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March 21, 2018
You are cordially invited to the inaugural ceremony for the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona 5 PM Wednesday, March 28, 2018 UA Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen St., Tucson, AZ, 85721 FREE parking is available on surface lots…
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March 12, 2018
Please join us for the following talk in the Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series. Buddhism as a Regional Religious SystemProf. Karl Ryavec, Professor of World Heritage at the University of California, Merced Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 16:00 The…
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March 7, 2018
UA Center for Buddhist Studies Co-sponsored "A Conversation with bell hooks: Feminism, Buddhism, and Liberation." Esteemed scholar and author bell hooks will engage in a conversation with Professor Rae Erin Dachille, one of the core faculties in the…
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March 2, 2018
Jinhui Wu, doctoral student of the Department of East Asian Studies, was recently awarded the 2017-2018 College of Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant at the University of Arizona. Jinhui works on literature and religion in late imperial…
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Jan. 18, 2018
The Center for Buddhist Studies is glad to announce four lectures of the Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series in spring 2018 at UA. Prof. Albert Welter will give the inaugural lecture on Hangzhou Buddhism. Students and faculty who are interested…
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Jan. 1, 2018
The past 2017 fall semester is an exciting and productive period for the Center for Buddhist Studies. Since its founding in July 2017, the Center for Buddhist Studies has become an influential institution for research, teaching, and community…
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Dec. 15, 2017
A faculty spotlight article on Dr. Rae Erin Dachille, one of the core faculties in the Center for Buddhist Studies, appeared in the UA’s Parent& Family Association newsletter. The article highlights Dr. Dachille’s biography and her advocate of…
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Dec. 12, 2017
Dr. Yaling Chu, an associate professor at Shijiazhuang College, Hebei Province, joined the Center for Buddhist Studies as a visiting scholar from October 2017 to February 2018. Prof. Chu received her PhD degree in journalism from Communication…
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Dec. 8, 2017
Prof. Kai Sheng of Tsing-hua University, a collaborator of the Center for Buddhist Studies at UA, has newly been awarded a major grant by the Chinese National Social Sciences Fund, for his ambitious project titled “Social Life History of Chinese…
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Dec. 8, 2017
Nan Ouyang, the program coordinator in the Center for Buddhist Studies, received 2017-2018 College of Humanities Graduate Student Research Grant at the University of Arizona. As a PhD candidate in the Department of East Asian Studies, Ouyang works…
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Dec. 1, 2017
Mr. Chan-Paw Lim, a local community leader in Tucson, recently donated $3,000 to the Center for Buddhist Studies to support various center activities. In 1969, Mr. Paul Lim was enrolled in the Ph. D program of Chinese Studies in the Department of…
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Nov. 29, 2017
New grants have launched an in-depth study of East Asian Buddhism as one of the signature projects of the UA's Center for Buddhist Studies. Albert Welter, head of the Department of East Asian Studies and a core faculty of the Center for Buddhist…