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UPCOMING LECTURE: “Enlightenment Within Bodily Affliction: Zhuanyu Guanheng’s ‘Sickness Yet Not Sickness’ and the Construction of Monastic Identity amid the Ming-Qing Dynastic Transition” by Xiaoping Yang, 📅 Nov 25, 10am, Vancouver, bit.ly/lecture-xiaoping-yang
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A scroll featured in Prof Stephen Teiser's lecture on 30 Oct is on display in the British Library's Treasure Gallery.
Explore the Sacred Text session, join us for a fascinating talk, and stay for a drinks reception. #IDPLectureSeries
🎟️ Book your ticket: idp.bl.uk/events/healing-rel…
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This keynote is ✨hybrid, free and open to the public✨
To know more and register, either:
✅ Use the QR below
✅ Check our link in bio
✅Access: buddhism.arts.ubc.ca/keynote…
We hope to see you there!
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Call for papers!
Deadline: April 30
Know more: buddhism.arts.ubc.ca/pure-la…
‼️ A friendly reminder that Tansen’s lecture is happening today. Please join us if you can! ‼️
Tansen Sen will be in #Vancouver for the 2026 @AASAsianStudies conference!
Please join us on Wednesday March 11, 2026, 5pm, where he will present a talk for the Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series at UBC Asian Centre, Room 604
frogbear.org/yin-cheng-disti…
Tansen Sen will be in #Vancouver for the 2026 @AASAsianStudies conference!
Please join us on Wednesday March 11, 2026, 5pm, where he will present a talk for the Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series at UBC Asian Centre, Room 604
frogbear.org/yin-cheng-disti…
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Call for reading!
This Special Issue Reprint examines Buddhism's transmission and Sinification as a major case of intercultural exchange in Asia.
This volume offers insights into how religious traditions localize while sustaining transregional networks.
mdpi.com/books/reprint/12215…
repost from @UBCMigration Bluesky:
🎨 CMS invites artists to submit for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱–𝟮𝟲 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻!
migration.ubc.ca/news/intern…
UPCOMING LECTURE: “A Paradigmatic Case? The Unpredicted Revitalization of Newar Buddhist Traditions in the Kathmandu Valley” by Todd Lewis, with discussant Tsering Shakya. Oct 28, 5pm Vancouver, 8pm New York / Oct 29, 8am Beijing/Taipei. Zoom registration bit.ly/zoom-t-lewis
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‼️NEW UPDATE‼️
The submission deadline is extended to October 15, 2025.
📢CALLING FOR EXPERIENCED TRANSLATORS!
We are seeking qualified translators with proven experience in academic translation for a multi-year translation project. See info here: frogbear.org/seeking-experie…
Submit CV to FROGBEAR email by September 29, 2025!
‼️NEW UPDATE‼️
The submission deadline is extended to October 15, 2025.
📢CALLING FOR EXPERIENCED TRANSLATORS!
We are seeking qualified translators with proven experience in academic translation for a multi-year translation project. See info here: frogbear.org/seeking-experie…
Submit CV to FROGBEAR email by September 29, 2025!
📢CALLING FOR EXPERIENCED TRANSLATORS!
We are seeking qualified translators with proven experience in academic translation for a multi-year translation project. See info here: frogbear.org/seeking-experie…
Submit CV to FROGBEAR email by September 29, 2025!
Happening on June 27 to 29! buddhism.arts.ubc.ca/buddhis…
📢LAST CALL FOR PAPERS! - Buddhism and the Cold War
Deadline: NEXT MONDAY - March 10, 2025
Link in bio or know more here:
buddhism.arts.ubc.ca/call-fo…
[CFP] @canbuddhist is having a call for submissions for the second annual Buddhist Education Foundation of Canada Annual Article Award!
cjbuddhist.wordpress.com/202…
Please share the word! 📢
![[CFP] Buddhist Education Foundation of Canada Annual Article Award](https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/2117077546298933249/ep7mD8Wb?format=jpg&name=280x280_2)
[CFA] @canbuddhist is also having a call for applications for the Buddhist Education Foundation of Canada Conference Grants
cjbuddhist.wordpress.com/202…
Please share the word! 📢
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Excited to see the publication of this volume in our book series. It is a masterful study of the production of Tibetan manuscripts with the 'Sutra of Limitless Life' in Dunhuang. Congratulations to Brandon and Lewis! Open Access:
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
Missed the lecture or want to rewatch it? Check it out at YouTube:
Original English and Chinese audio: youtube.com/live/b_aI7fhrAP0…
English-only audio: youtube.com/live/whB3fXiW0UM…
Chinese-only audio: youtube.com/live/aWd36loAk98…
UPCOMING LECTURE: “Zhao Puchu’s Concept of ‘Buddhism as Culture’ and the Revival of Buddhism in Contemporary Mainland China” by Sheng Kai, with discussant Fan Wenli
📅 Oct 25, 6pm Vancouver, 9pm New York / Oct 26, 9am Beijing/Taipei
📝Zoom registration bit.ly/zoom-sheng
📢This lecture is happening today‼️
UPCOMING LECTURE: “Zhao Puchu’s Concept of ‘Buddhism as Culture’ and the Revival of Buddhism in Contemporary Mainland China” by Sheng Kai, with discussant Fan Wenli
📅 Oct 25, 6pm Vancouver, 9pm New York / Oct 26, 9am Beijing/Taipei
📝Zoom registration bit.ly/zoom-sheng
UPCOMING LECTURE: “Zhao Puchu’s Concept of ‘Buddhism as Culture’ and the Revival of Buddhism in Contemporary Mainland China” by Sheng Kai, with discussant Fan Wenli
📅 Oct 25, 6pm Vancouver, 9pm New York / Oct 26, 9am Beijing/Taipei
📝Zoom registration bit.ly/zoom-sheng