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Tag Archives: Buddhism
Job Opening: Buddhist Studies, Tung Lin Kok Visiting Professor
Institution: University of Toronto – Scarborough, Humanities Location: Ontario, Canada Position: Tung Lin Kok Yuen Visiting Professor in Buddhist Studies The Department of Humanities in the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for the position of … Continue reading
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Tagged religion, job opening, Buddhism, Buddhist studies, University of Toronto Scarborough
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Job Opening: Japanese Buddhism, Professor, University of California – Berkeley
Institution: University of California – Berkeley, East Asian Languages & Cultures Location: California, United States Position: Tenure Track Faculty, Professor, Japanese Buddhism Japanese Buddhism: The Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of California, … Continue reading
Shinjo Ito Postdoctoral Fellowship in Japanese Buddhism
University of California, Berkeley Deadline: February 15, 2012 With the generous support of the Shinnyo-en Foundation, the Center for Japanese Studies at UC Berkeley is pleased to invite applications for a one-year postdoctoral research fellowship. The term of the appointment … Continue reading
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Tagged Berkeley, Buddhism, fellowship, postdoc, religion, research, UC Berkeley, University of California
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Book announcement: Bonds of the Dead: Temples, Burial and the Transformation of Contemporary Japanese Buddhism
http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo12046404.html Despite popular images of priests seeking enlightenment in snow-covered mountain temples, the central concern of Japanese Buddhism is death. For that reason, Japanese Buddhism’s social and economic base has long been in mortuary service–a base now threatened by public … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Buddhism, death, Japan, Japanese Buddhism, modern, modern Japan
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Scholarship: Dissertation scholarship:Buddhist Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat
The doctoral program in Buddhist Studies at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat in Munich, Germany offers a PhD scholarship for a dissertation project related to Buddhism. Deadline for application: 15th November 2011 Start of scholarship: 1st January 2012 or later End of scholarship: … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, dissertation, doctoral program, funding, Germany, Munich, religion, scholarship
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Call for Papers: Buddhism and the Political Process
The Department of Humanities, University of Toronto Scarborough is pleased to present A Call for Papers The Tung Lin Kok Yuen Conference: BUDDHISM AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS April 13-15, 2012 University of Toronto Scarborough For more information, please visit our … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, Buddhism, call for papers, Canada, Japan, politics, University of Toronto Scarborough
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Job Opening: Numata Professorship of Buddhist Studies
Institution: University of Oxford Location: United Kingdom Position: Full Professor, Oriental Studies Faculty; Numata Professorship of Buddhist Studies Numata Professorship of Buddhist Studies ORIENTAL INSTITUTE in association with Balliol College The Numata Chair was created in 2006 by … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Buddhist studies, Numata Professorship, professor, religion, UK, University of Oxford
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Symposium announcement: The Fifth Annual International Symposium of the Columbia Center for Japanese Religion
Title: Japanese Buddhism and the Performing Arts (geinō) Date: Friday and Saturday, October 14-15, 2011 Location: 403 Kent Hall, Columbia University Schedule Friday, October 14th 9:00-9:30 Registration 9:30-9:35 Opening and Welcoming Remarks Bernard FAURE (Columbia University) 9:40-10:00 KOMINE Kazuaki (Rikkyō … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhism, Columbia University, geinou, Japan, Japanese Buddhism, New York, performing arts, symposium
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Call for Papers: Conference of the Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies
December 7-9, 2011 The 2011 conference of the Australasian Association of Buddhist Studies (AABS) will be held in conjunction with the New Zealand Association for the Study of Religions (NZASR) Conference from December 7, 2011 to December 9, 2011 at … Continue reading
