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Center for Buddhist Studies

Promoting academic research on the Buddhist tradition and its related religious, intellectual, social, cultural, and artistic aspects around the world

Our center provides regional, national, and international leadership in the academic field of Buddhist studies.

Collaborating with academic units and communities within and outside the university, the center’s activities include a Buddhist studies lecture series, rare Buddhist archive preservation, financial assistance to scholars and students of Buddhist studies, hosting academic conferences and workshops, a visiting scholar program, contemplative studies and community outreach.

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There is a new home planned for the Center for Buddhist Studies within the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.

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Jataka conference
June 5, 2024
Tales of past lives of the Buddha explored in detail at the academic conference "The Jataka Tradition of Thailand" brilliantly organized by PBIC, Thammasat University in Bangkok and co-sponsored by CBS.  
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canon no. 30
May 23, 2024
[UACBS Published the 30th Issue of Chinese Buddhist Canon Research Newsletter] The 30th issue presents readers with current academic information on books and research papers, auction in Spring 2024, digitization of the Buddhist canon as well as the…
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May 21, 2024
The Health Humanities Hub (H3) is a new exciting College of Humanities’ (COH) initiative to promote the College’s health, wellness and medical humanities projects and programs as well as collaborations between the College of Medicine-Tucson, the…

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