Dear Colleagues,
Please see the below list of upcoming online Buddhist Studies events, compiled together with Mariia Lepneva.
The below list only includes events taking place 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
29 March 2023, 11:00am GMT
LECTURE > Theravada Abhidhamma: Origins and Development
Speaker: Dr. G A Somaratne
Host: Free sit-in lectures of MA in Buddhist studies at University of Kelaniya (Sri Lanka)
Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMtcO2vqjItGNWbKNPGFoNkEX-7zu_-2JNn?fbclid=IwAR3n5hCM_mkJPYHpFXVCEMQIlunSsPUeCRCBDLZbLkwcLk_9qjTdZoKsgnI
30 March 2023, 12pm GMT
LECTURE > Reading Buddhist Sanskrit Texts II: Readings of Selected Buddhist Sanskrit Texts
Speaker: Ven. Prof. K L Dhammajoti / Dr. Sraman Sree Dharma Rakkhit
Host: Free sit-in lectures of MA in Buddhist studies at University of Kelaniya (Sri Lanka)
31 March, 2pm EST (7pm GMT)
BOOK TALK > Digital Dharma: Recovering Wisdom
Speaker: Jann Ronis, Buddhist Digital Resource Center
31 Mar 2023 (Fri) 7-9 pm (HKT)
LECTURE > The “Sixteen Spheres” Meditation Practice of the Kadampa School of Tibetan Buddhism
Prof. Ulrike Roesler
https://www.event.buddhism.hku.hk/2023033101
March 31, 2023 2:30PM CST
LECTURE > An Introduction to the New Saints Tradition
Lama Rod Owens
Khyentse Foundation Buddhist Studies Lecture Series at Northwestern
https://northwestern.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bdnu_IPPTbSBniWh3jFxuw
31 March 2023, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
LECTURE > Beyond Transcendence Back to Earth: A Challenge to Religions in our Time of Global Crisis.”
Dr Ruben Habito
2023 Taitetsu Unno Memorial Lecture
https://www.shin-ibs.edu/event/2023unno/
31 March 2023, 19:00 Hong Kong time (11:00am GMT)
LECTURE > Pali Grammar and Literature
Speaker: Dr. Nagasena Barua
Host: The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong
31 March 2023, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (6pm GMT)
BOOK TALK > Digital Dharma: Recovering Wisdom
Speaker: Dr. Jann Ronis (Buddhist Digital Resource Center Executive Director)
Host: Buddhist Digital Resource Center
1 April 2023, 19:00 Hong Kong time (11:00am GMT)
LECTURE > Buddhist Analysis of Mind and Mental States
Speaker: Dr. Sajal Barua
Host: The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong
1 April 2023, 7:30pm Taiwan time (11:30 GMT)
LECTURE > 宜蘭弘法十年記——青年星雲的人間佛教之路
Speakers: 闞正宗、簡瑞瑤 教授
Host: 懷念星雲大師——2023人間佛教學十堂課
Original post: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1032097483885223/posts/1596878250740474/
Zoom ID: 852 2740 1773
密碼：123456
3 April, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm EDT
LECTURE > Theravada Buddhist responses to colonialism and their modern implications
Kate Crosby (University of Oxford)
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series https://princeton.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Mxh_y5RjQxGsI-KdXJzIVg
5 Apr, 04:00 PM in Central Time (US and Canada)
LECTURE > What Can Restoring Colossal Buddhas Do for Nature Conservancy and Cultural Preservation?
Sonya S. Lee
Transnational Asia Speaker Series: https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_IbvRyfmBTQKl-QbThpvgyA?fbclid=IwAR1-bIY2a4QiOV3M8zhm4GSjyPy8NCBgwzKMnvEWZ0K5zwq1bNyOIALL39Y
6 April 2023, 9:00 am Beijing time (1:00am GMT)
LECTURE > 著名学者太史文的中国佛教研究
Speaker: 李建欣（中国社会科学院世界宗教研究所研究员）
Host: 四川大学道教与宗教文化研究所佛教思想与社会系列讲座
腾讯会议：743-112-825
密码：0406
7 April 2023, 19:00pm Hong Kong time (11:00am GMT)
LECTURE > 佛典詮釋與「過度詮釋」：以如來藏經典的當代詮釋為例
Speaker: 楊維中教授（南京大學哲學系）
Host: 「緬懷 星雲大師」講座系列之漢傳佛教在世界的研究與弘傳（香港中文大學人間佛教研究中心）
Event page: https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/cshb/research/public-lectures/
Direct link (no registration required): https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/91060241050
ZOOM ID: 910 6024 1050；微信視頻號：香港中大人間佛研中心
7 April 2023, 15:15 Japan time (6:15 am GMT)
BOOK TALK > The Buddhist Self: On Tathāgatagarbha and Ātman
Speaker: Dr. Christopher V. Jones（Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge)
Host: Ryukoku University
10 April 2023, 7:00pm Beijing time (11:00am GMT)
LECTURE > 印度名医耆婆的形象在东亚的形成与演变
Speaker: 范骏（高野山大学密教文化研究所博士）
Host: 东方哲学文化公益讲座(ROCANA东方文教学会)
腾讯会议：599-277-9010
密码：484597
12 April 2023, 12pm GMT
LECTURE > Post-Imperial Tibetan History and Karakhoto Texts
Speaker: Maho Iuchi (Kyoto)
Host: BuddhistRoad Guest Lecture Series (Ruhr Universität Bochum)
Please pre-register until 11 April 2023, 10am
Registration: https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscu6rqTsvGtddhU0lqRbzmW8t4kXxAcPV
Event page: https://ceres.rub.de/de/veranstaltungen/post-imperial-tibetan-history-and-karakhoto-texts/
14 April, 2023, 09:00 – 10:30 JST (0:00am GMT)
LECTURE > The Cult of Tokugawa Ieyasu as Avatar of the Buddha of Medicine
Speaker: Professor Timon Screech
Host: International Research Institute for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken), Kyoto
Direct Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85602566022?pwd=b0lYdGNiMGhNN0xZVGRhQUh0ZkxDZz09
14 April 2023 (Friday), 12pm EDT (4pm GMT)
LECTURE >
Speaker: Petra Kieffer-Pülz (Academy of Sciences and Literatures, Mainz).
