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H-Buddhism serves as a medium for the exchange of information regarding academic resources, new research projects, scholarly publications, university job listings, and so forth, for specialists in Buddhist Studies who are currently affiliated with academic institutions.

LECTURE> Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Ester Bianchi on “Mindful China: Embracing Early Meditation and Vipassanā Practices in Search for Awakening, and Secular Well-being”

Carol Lee •03/20/2024 Announcement
Lecture
Date
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Subject Fields
Religious Studies and Theology, Asian History / Studies

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce a hybrid lecture by Ester Bianchi (University of Perugia) entitled “Mindful China: Embracing Early Meditation and Vipassanā Practices in Search for Awakening, and Secular Well-being” for the Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series, with Ngar-sze Lau (Chinese University of Hong Kong) as discussant.

Time: Thursday March 28, 2024, 4:00 pm Vancouver / 7:00 pm New York / Friday March 29, 2024 7:00 am Beijing & Taipei

Venue: University of British Columbia, Asian Centre, Room 604

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CONFERENCE> From the Ground to the Cloud: Insights from Seven Years of Fieldwork, Training, and Data Collection

Carol Lee •03/20/2024 Announcement
Conference
Date
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Subject Fields
Religious Studies and Theology, East Asian History / Studies, Digital Humanities, Research and Methodology

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the schedule for the upcoming From the Ground to the Cloud: Insights from Seven Years of Fieldwork, Training, and Data Collection online conference. The FROGBEAR project has now concluded field research and would like to share and discuss the results of the research and training activities.

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LECTURE> Jātaka, Purgatory, and Supernatural Stories (zhiguai)—On the Classicization of Buddhist Stories from the Perspective of Fa Yuan Zhu Lin

Carol Lee •03/20/2024 Announcement
Lecture
Date
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Subject Fields
Religious Studies and Theology, Asian History / Studies

Dear friends and colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a public lecture by Professor Yu ZHANG (Shanghai International Studies University).

Title: Jātaka, Purgatory, and Supernatural Stories (zhiguai)—On the Classicization of Buddhist Stories from the Perspective of Fa Yuan Zhu Lin

Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024, 2:00 pm PDT

Venue: University of British Columbia, Asian Centre, Room 604

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EVENTS> Online Buddhist Studies Events (March 22 - April 18)

Guttorm Norberg Gundersen •03/20/2024 Discussion

Dear Colleagues,

Please see the below list of upcoming online Buddhist Studies events, compiled together with Mariia Lepneva (Ghent).

The below list only includes events taking place over the next month. The entire list is available on this Google doc.

We encourage everyone to help keep this list up to date by adding events we have overlooked.

Guttorm Gundersen,

PhD Candidate, Harvard University

 

22 March 2024, 14:00-16:00 Beijing time (6:00am GMT)

LECTURE > 拯救《起信論》：基於《楞伽經》、地論宗和初期《起信論》註疏的新嘗試

Speaker: 臺灣大學哲學系．耿晴副教授

Host: 2024年春季「對論與方法」系列講會

Event page: https://buddhist-tides.dila.edu.tw/?p=700&fbclid

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H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Buddhism: 11 March - 18 March

H-Net Job Guide •03/20/2024 Announcement
Home Office Notices
Date
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Subject Fields
Anthropology, Asian History / Studies, East Asian History / Studies, Japanese History / Studies, Religious Studies and Theology

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 11 March to 18 March. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the network editors for H-Buddhism. See the H-Net job guide web site at https://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide@mail.h-net.org or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 AM and 5 PM US Eastern time.

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PANELISTS> “Other Power in Buddhism”

A. Charles Muller •03/19/2024 Discussion

[posted on behalf of Ken Tanaka]

Dear Colleagues:
 
We are seeking 2 panelists specializing in, 1) early texts in the Nikayas/Agamas and 2) Theravada teachings for an online symposium on “Other Power in Buddhism.”  We realize that these two areas have not been known for much references to "Other Power" but, nevertheless, want to explore precisely on account of this perception. 
 

Date: Saturday, December 14, 2024

Time:  5pm – 8pm (Pacific Standard Time) 

Dear Colleagues:


We are seeking 2 panelists specializing in, 1) early texts in the Nikayas/Agamas and 2) Theravada teachings for an online symposium
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OBITUARY> Diego Loukota (16 April 1985 – 17 March 2024)

Stefan Baums •03/18/2024 Discussion

Our dear friend and colleague Diego Loukota has passed away. Even in his last days, the fields of study to which he gave so much were in his thoughts, and he asked for the following obituary to be shared with you.

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Diego Loukota, Assistant Professor in Indian and Central Asian Buddhism at UCLA, died at the age of 38 on Sunday, March 17th, 2024 in his home in Santa Monica, California, surrounded by family and friends. He had been diagnosed with an incurable and aggressive form of brain tumor (glioblastoma) in March 2023. Diego was

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The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is seeking a book review editor and copyeditors

Victor Forte •03/17/2024 Announcement
Journal
Date
Subject Fields
Humanities

Dear Colleagues,

      The Journal of Buddhist Ethics is seeking a book review editor for our online journal. If interested, please send CV to vforte@albright.edu.

 

    The  Journal of Buddhist Ethics is also seeking copyeditors for both our peer reviewed-articles and book reviews. If interested, please send resume/CV to vforte@albright.edu.

Regards,

     Victor Forte

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