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April 27, 2023
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
Please join us on Thursday, May 4th, 2023 for a conference titled Fluid Borders, Shifting Visions: China-Japan Trans-regional Religions. The event is made possible by the support of the Japan…
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April 14, 2023
Reflections 2023: Annual Newsletter from the CBS
We are pleased to announce that the 2023 Center for Buddhist Studies newsletter has been published. In the newsletter, we present news about recent conferences, new research, focused initiatives,…
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April 10, 2023
This book, The Future of China's Past Reflections on the Meaning of China’s Rise, was published by Dr. Albert Welter in 2023.
Book description:
The Future of China's Past examines how China's traditional culture is being reinvented and manipulated…
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April 6, 2023
Congratulations!
University of Arizona Center for Buddhist Studies director and Department of East Asian Studies professor Jiang Wu is one of 171 scientists, writers, scholars and artists awarded a "2023 Guggenheim Fellowship."
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April 2, 2023
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
Please join us on Thursday, April 13 at 4 pm (Arizona Time) in the Copper Room at the Student Union for the next lecture of the Pu Yin Lecture Series! A reception will follow. This is a hybrid (in-…
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March 31, 2023
Welcome to the Center for Buddhist Studies Community Wellness Digest!
In this monthly email, we share wisdom from Buddhist teachings you can use in your daily life, wellness tips, and information about university and community events. After a…
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March 29, 2023
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March 29, 2023
Please visit "cbs.arizona.edu/buddhist-canon-studies" for a PDF version.
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March 20, 2023
Our center will sponsor the "International Conference on Amulet Cultures in Thailand" that takes place in Bangkok on June 10-11, 2023. This is the first conference in English devoted to Thai amulet scholarship.
The deadline for submitting paper…
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March 15, 2023
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies,
Please join us on Monday, March 27 at 4 pm (Arizona Time) in the Copper Room at the Student Union for the next lecture of the Ōbaku Ingen/Lingyin Lecture Series! This is a hybrid in-person/online…
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Our faculty Prof. Takashi Miura was selected as a member of Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton
March 8, 2023
Takashi Miura was selected as a member of Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton from Jan. 2022 to July 2022. He is working on a monograph on the history of deified protest martyrs in early modern Japan (1600–1868). This project highlights the…
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March 8, 2023
Singing the Goddess into Place: Locality, Myth, and Social Change in Chamundi of the Hill, a Kannada Folk Ballad (SUNY 2022) by Prof. Caleb Simmons examines Chamundi of the Hill, a collection of songs that tells the stories of the gods and…