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Jan. 30, 2020
As part of the field survey of the FROGBEAR project in summer 2020, the participants will have the opportunity to present and join Hangzhou Buddhist Culture International Symposium on "Buddhist Texts, Textual Communities and Jiangnan Society" 佛教經典、…
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Jan. 27, 2020
The Center for Buddhist Studies is glad to present Khyentse Foundation Lecture Series in 2020, The event is free and open to the public.  Speaker: Prof. JOSÉ I. CABEZÓN Religious Studies University of California, Santa Barbara Title: THE BUDDHIST…
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Jan. 27, 2020
In summer 2020, we plan to start Cluster 1.5 of the FROGBEAR project in Hangzhou from June 2-14 in conjunction with the Hangzhou Buddhist Culture Project. As part of the field survey, participants will have the opportunity to present and join …
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Jan. 24, 2020
Thanks to the generous support of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, China, the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona establishes two graduate studies fellowships, each worth $10,000, to support two qualified Ph.D. students (not visiting…
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Jan. 24, 2020
Thanks to the generous support from Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou China, the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona establishes a Buddhist Studies Best Graduate Research Paper Award for graduate students who demonstrate superb…
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Jan. 17, 2020
Please join us for a talk by our CBS fellow, Prof. Robert Edward Gordon on January 23. Title: Poverty, the Spirit, and the History of Art The problem of poverty continues to be a perennial one for civil societies around the globe. It has been…
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Jan. 14, 2020
Happy new year and welcome back to the Spring semester. Please note that we have an upcoming lecture in our EAS Colloquium Series on January 24. The lecture is cosponsored by the Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of East Asian Studies…
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Jan. 14, 2020
Prof. Jiang Wu published the paperback edition of his Spreading Buddha’s Word in East Asia: The Formation and Transformation of the Chinese Buddhist Canon (New York: Columbia University Press, 2019). This book follows the making of the Chinese…
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Jan. 1, 2020
Dear faculty, staff, students, and friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, Time flies. It is again the moment to reflect on our achievement in the past year and the time to look forward to a New Year with joy and hope. In 2019, the Center for…
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Dec. 21, 2019
CBS is pleased to welcome Anthony Tribe our new fellow. Dr. Anthony Tribe is an independent scholar and fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. He received his Ph.D. from Oxford University (1995), and has taught at…
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Dec. 21, 2019
Dr. Alison Jameson attended the 7th Symposium on Humanistic Buddhism in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Nov. 1-3. She presented "Transcending Borders: Using Regional and Ethnographic Studies to Envision the Future of Humanistic Buddhism."   The Fo Guang Shan…
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Dec. 21, 2019
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, Can we count on you to help us this year while celebrating holidays? As a friend of the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona, you have shown that you care about keeping connected…