Rulers of Buddhists: Buddhist Relic Veneration in […]
Public Lecture: Sonja Arntzen on Telling it Slant
Sonja Arntzen, Professor Emerita, University of Toronto, will present a lecture: “Telling it Slant”: Dreams and Religious Meaning in the Sarashina Diary (Kameyama Lecture, Department of Asian Studies) 5:00 pm, Friday, September 30, at UBC’s Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall, Room 604 Altogether eleven dreams are recorded in Sarashina Diary (c. 1060 by Sugawara Takasue no […]
Kameyama Lecture: Eun-su Cho on 19th Century Korean Buddhism
UBC Kameyama Lecture Series on Buddhist Studies Proudly Presents Professor Eun-su Cho of Seoul National University for the following talk: Late 19th Century Korean Buddhism – A Missing Link Date: Thursday, October 28 , 2010 Time: 4:00 – 5:30 PM Location: Asian Center 604 Typical narratives of Korean history at the turn of the twentieth century list […]
“Buddhism in Canada” Conference: General Registration Open
“The Buddhist concept of dependent origination teaches that things have no reified essence. Even Buddhism itself arises through causes and conditions. Buddhism has grown dramatically in Canada, especially during the last forty years, but we need to understand better the global causes and the local conditions behind this change in the religious landscape of Canada.” […]