News
Dec. 21, 2019
Dr. Alison Jameson attended the 7th Symposium on Humanistic Buddhism in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 1-3. She presented "Transcending Borders: Using Regional and Ethnographic Studies to Envision the Future of Humanistic Buddhism."
The Fo Guang…
Dec. 21, 2019
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
Can we count on you to help us this year while celebrating holidays?
As a friend of the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona, you have shown that you care about keeping connected…
Dec. 10, 2019
SASLI is pleased to announce that our student application for 2020 is officially open! SASLI, based at the University of Wisconsin Madison, is an eight week intensive summer language program, offering courses in the following…
Dec. 8, 2019
Center for Buddhist Studies Dr. Caleb Simmons (Ph.D. in Religion, University of Florida), specializes in religion in South Asia, especially Hinduism. His research specialties span religion and state-formation in medieval and colonial India to…
Dec. 8, 2019
We are happy to announce that Center for Buddhist Studies faculty Dr. Takashi Miura has published his book Agents of World Renewal: The Rise of Yonaoshi Gods in Japan this year with many accolades from the academic community. Dr…
Nov. 30, 2019
Jinhui Wu, doctoral candidate and research associate of the Department of East Asian Studies, was recently awarded the 2019-2020 College of Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant at the University of Arizona. Jinhui works on literature and…
Nov. 30, 2019
Prof. Chia-lin Pao Tao, the senior fellow of the Center for Buddhist Studies, was invited to attend the Foguangshan University Presidents Forum in Taiwan, 11/5-11/8. The major theme of the Forum is “The Responsibility of the Buddhist…
Nov. 25, 2019
The Workshop and Symposium, INTERDISCIPLINARY EDO: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON EARLY MODERN JAPAN took place at the UoA from Nov 14 -16, 2019. This workshop seeks to bring together emerging scholars to think across conventional disciplinary…
Nov. 25, 2019
Arizona in Hangzhou: Chinese Culture and Buddhism
When: Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019 Time: 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Where: Learning Service Building, Room 246
Tentative Summer 2020 dates: TBD
The program's tentative dates may help you organize your upcoming…
Nov. 21, 2019
The Center for Buddhist Studies is glad to announce the Sixth lecture of the Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in 2019 fall at the U of A. Professor Weirong Shen is scheduled to present. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Title…
Nov. 14, 2019
HOW BUDDHISM CHANGED WORLD CIVILIZATION
JIANG WU SPRING 2020
LOCATION:
Dorothy Rubel Room - 1508 E. Helen St
TUITION:
$210
TUESDAYS. 1PM-3PM
JAN. 28, FEB…
Oct. 22, 2019
Dr. Albert Welter, head of the Department of East Asian Studies and a core faculty of the Center for Buddhist Studies, was invited as the representative of the US scholars in the Buddhist studies to attend the 2019 China-US-Canada Buddhist Forum,…