Calendar of Events

Results For 2009

Interpretation of Yogacara Philosophy in Huayan Buddhism

Numata Colloquium Series talk featuring Professor HAMAR Imre of Eotvos Lorand University (Budapest, Hungary), currently Visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Virginia.
Friday, January 16, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Kushanshahr: Where Zoroastrians and Buddhists meet - A Visual Presentation

A CISA and Central Asia Initiative Seminar
Monday, February 02, 2009
12:00 PM

Buddhist World Heritage Properties in Korea: Thoughts and Significance

By Jongmyung Kim, The Academy of Korean Studies/CKS Post Doc and Visiting Scholar Colloquium Series
Wednesday, February 04, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Theravada, But Not as We Know It: Forgotten Tantra in Theravada Buddhism

A talk on Theravada Buddhism by Professor Henrietta Kate Crosby of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK. Part of the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies Numata Colloquium Series.
Friday, February 20, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed

A talk on Buddhism and science by Professor Donald Lopez of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Part of the UCLA Center for Buddhist Studies Numata Colloquium Series.
Monday, February 23, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Contemplating Contemplation: Another Look at Meditation in Indian Buddhism

UCLA Department of Asian Languages and Cultures' Graduate Colloquium Series, in partnership with the Center for Buddhist Studies, presents a talk by J. Wayne Bass.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

The Buddha as a Businessman: Economics and Law in an Old Indian Religion

106th UCLA FACULTY RESEARCH LECTURE to be given by Gregory Schopen, Professor of Buddhism and Chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

The Aṭṭhakavagga Reconsidered: Between Wisdom and Dispassion

A CBS Colloquium Series Lecture by Professor Luis O. Gmez (Prof. Emeritus, University of Michigan and Profesor Investigador, El Colegio de Mxico).
Friday, April 03, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Life Writing as Literary Relic: Image, Inscription, and Consecration in Tibetan Biography

A CBS Colloquium Series Lecture by Andrew Quintman, PhD (Cotsen-Mellon Fellow, Princeton University).
Friday, May 15, 2009
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Korean Buddhism Betrayed? The Korean Wonjong's Attempted Alliance with the Japanese Sotoshu in 1910

A Center for Buddhist Studies Numata Colloquium Series lecture by Professor Hwansoo Kim of Duke University.
Friday, October 09, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

UCLA International Institute Open House

In association with the Dashew Center for International Students and Scholars and the International Education Office
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Shoji Yamada on his book "Shots in the Dark: Japan, Zen, and the West"

An Informal Lecture
Monday, November 02, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The Buddhist Arts of Tea in Medieval China

James A. Benn delivers the 22nd Sammy Yukuan Lee Lecture on Chinese Archaeology and Art
Saturday, November 07, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tocharian 100 Years after its Decipherment

A Center for Buddhist Studies Numata Colloquium Series lecture by Professor Melanie Malzahn (University of Vienna)
Friday, November 13, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Exploring Visual Types of Gandharan Buddha Images: Its Ramifications

A talk on Gandharan Buddhist art by Professor Rhi Juhyung of Seoul National University
Thursday, November 19, 2009
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Buddhist Cave Temples of the Kucha Kingdom

An Afternoon of Presentations and Discussion
Friday, November 20, 2009
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM

"Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country" Film Screening

Armed with video cameras, a tenacious band of Burmese reporters [VJ=Video Journalist] face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country.
Friday, November 20, 2009
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM