Conference: Buddhism and Politics in the Twentieth-Century
UBC’s Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program, funded by The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Canada Foundation, will hold a conference on Buddhism and Politics on June 6-7, 2014 at the C.K. Choi Building, Point Grey campus. ***Event is free and open to public registrants*** Register here Refreshments, snacks, and lunch will be available for registered guests. The organizers […]
Conference: New Perspectives on Buddhist Sacred Sites in East Asia
UBC Buddhist Studies Forum presents a conference: “The Space That Is More than Space: New Perspectives on Buddhist Sacred Sites in East Asia” Room 604, UBC Asian Centre, The University of British Columbia (UBC), August 2, 2013 8:30AM-8:50AM Registration 8:50AM-9:00AM Welcome Remarks 9:00AM-10:00AM Keynote speaker: Ven. Shenkai 釋聖凱 (Associate Professor, Tsinghua University), “Zhongguo fojiao […]
Conference Panel: Western Appearances
Saturday, July 7, 2012, 1:30pm – 2:45pm “Legend of the Colfax Buddha Heads: Landscape, Race, and the Visual Cultures of Buddhist Modernism” Gregory Levine (University of California at Berkeley). In 2005, the artist Casey O’Connor surreptitiously seeded hundreds of porcelain objects cast
UBC Tzu-chi Buddhist Forum holds Conference on Lay Buddhism
“Lay Buddhism: An Old Issue Viewed in New Perspectives” March 24-26, 2011 The Eighth International Symposium Sponsored by UBC Tzu-chi Buddhist Forum (to be held in the Auditorium, Asian Centre, 1871 West Mall, UBC, Vancouver) Speakers include: Christoph Anderl (University of Oslo); Benjamin Brose (University of Michigan); Jinhua Chen (UBC); Paul Copp (University of Chicago); […]
Photos from “Buddhism in Canada” Conference 2010
The international conference “Buddhism in Canada: Global Causes, Local Conditions” was held last October 15 to 17, 2010, at the CK Choi Building and the Asian Centre. Original post for the Conference HERE October 15, 2010 – “Canadian Buddhist Outreach: Hospitals and Prisons” Original post for this event HERE October 15, 2010 – “Conference Panel: […]
Conference Panel: Establishing Buddhism in Canada
Sunday, October 17, 2010, 11:30am – 1:00pm “The Lotus and the Maple Leaf: The Evolution of Soka Gakkai Buddhism in Canada.” Daniel A. Métraux (Mary Baldwin College). My proposed paper will focus on the foundation and subsequent expansion of Soka Gakkai International in Canada (SGI-Canada). At present SGI has chapters in most of Canada’s major […]
Conference Panel: Tradition and Authenticity in Tibetan Buddhism
Sunday, October 17, 2010, 9:30am – 11:00am “The Play of Meaning: Reflections on a Canadian Buddhist Death Ritual.” Angela Sumegi (Carleton University). In this paper, I explore the challenges and advantages of constructing a Buddhist death ritual peculiar to local conditions. The local
Conference Panel: Beyond the Temple: Exchange in Digital, Artistic, and Literary Worlds
Saturday, October 15, 2010, 9:00am – 10:30am “Correspondence Schools: Zen Buddhist Ecologies in Contemporary Canadian Art.” Melissa Curley (University of Iowa). Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Canadian artists working in what is broadly characterized as the alternative tradition in contemporary art made important contributions to transnational networks of artistic production and exchange. Vancouver was a […]
Conference Panel: Going Forth To Canada: Negotiating Authenticity at Home I and II
Saturday, October 15, 2010, Part I: 10:00am – 11:30am “Sri Lankan Buddhists’ Transmission Strategies and the Culturally Negotiated Buddhist Tradition in Toronto.” D. Mitra Bhikkhu (Wilfrid Laurier University). Drawing on two years of field research with Sri Lankan Buddhists in Toronto, this paper examines how and what they transmit to their children. Their transmitting strategies […]
Conference Panel: Developments in Canadian Buddhism
Friday October 15, 2010, 4:00pm – 5:30pm “The Early Development of Shin Buddhism in Canada.” Michihiro Ama (University of Alaska Anchorage). During the beginning of the twentieth century, Shin Buddhism, Jôdo Shinshû Nishi Honganji denomination, became the major form of ethnic Buddhism in North America. Buddhist Mission of North America (BMNA), whose operation began in […]