Exhibition Opening & Reception: Golden Letters Arrayed Like Stars and Planets: The Tibetan Culture of Language and Letters
DATE Tuesday October 15, 2019 TIME 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM LOCATION UBC | Liu Institute for Global Issues Lobby Gallery | 6476 NW Marine Drive About this event Tibetans regard every syllable of their language as sacred, imbued with the power to liberate beings from suffering. The sheer reverence with which Tibetans hold their […]
Video: Patricia Berger on the Manchu Emperors of China
Prof. Patricia Berger, Professor of Chinese Art at the University of California, Berkeley, delivered a lecture on October 28, 2014 at UBC Robson Square. Her lecture, titled “Multiple Identities: The Many Faces of the Manchu Emperors of China” looked at the important role of Buddhist painting, sculpture, and decorative arts produced by Imperial Qing court artists […]
Public Lecture: John Kieschnick on the Buddhist Rosary in Imperial China
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society at UBC is delighted to welcome Professor John Kieschnick (Stanford University) as part of The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation Distinguished Speaker Series and “Forbidden City” exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Prof. Kieschnick will present a lecture entitled, “The Religious […]
Public Lecture: Patricia Berger on Multiple Identities: The Many Faces of the Manchu Emperors of China
The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society, in cooperation with the Vancouver Art Gallery, present Prof. Patricia Berger. Multiple Identities: The Many Faces of the Manchu Emperors of China UBC Robson Square | Theatre-Room C300 (lower level) 800 Robson Street Tuesday, October 28 | 7 – 9pm Berkley-based scholar and […]
MOA Event: One Million Grains of Light
A group of Tibetan monks from the Dzongkar Choede monastery will be visiting the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) for a 4 day sand mandala creation. They will be here on October 24,25,27,and 28 to create and demonstrate the making of a sand mandala, and will finalize with the destruction of the piece.
Film: Tezuka Osamu’s “Buddha” to Premiere in Vancouver
Tezuka Osamu’s Buddha: The Great Departure Canadian Premiere, in Japanese with English subtitles *One Night Only* Where: Pacific Cinemateque, 1131 Howe St., Vancouver When: Tuesday, September 11 7:30 pm Tickets: $8 at www.moa.ubc.ca/eventtickets Check out the premiere’s Facebook Event. For a PDF poster, click here. Presented by the UBC Museum of Anthropology, Canadian Society for Asian Arts, and UBC Buddhism and […]
Public Lecture: Barend Jan Terwiel, Toward Understanding Thai Buddhism
UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program presents a lecture by Barend Jan Terwiel. “Toward Understanding Thai Buddhism” Date: Friday, 18 May 2012 Time: 4:00 – 6:00 PM Place: Michael Ames Theatre, Museum of Anthropology (MOA), 6393 NW Marine Drive Lectures are free and open to the public. Seating will be on a first-come first-serve basis. […]