News
Apr 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 for political purposes. Like no time before in its...
Apr 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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Wu...
Apr 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-person/online) event.
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Mar 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 successful launch in Spring 2021, we are expanding the...
Mar 29, 2023
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Mar 29, 2023
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Mar 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 proposals is April 5th, 2023.
Papers and panels should...
Mar 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 event.
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Mar 8, 2023
Our faculty Prof. Takashi Miura was selected as a member of Institute of Advanced Study in Princeton
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 veneration of protest martyrs as a new religious...
Mar 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 goddesses of the region around the city of Mysore in...