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Dear Friend, As we reflect on 2024, we are filled with gratitude for the remarkable progress and achievements that your support has made possible. This year has been transformative for our Center, and we are excited to share some of the highlights…

Embark on a captivating journey through the intricacies of Zen Buddhism with Dr. Jiang Wu, Director of Center for Buddhist Studies, in our Spring 2025 course, Zen and the Art of Nothingness, offered by the Humanities Seminar Program. This course…

Khyentse Foundation is going to present the 30th Goodman Lecture “Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in 17th-Century China,” which will be given by Professor Jiang Wu of the University of Arizona on Friday December 13, 2024 …

Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, We are excited to invite applications for our Ph.D. program in Tibetan Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. This opportunity is further…

We are thrilled to announce that Dr. Patricia J. Graham, a valued member of our exhibition committee for the online art exhibition True Image: Celebrating the Legacy of Yinyuan Longi (Ingen Ryūki) and the Art of Ōbaku, will publish a revised edition…

[UACBS Published the 32nd Issue of Chinese Buddhist Canon Research Newsletter] The 32nd issue provides readers with a special report on the workshop on the Chinese Buddhist canon history this June organized by the College of Humanities of Hainan…

Join us for the 2024 Tucson Humanities Festival, themed WELL-BEING, featuring an enlightening evening with Dr. Andrew Weil on October 9 at 6 PM! Following the lecture, Dr. Jiang Wu, our Center's director, will host a Q&A session, giving…

We are pleased to announce that the Khyentse Foundation will continue to select the Center for Buddhist Studies as the institution for its Doctoral Student Financial Support program for the next four years. The Center for Buddhist Studies and the…

Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, We are pleased to share a call for submissions for the Special Issue of Religions, titled "Shaping Sacred Knowledge: The Transmission and Legacy of the Chinese Buddhist Canon." Dr. Jiang Wu, our…

[UACBS Published the 31st Issue of Chinese Buddhist Canon Research Newsletter] The 31st issue provides readers with up-to-date scholarly information on conferences, exhibitions, and digitization projects on the Jingshan Canon, as well as canon-…

A big thank you to Drs. Hsu and Cheng for their insightful talk on the integration of Buddhist philosophy in Mind Medicine. Today’s event, co-hosted with the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine, was a huge success with 930 RSVPs! We…

The University of Arizona offers a wide range of courses in Buddhist Studies and related subjects for undergraduates and graduate students. Listed below are the courses being offered in Fall 2024. For more information, please contact: The Center for…