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We are thrilled to announce a new undergraduate course to be offered in Fall 2021 which will deepen the Center’s commitment to exploring Buddhism’s transmission to North America and flourishing in the Southwest. Dr. Alison C. Jameson, professor in…

Prof. Yi-Hsun Huang, Department of Buddhist Studies, Fo Guang University, Taiwan October 1, 2020 at 4:00 PM Mountain Standard Time (MST) Please verify the time in your area via a time zone calculator as Arizona does not observe Daylight Savings Time…

The University of Arizona Center for Buddhist Studies proudly joins thirteen other international institutions in co-hosting the International Conference on the Digital Humanities for Historical Works and Sinographs.   Date: Friday, May 28 to…

The Buddhist Studies unit invites papers exploring this year's conference theme, “Religious Studies after COVID-19: The Role of Religion in Times of Pandemic, Sustainability, Marginalized Communities, and Social & Economic Justice” directly or…

The University of Arizona Center for Buddhist Studies and Department of East Asian Studies are pleased to announce the recipients of the Khyentse Foundation Doctoral Fellowship for the 2020-2021 academic year. Lu Zhang (Left) and Jinhui Wu (Right),…

Prof. Ann Heirman, head of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Ghent University, Belgium September 8, 2020 at 11:00 AM Mountain Standard Time (MST) Other time zones include: 11:00 AM (PST) 2:00 PM (EST) 2:00 AM, September 9 (BST) (Beijing) 7:00 PM (CST…

The University of Arizona Center for Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce: Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series Fall 2020 Schedule As we continue to care for our community and stay at home, UACBS is moving many activities online so that we can…

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 2020. For more information, please contact the Center for…

Lu Zhang is Ph. D candidate from the Department of East Asian Studies. Her dissertation project, titled “Presenting the Buddha: The ’Sages and Worthies as Incarnations (of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas)’ in Chan Historiographies in Song China,” was…

We are excited to announce the launch of our strategic plan, designed to promote academic research on the Buddhist tradition and its related religious, intellectual, social, cultural, and artistic aspects in all geographical regions in the world.…

Thanks to the generous support of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, China, the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona establishes Lingyin Buddhist Studies Best Graduate Research Paper Award. The award is for graduate students who…

Linjiao Zeng, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona, wins the 2020 Khyentse Foundation Student Award. She is currently a lecturer in the Department of English of the College of Foreign Languages at…