The University of Arizona Center for Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce:
Fall 2021 Events
Please note all lectures will take place as webinars, with links to be sent via our email list. Sign up here: http://eepurl.com/gb2yaD. Select the group “Lecture and Academic Programs” to receive the zoom link and updates for the events. All events will be conducted in English.
All times are Mountain Standard Time (MST). Please verify the time in your area via a time zone calculator, such as: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html. Please note that Arizona does not observe Daylight Saving Time.
Pu Yin Lecture Series
PERFECTION OF WISDOM AND THE CORONATION SACRIFICE: EMPTINESS AS POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Prof. Joseph Walser, Department of Religion, Tufts University
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 at 4:00 PM
TRUTH IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: SEDUCTIVE WRITING AND THE BIRTH OF CHAN (ZEN) BUDDHISM IN THE TANG DYNASTY
Dr. Alan Cole, independent scholar
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 at 4:00 PM
Lingyin Lecture Series Symposium
JIANGNAN BUDDHIST TRADITIONS IN CONTEXT: THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD
Dates: Thursday, December 9, 2021 and Friday, December 10, 2021
Location: Zoom
Panels: Four in total, about 16 papers and 20 participants
Description:
The Jiangnan region was an important driver of cultural, economic, and social change during the early modern period. At the same time, it served as an incubator of early modern Buddhist innovations that spread both locally, nationally, and transnationally. This symposium brings together scholars of Ming-Qing Jiangnan Buddhist, Daoist, and other related religious traditions to explore the significance of Buddhist innovations in the Jiangnan region from elite Buddhist doctrine, popular playscripts and precious scrolls to art, ritual, and institutional culture. Such scholarly explorations will improve our understanding of how Buddhist traditions were woven into the social and economic fabric of the Jiangnan region and further allow for a greater synthesis of the various threads that tied the region together.
Organizers and convenors: Jiang Wu and Jennifer Eichman
Host: Center for Buddhist Studies, the University of Arizona