Host: Cornell University Society for Buddhist Studies
Registration: https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAsd-msrzkqHtWGmudPyqXCvP-qIweip76d
Event page: https://cornell.campusgroups.com/buddhiststudies/talkseries/
14 April, 4:00 – 5:30 pm PDT
What do East Asian Buddhists call their books and why?
George Keyworth (University of Saskatchewan)
Glorisun Distinguished Lecture Series:
https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u50tfu-vrzkjHdfiZBOS8L_3QoIjDGozm96S
15 April 2023, 7:00pm Taiwan time (11:00am GMT)
LECTURE > 人文佛教暨“台湾佛教通史”导读线上演讲活动（二）
15 April 2023, 19:00-21:00 Beijing time (11:00 GMT)
LECTURE > 水陸法會在東亞的傳播
Speaker: 戴曉雲 教授
Host: 2023 佛教藝術講座系列
Registration: https://forms.office.com/r/H3URPxqGUZ
17 April 2023, 11:00am PST (7pm GMT)
LECTURE > Identity and Religion: Fo Guang Shan and Asian American Buddhist Visual Culture
Speaker: Winston Kyan
Host: Institute for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism at University of the West Spring Lectures
https://www.ishb-uwest.org/events-main (event not posted yet)
18 April 2023, 7–9pm CET
LECTURE > The Great Monastery of Nālandā: The World’s First University?
Speaker: Lucas Vanden Boer (UGent)
Host: Permanent Training in Buddhist Studies (PTBS) of the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies (GCBS)
Event page: https://humanitiesacademie.ugent.be/buddhism-2023
19 April 2023, 2:00pm (12pm GMT)
LECTURE > Why did Books come down from the Sky? Or is there a Grain of Truth in an Old Buddhist
Literary Topos?
Speaker: Joanna Bialek (Berlin)
Host: BuddhistRoad Guest Lecture Series (Ruhr
Universität Bochum)
Please pre-register until 18 April 2023, 10am
Registration: https://ruhr-uni-bochum.zoom.us/meeting/register/u50rcuuvrT8qGdDtdrFAPfTL0N8XT_H-MhWK
Event page: https://buddhistroad.ceres.rub.de/en/events/why-did-books-come-down-from-the-sky-or-is-there-a/
19 April 2023, 2:00pm Taiwan time (6:00am GMT)
WEBINAR > 2023數典組專案春季發表會
Host: 法鼓文理学院
Event page: https://www.dila.edu.tw/innerpage/958zXB1Ui1mS1xR4/fDFyqD2ZI6pRcqWd
Registration: https://forms.gle/UMYSmvaJN2pX8oqy7
20-21 April 2023
SYMPOSIUM> The Art and Science of Effortless and Self-Emergence Contemplative Practices in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism
Host: the Contemplative Sciences Center at the University of Virginia
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/generative-contemplation-symposium-tickets-525849188077
21 April 2023, 11:00am PST (7pm GMT)
LECTURE > Mandarin-language Introduction to Religious Studies Series
Speaker: Shou-Jen Kuo
Host: Institute for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism at University of the West Spring Lectures
https://www.ishb-uwest.org/events-main (event not posted yet)
21 April 2023, 19:00pm Hong Kong time (11:00am GMT)
LECTURE > Mapping Modern Mahāyāna: Chinese Buddhism and Modernity in the Age of Global Modernity
Speaker: Prof. Jens Reinke（University of the West）
Host: 「緬懷 星雲大師」講座系列之漢傳佛教在世界的研究與弘傳（香港中文大學人間佛教研究中心）
Event page: https://www.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/cshb/research/public-lectures/
Direct link (no registration required): https://cuhk.zoom.us/j/91060241050
ZOOM ID: 910 6024 1050；微信視頻號：香港中大人間佛研中心
25 April 2023, 7–9pm CET
LECTURE > The veneration of Buddhist relics in Thailand
Speaker: Martin Seeger (University of Leeds)
Host: Permanent Training in Buddhist Studies (PTBS) of the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies (GCBS)
Event page: https://humanitiesacademie.ugent.be/buddhism-2023
28 April, 2023, 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. ET
LECTURE > History and Development of the Library of Congress Tibetan Collection
Speaker: Susan Meinheit,
Hybrid event. https://tibet.columbia.edu/events/women-tibetan-studies-lecture-series-columbia-university
28-29 April 2023
CONFERENCE > Cambridge Workshop on Meditative Visual Experiences in Buddhist Traditions, April 28th - 29th
Host: The Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University
Registration for online attendance: http://bit.ly/3J33zlK
29 April 2023, 1:30pm Taiwan time (5:30am GMT)
LECTURE > 令弘一大師感動淚下的僧家自傳： 見月讀體《一夢漫言》
Speaker: 廖肇亨
Host: 禪師．禪詩．禪思經典講座
Registration starts from March 15
Event page: https://csd.ddm.org.tw/xmnews/cont?xsmsid=0M119611289944437548&sid=0N050339998530549486
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