[PNC 2022]The Digital World in an Age of Uncertainty: Humanizing Technology for Wellness, Resilience, and Creativity
September 16-18, 2022
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
The program will focus on topics including (but not limited to) Digital Learning, Information Science and E-business, Digital Humanities and Techno-cultural Data in a Post-pandemic World. PNC 2022 is hosted jointly by the College of Humanities of the University of Arizona and the Pacific Neighborhood Consortium (PNC). The local organizers are the Center for Buddhist Studies and Department of East Asian Studies of the University of Arizona.
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Jiangnan Buddhist Traditions in Context: The Early Modern Period
December 9-11, 2021
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (Zoom conference)
It is our pleasure to announce that The Center for Buddhist Studies and The Department of East Asian Studies at The University of Arizona will host a symposium on Jiangnan Buddhist traditions from December 8-11, 2021. This symposium is organized by Dr. Jennifer Eichman and Dr. Jiang Wu; sponsored & funded by Lingyin and Pu Yin Buddhist Studies Lecture Series, The Center for Buddhist Studies, and The University of Arizona.
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Tripitaka for the Future: Envisioning the Buddhist Canon in the Digital Age
November 2-3, 2018
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
This two-day conference, organized by the newly founded Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Arizona, invites about twenty leading scholars in the field to reflect upon the most recent trends in the compilation, translation, and digitization of the Buddhist canon in East Asia
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Creating the World of Chan/Son/Zen: Chinese Chan Buddhism and Its Spread Throughout East Asia
March 28-31, 2018
University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Zen enthralled the scholarly world throughout much of the 20th century, and Zen Studies became a major academic discipline in its wake. Toward the end of the 20th century, some of the biases inherent in Zen Studies began to be exposed, and the parameters of the field shifted markedly into new directions. UA East Asian Studies hosted this 4-day conference to explore the future of Chan/Son/Zen Studies.