Schedule

9:00 – 9:30 am (Conference Room 1st floor Young Research Library)

Arrival, Coffee and refreshments

9:30 – 9:35 am

Opening remarks from Su Chen, Head of Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library at UCLA

9:35 – 9:45 am

Welcoming remarks by Athena Jackson, Norman and Armena Powell University Librarian, UCLA Library

9:45 – 11:15 am: Panel #1, Ancient Buddhist Manuscripts in the UCLA Library (Conference Room 1st floor Young Research Library)

Chair: Su Chen

· Li Jining (National Library of China), “Authentication of three Dunhuang scrolls and other rare Buddhist items held at UCLA”

· Q & A session

11:15 am - 12:15 pm: A guided tour of Dunhuang scrolls, Buddhist canons and materials from Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties by an international expert (Distinctive Collections Classroom)

*Both the lecture and the rare materials viewing will be conducted in Chinese, with English interpretation provided by Yuxuan Tay, a Ph.D. student in Buddhist Studies at UCLA.

12:15 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch for all participants and attendees

1:00 – 2:30 pm: Panel #2, Asian American Experiences Roundtable (Presentation Room 1st Floor Young Research Library)

Chair: Alex Cline, Former Interviewer, Center for Oral History Research, UCLA Library

· Tenzin Kiyosaki

· Rev. Kusala Bhikshu

· Rev. Noriaki Ito

· Debra Boudreaux

· Karen Hilsberg

· Trudy Goodman

2:30 – 4:00 pm: Panel #3, Archives of Buddhism in Los Angeles (Presentation Room 1st Floor Young Research Library)

Chair, Robert Buswell, Distinguished Research Professor

· Susan Andrews (Mount Allison University)

· Jean Paul deGuzman (UCLA)

· Jesse Drian (Library of Congress, presenting in his personal capacity)

· Q & A session

4:00 – 4:15 pm:

Closing remarks by Stephanie Balkwill, Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies at UCLA

Cost : Free and open to the public but registration required

Sponsor(s): Center for Buddhist Studies, Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library