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Nov. 13, 2017
Dr. Jiang Wu was recently invited to attend the 2017 Fo Guang Shan University Presidents Forum organized by the Fo Guang Shan International University Consortium. The event was held from November 3rd to 8th, 2017 at Fo Guang Shan Monastery,…
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Oct. 25, 2017
The CBS donor Dr. Su Wukang recently visited the center from China and was warmly welcomed by the College of Humanities, Department of East Asian Studies, and Center for Buddhist Studies. On behalf of the College of Humanities, Dean Alain-Philippe…
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Oct. 18, 2017
Chia-lin Pao-Tao, Professor Emerita at Department of East Asian Studies, recently donated $1,000 to the Center for Buddhist Studies to support center initiatives. She is the first individual who pledged financial support to the center after its…
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Oct. 13, 2017
The Arizona Daily Wildcat, the most influential student newspaper on campus, released a report about the new Center for Buddhist Studies. Director Prof. Jiang Wu, and one of the core faculties, Prof. Albert Welter, accepted the interview. They…
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Sept. 29, 2017
One of the core faculties of the Center for Buddhist Studies at UA, Dr. Rae Erin Dachille, published her article, “Piercing to the Pith of the Body: The Evolution of Body Mandala and Tantric Corporeality in Tibet.” The abstract goes that, “Buddhist…
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Sept. 29, 2017
One of the collaborative institutions with CBS at UA, the Buddhist Studies Forum at the University of British Columbia, call for applicants for Winter Program on Buddhism and East Asian cultures to held at DILA (Dharma Drum Liberty Art) in Taiwan…
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Sept. 27, 2017
A delegation of three scholars, Liu Yuebing (Director), Yang Dongliang, and Zheng Wei, from the Institute of Japanese Studies at Nankai University, one of the most prestigious institutes in the field of Japanese studies in China, visited the Center…
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Sept. 22, 2017
Congratulations to Professor Albert Welter, one of the core faculties in Center for Buddhist Studies, was granted 2017 ACLS funding for the international conference entitled "Creating the World of Chan/Son/Zen: Chinese Chan Buddhism and its Spread…
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Sept. 13, 2017
The University of Arizona's new Center for Buddhist Studies will create a research hub to explore the religious, intellectual, social, cultural and textual traditions of the world’s fourth-largest faith.
With Buddhist traditions becoming more…
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Sept. 8, 2017
The Center for Buddhist Studies is happy to co-sponsor a talk on Zen and poetry and a meditation workshop led by the Awarding-winning poet and Zen teacher Henry Shukman from Sept. 8-10 on campus. During his stay, Dr. Jiang Wu gave Henry Shukman a…
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Aug. 22, 2017
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Aug. 8, 2017
Director Jiang Wu visited Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology (TCUST) in Hualien, Taiwan on June 13, 2017 and discussed possible collaboration on the Service Learning, Humanities and Transcultural Program with President Wen-Jui Ho, Director…