Upcoming events from the
Institute of Buddhist Studies
Graduate Student Symposium:
Mass Meditation
October 6, 2017, 1-5 p.m., Berkeley, CA
The fourth annual graduate student symposium at the
Institute of Buddhists Studies examines the popularity of meditation
practices in contemporary global Buddhisms. Papers will present a
range of scholarship from historical perspectives on the modern
origins of a diversity of mindfulness practices; scientific studies
of Buddhist practice and globalized Buddhist feedback loops; and
comparative studies across traditions, between the secular and the
sectarian, and the modern and the traditional.
Graduate speakers include IBS students as well as
scholars from other schools; and our keynote speaker is Dr. Erik
Braun, Associate Professor in the Department of Religious
Studies at the University of Virginia and author of The Birth of Insight:
Meditation, Modern Buddhism, and the Burmese Monk Ledi Sayadaw,
co-winner of the 2014 Toshihide Numata Book Prize in Buddhism.
IBS/IASBS
Events at the AAR
November 17, 2017, Boston, MA
The International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies is hosting two events at the annual
meeting of the American Academy of Religion in Boston, MA.
Mochizuki’s
Doctrinal History of Pure Land Buddhism in China
Friday, November 17 – 10:00 AM-12:00 PM
A book discussion of the recent IBS publication of Shinko Mochizuki's
Doctrinal History of Pure Land Buddhism in China featuring IBS
faculty.
Shinran in
the Light of Heidegger and Levinas
Friday, November 17 – 2:00 PM-5:00 PM
A panel discussion of Shinran and continental philosophy organized by
Prof. Dennis Hirota.
Check the website for updates about the
Winter Pacific Seminar in Orange County as well as the IBS Symposium
at the BCA National Council in early 2018.
All of these events are free and open to the public. Please visit our
website or contact us for more information.
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