Update—MA Buddhist Art: History and Conservation at The Courtauld Institute of Art
Last year, UBC was honoured to welcome Professor David Park for a screening of Buddhist Art: A Fragile Inheritance. Professor Park is Director of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Art and Conservation at The Courtauld Institute of Art, which includes an MA program in art conservation. The Institute recently announced a new format for the […]
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 […]
Report: Eugene Wang’s Lecture on the Dunhuang Caves
Professor Eugene Wang presented his lecture “What to See in a Buddhist Cave?” to around 40 people at the C. K. Choi Building on November 30, 2011. Professor Wang began with a summary of the Dunhuang Caves, which are famous for their distinctive Buddhist murals and sculptures. Each cave had a specific layout inviting the […]
Kameyama Lecture: Eugene Wang on Dunhuang Cave Murals
The UBC Kameyama Lecture Series, with the UBC Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, presents a lecture by Dr. Eugene Wang, the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art at Harvard University: “What to See in a Buddhist Cave?” Date: Wednesday, 30 November 2011 Time: 4:30 – 6:00 PM Place: C.K. Choi Building, Room 120, 1855 West Mall, […]