Dear colleagues,
I am glad to announce that our new “MA Buddhist Studies” at
SOAS has been granted final approval and will start this September.
This new MA will benefit from the school members' rich (dare
I say unique?) combination of expertise in Buddhist traditions and languages.
It will be organized around a core course, “Critical Concepts in Buddhist Studies”
that will be co-taught by the four key Buddhist scholars in the Department of
the Study of Religions, namely Lucia Dolce, Ulrich Pagel, Antonello Palumbo,
and myself.
You can find more information on this programme, its
structure and our course offer at: http://www.soas.ac.uk/religions/programmes/ma-buddhist-studies/
More generally, as many of you know, the recent appointment
of colleagues working on Buddhist Art in Tibet and South East Asia, thanks to
the endowment by the Alphawood foundation, will considerably enrich the
school's offer. Indeed, we believe that an auspicious period for Buddhist
studies at SOAS is ahead of us.
We would therefore be grateful if you could pass the
information on to potential students. The deadline for application to this
programme is June 30.
With kind regards,
Vincent Tournier
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Dr. Vincent Tournier
Seiyu Kiriyama Lecturer in Buddhist Studies
Chair, Centre of Buddhist Studies
School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG
United Kingdom
Tel. (dir): +44 (0)20 7898 4753
