Academic Year Event Archive, 2002-2003

The Origins of the Buddha Image -- Revisited

Preoccupied with how the transition from non-figural to anthropomorphic representations of the Buddha was effected, scholars over the last hundred years have argued for a Greek, Indian, or Iranian origin of the Buddha image. This lecture revisits the most cogent arguments in light of recent discoveries and presents new research on the relevant historical circumstances during the first century CE.
Tuesday, November 05, 2002
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

The Buddhist Construction of Sexual Deviance

UCSB's José Cabezón will discuss what Indian and Tibetan Buddhist documents say about deviant bodies and deviant sexuality.
Tuesday, November 19, 2002
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Evidence Matters: Textual Authority and Lineage Dispute in Seventeenth-century Chan/Zen Buddhism

Prof. Jiang Wu speaks in the 2002-2003 UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies public lecture series.
Friday, February 07, 2003
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Idiosyncrasies in the Renewal of Faith: Religious Revival in Mongolia

Prof. Vesna Wallace offers an illustrated talk in the 2002-2003 UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies public lecture series.
Wednesday, February 12, 2003
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Glimpses of Contemporary Qinghai: Buddhism, Medicine, & Village Development

A talk by Kunchok Gyaltsen (Executive Director, Kumbum Hospital of Tibetan Medicine)
Monday, March 10, 2003
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Lecture - Everyday Life in an Ancient Indian Buddhist Monastery

With Oskar von Hinueber, Professor at the Albert Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany
Monday, March 31, 2003
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Lecture - War and Remembrance

The only Westerner to survive Khmer Rouge imprisonment -- noted Buddhist Studies scholar François Bizot presents his memoir.
Friday, April 04, 2003
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Lecture - Can an effect precede its cause? Religion, logic and grammar in Buddhist philosophical analysis

With Eli Franco, University of Vienna
Monday, April 07, 2003
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Lecture & Slide Presentation - Images, Relics, and Jewels: The Assimilation of Images in the Buddhist Cult of Gandhara - Or Vice Versa

With Juhyung Rhi, Seoul National University and UC Berkeley
Monday, May 05, 2003
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM