Keynote Presentation: A Sense of an Ending: Chinese Buddhist Eschatology Reconsidered
T. H. Barrett (SOAS). October 7, 2022, 6:30 pm PDT. In-person at UBC C.K. Choi Building Room 120, and onlineContinue reading
Guest Lecture: A New Translation and Study of The Zhuangzi (Sayings of Master Zhuang)
Richard John Lynn (University of Toronto). October 9, 2022, 7:30 pm PDT. In-person at UBC Asian Centre Auditorium and onlineContinue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Monasteries and Madhouses: On the Care and Confinement of the Insane in Early Modern and Contemporary East Asian Buddhism
August 1, 2022, with James Robson (Harvard). Online, via ZoomContinue reading
Guest Lecture: Revival of Buddhism in Southeast China in the Late Ninth Century: The Case of Shanquan Temple
You Ziyong (Capital Normal University, China). 6:00 PM PDT, March 31, 2022. Online Continue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: The Trial of Ānanda: Some Thoughts for Modern Times
Mar 30, 2022, with Donald S. Lopez Jr. (University of Michigan). Online, via ZoomContinue reading
Guest Lecture: How did the Military Institutions Interact with Local Society in the Ming and Qing Dynasties: A Case of Yuzhou Guard
Deng Qinping (University of Political Science and Law, China). 6:00 PM PDT, April 6, 2022. Online Continue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Philosophy, Philosophers and Buddhist Scholastic Texts (Śāstra)
Feb 18, 2022, with Parimal Patil (Harvard University). Online, via ZoomContinue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Whiteness is a Sankhara – Racial Justice as Buddhist Practice
January 24, 2022, with Ann Gleig (University of Central Florida) and Joy Brennan (Kenyon College, Ohio). Online, via ZoomContinue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: All is One Buddhism’s Enrichment and Advancement of Chinese Philosophy Advancement of Chinese Philosophy from the Past to the Present
January 4, 2022, with Professor WEI Daoru (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences). Online, via ZoomContinue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Fostering Education beyond the Classroom Examples from Republican Buddhism and their Legacy Today
December 8, 2021, with Stefania Travagnin (SOAS, University of London). Online, via ZoomContinue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Exploring the Future of Buddhism through a Historical Perspective
October 12, 2021, with Rey-Sheng Her (Tzu Chi University). Online, via ZoomContinue reading
Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series: Buddhist Art for the 21st Century
September 22, 2021, with Eugene Wang (Harvard). Online, via ZoomContinue reading
