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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…
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Nov. 27, 2017
The Center for Buddhist Studies and Pu Yin Educational Center recently reached an agreement to organize a series of academic events to promote Buddhist Studies in the next three years. Under the support of the Pu Yin Educational Center, the Center…
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Nov. 13, 2017
Dr. Jiang Wu was recently invited to attend the 2017 Fo Guang Shan University Presidents Forum organized by the Fo Guang Shan International University Consortium. The event was held from November 3rd to 8th, 2017 at Fo Guang Shan Monastery,…
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Oct. 25, 2017
The CBS donor Dr. Su Wukang recently visited the center from China and was warmly welcomed by the College of Humanities, Department of East Asian Studies, and Center for Buddhist Studies. On behalf of the College of Humanities, Dean Alain-Philippe…
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Oct. 18, 2017
Chia-lin Pao-Tao, Professor Emerita at Department of East Asian Studies, recently donated $1,000 to the Center for Buddhist Studies to support center initiatives. She is the first individual who pledged financial support to the center after its…