2011-12 Numata Buddhist Studies Lecture Series

In case you are interested:

FALL 2011

MICHELLE WANG (Georgetown University)

LECTURE: “Reflections of the Garbhadhātu Maṇḍala at Dunhuang”

Thursday, November 10, 4-6 pm, McMaster, University Hall 122

READING GROUP: “Changing Conceptions of ‘Maṇḍala’ in Tang China: Ritual, Image-Making, and the Limits of Visual Representation"

Friday, November 11, 3-5 pm, U of T, East Asian Studies Department, Robarts Library

TORU FUNAYAMA (Kyoto University)

READING GROUP: “Kamalaśīla's View on Yogic Perception and the Bodhisattva Path”

Thursday, December 1, 3-5 pm, U of T, Jackman Humanities Building, Room 317

LECTURE:
"Mahāyāna Vinaya? Aspirations for the Composition of a Vinaya for bodhisattvas in India and China"

Friday, December 2, 4-6, McMaster, University Hall 122

UPCOMING IN WINTER/SPRING 2012

LARA BRAITSTEIN (McGill University)

LECTURE: Thursday, January 26, 4-6, McMaster, University Hall 122

READING GROUP: Friday, January 27, 3-5, U of T, Jackman Humanities Building, Room 318

PIERCE SALGUERO (Penn State University, Abington College)

READING GROUP: Thursday, March 1, McMaster, University Hall 122

LECTURE: Friday, March 2, U of T, Jackman Humanities Building, Room 318

COLLETT COX (University of Washington)

LECTURE: Thursday, March 22, McMaster, University Hall 122

READING GROUP: Friday, March 23, U of T, Jackman Humanities Building, Room 318

JOHANNES BRONKHORST (University of Lausanne)

READING GROUP (Co-hosted by the Hindu Studies Colloquium): Greater Magadha and Buddhism in the Shadow of Brahmanism

Tuesday, March 27, U of T

CHRISTINA SCHERRER-SCHAUB (University of Lausanne)

READING GROUP: Thursday, April 5, 4-6, McMaster, University Hall 122

LECTURE: Friday, April 6, 3-5, U of T

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