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Center for Buddhist Studies

Promoting academic research on the Buddhist tradition and its related religious, intellectual, social, cultural, and artistic aspects around the world

Our center provides regional, national, and international leadership in the academic field of Buddhist studies.

Collaborating with academic units and communities within and outside the university, the center’s activities include a Buddhist studies lecture series, rare Buddhist archive preservation, financial assistance to scholars and students of Buddhist studies, hosting academic conferences and workshops, a visiting scholar program, contemplative studies and community outreach.

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There is a new home planned for the Center for Buddhist Studies within the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine.

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Thursday
Dear Friends of the Center for Buddhist Studies, Great news! Our StoryMap, Regional Religious Systems in Hangzhou, China: Illustrating the Confluence of Buddhist Geography and Culture (618–2022) (Explore the StoryMap), has been selected as a …
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2025 East Asia Language and Cultural Festival
Wednesday
We appreciate everyone who stopped by our booth at the 2025 East Asia Language and Cultural Festival! This year, we had the special opportunity to showcase Buddhist scripture woodblocks from the special collection of our center’s director, along…
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[Symposium Sharing: Upcoming Event]
Monday
[Symposium Sharing: Upcoming Event] The 22nd International Symposium on Medieval and Early Modern Studies will be held at the University of Arizona in Tucson on May 2-3, 2025, with a social gathering on May 1. This year’s theme is “Peace, Community…

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