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Aug. 26, 2019
Welcome back, Wildcats and friends! We hope you all are well and ready for the new semester. Heartfelt thanks to all of you who supported us in the past. For starters, we would like to kick off this new semester by announcing the fall schedule of…
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Aug. 11, 2019
From July 1st to the 7th, members of the CBS participated in a collaborative program on "The History of Buddhist Ideology and Social Life" sponsored and organized by the Institute for Ethics and Religious Studies (IERS) at Tsinghua University in…
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July 4, 2019
The famous Chan Buddhist Temple Liuzu in Guangdong Province has opened opportunities for Chan Buddhist education this summer.   Abbot, Master Shi Dayuan, has published nearly 200 books on a variety of important topics regarding Chan Buddhism in…
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June 12, 2019
In the Spring of 2019, the UA College of Humanities distinguished director of the Center for Buddhist Studies Jiang Wu with a project development award.  Professor Wu’s advancements in Buddhist Geographical Information System (BGIS) and Regional…
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June 7, 2019
In the spring of 2019, the UA College of Humanities entered an academic partnership with the Hangzhou Buddhist Academy in Hangzhou, China. An official partnership was signed by College of Humanities Dean Alain-Phillippe Durand and the President of…
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June 7, 2019
In a recent essay competition on the topic of Buddhist compassion organized by the Maitreya Culture and Education Foundation in Hong Kong for university students and faculty worldwide, four UA students were selected for awards. Among them, Liu Yi (…
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May 11, 2019
Much has been happening at the Center for Buddhist Studies!     On May 2nd, Dr. John Kieschnick of Stanford University was our speaker for the Inaugural presentation of the Lingyin Buddhist Studies Lecture series and he gave a great presentation on…
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May 10, 2019
Dean of the College of Humanities Alain-Philippe Durand and Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies Jiang Wu attended the award ceremony for the essay competition “Ci - Chinese character of Compassion” hosted by the Maitreya Culture &…
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April 29, 2019
Congratulations to our graduate student, Youteng Bi, from the Department of East Asian Studies at UA! Youteng has been awarded Merit Awards in an essay competition of “Ci - Chinese character of Compassion” hosted by Maitreya Culture & Education…
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April 26, 2019
Nine undergraduate students at UA have been awarded "Lingyin Buddhist Studies Undergraduate Study Abroad Travel Award" from the Center for Buddhist Studies. Each award is $1,000. They will participate in 2019 “Arizona in Hangzhou: Chinese Culture…
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April 25, 2019
Thanks to the generous support of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, China, the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona establishes Lingyin Buddhist Studies Best Graduate Research Paper Award. The award is for graduate students who…
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April 23, 2019
  Congratulations to our graduate student in Buddhist Studies, Yi Liu, from the Department of East Asian Studies at UA! Yi has been awarded Second Prize in Graduate and Teacher/Staff Group in an essay competition “Ci - Chinese character of…