Academic Year Event Archive, 2001-2002

Politics and Buddhism

Politics and Buddhism will be the focus of “The Socio-Political Geography of Buddhism in Contemporary Societies,” on Saturday, January 12 at UCLA’s Royce Hall Room 314.
Saturday, January 12, 2002
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The Socio-Political Geography of Buddhism in Contemporary Societies

The conference, sponsored by the Center for Buddhist Studies, will feature experts on China, Japan, Burma and minority communities of the China-Burma border.
Saturday, January 12, 2002
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM

The Most Important Buddhist Scripture? The Aparimitayurjnana and the Question of Context

Jonathan Silk from Yale University will speak on the above topic.
Wednesday, January 30, 2002
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Rethinking Buddhism in Chinese History: The Bai People of Yunnan and the Processes of Sinification

Lecture
Monday, February 25, 2002
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Buddhism in the New Era of Globalization

Sulak Sivaraksa is a leading Thai Buddhist intellectual and social critic, who has been deeply involved in the Thai democratization movement.
Wednesday, May 08, 2002
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Buddhism In Song

Conference
Saturday, May 18, 2002
9:30 AM - 5:30 PM

Did Dogen Go to China? Problematizing Dogen's Relation to Ju-ching and

STEVEN HEINE, Professor of Religious Studies and History and Director of Asian Studies at Florida International University, is author or editor of a dozen books, including several studies of Dogen (Dogen and the Koan Tradition, The Zen Poetry of Dogen, and A Study of Dogen by Masao Abe). He is currently working on a comprehensive examination of what Dogen wrote and when he wrote it.
Thursday, May 30, 2002
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM