Second Annual UBC Himalaya Program Lecture: Prof. Christoph Emmrich
This lecture is sponsored by the UBC Himalaya Program and co-sponsored by School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, Institute of Asian Research, Department of Asian Studies, and RHNHFF BCS Program. [Original post here] Date Tue, Mar 28, 2023 Time 5:30 – 7:30 PM PST Location UBC | Room 130 Liu Institute Registration Closed About […]
Himalayan Research in the Time of COVID-19: Views from Canada
DATE Fri, November 13, 2020 TIME 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM PST Register Here About the Event Featuring a panel of graduate students and emerging scholars across different disciplines and institutions in Canada, the roundtable discussion will explore the ongoing experience of what it is like to conduct research about the Himalaya region during a […]
Report: 18th IABS Congress Showcases the Vitality and Global Reach of Buddhist Studies
(Article by Harsha Menon originally posted to BuddhistDoor.net) In the University of Toronto’s ceremonious and elegant Convocation Hall, PhD candidate and academic coordinator Anthony Scott is offering a Land Acknowledgment. Speaking onstage, in the same spot where His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa stood a little over a month earlier, Scott invokes the pre-colonial indigenous […]
Building Communities and Cultivating Networks in the Field of Buddhist Studies
By Harsha Menon (See original article from BuddhistDoor.net here) Starting on 14 October, the community of The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies at the University of Toronto will sit down together to enjoy a cup of tea. However, this will be no ordinary tea party, but the first of three […]
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 […]