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Sept. 29, 2017
One of the core faculties of the Center for Buddhist Studies at UA, Dr. Rae Erin Dachille, published her article, “Piercing to the Pith of the Body: The Evolution of Body Mandala and Tantric Corporeality in Tibet.” The abstract goes that, “Buddhist…
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Sept. 29, 2017
One of the collaborative institutions with CBS at UA, the Buddhist Studies Forum at the University of British Columbia, call for applicants for Winter Program on Buddhism and East Asian cultures to held at DILA (Dharma Drum Liberty Art) in Taiwan…
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Sept. 27, 2017
A delegation of three scholars, Liu Yuebing (Director), Yang Dongliang, and Zheng Wei, from the Institute of Japanese Studies at Nankai University, one of the most prestigious institutes in the field of Japanese studies in China, visited the Center…
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Sept. 22, 2017
Congratulations to Professor Albert Welter, one of the core faculties in Center for Buddhist Studies, was granted 2017 ACLS funding for the international conference entitled "Creating the World of Chan/Son/Zen: Chinese Chan Buddhism and its Spread…
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Sept. 13, 2017
The University of Arizona's new Center for Buddhist Studies will create a research hub to explore the religious, intellectual, social, cultural and textual traditions of the world’s fourth-largest faith.
With Buddhist traditions becoming more…
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Sept. 8, 2017
The Center for Buddhist Studies is happy to co-sponsor a talk on Zen and poetry and a meditation workshop led by the Awarding-winning poet and Zen teacher Henry Shukman from Sept. 8-10 on campus. During his stay, Dr. Jiang Wu gave Henry Shukman a…
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Aug. 22, 2017
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Aug. 8, 2017
Director Jiang Wu visited Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology (TCUST) in Hualien, Taiwan on June 13, 2017 and discussed possible collaboration on the Service Learning, Humanities and Transcultural Program with President Wen-Jui Ho, Director…
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Aug. 7, 2017
Director Jiang Wu visited the Taiwan Sheng Yen Education Foundation in March 8, 2017 and made a presentation to its Board of Directors about the founding of the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona. Dr. Wu presented the…
Aug. 7, 2017
The Center for Buddhist Studies has recently become an institutional partner of the Canadian SSHRC project “From the Ground Up: Buddhism and East Asian Religions” led by the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. The…
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Aug. 7, 2017
Director Jiang Wu was invited to attend the first international conference on Research of Modern East Asian Buddhist Texts at Fo Guang University on June 9, 2017 and presented a paper on the rare Buddhist texts preserved in the Bunkaden Archive at…
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Aug. 7, 2017
Director Jiang Wu joined a research tour organized by University of British Columbia and led by Prof. George Keyworth to examine the rare manuscript edition of the Japanese Buddhist canon in Kyoto from May 29 to June 8.