Conference updates.. 2011 and 2012..

The UKABS Annual Conference 2011

8th September 2011, 9.30am-6.00pm, Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG.

Registration fee:
(includes tea/coffee but not lunch)
£10 (£5 unwaged) for UKABS members
£25 (£15 unwaged) for non-members

Further information:
To register or for further details, please contact UKABS Treasurer, Dr. Naomi Appleton (naomi.appleton@googlemail.com).

Keynote Lectures:

Professor Max Deeg (Cardiff University)
How the Dharma Came to the Region – Buddhist Foundation Legends.
Dr Ulrike Roesler (University of Oxford)
“Lives of Liberation”: Biographical writing in Tibet.

University of Cambridge Research Project Presentation:
Transforming Technologies and Buddhist Book Culture: the introduction of printing and digital text reproduction in Tibetan societies (Dr Hildegard Diemberger).

Postgraduate Panel:

Karen Liljenberg (SOAS) The Thirteen Later Translations of the rDzogs chen Mind Series: an overview.
Alastair Gornall (University of Cambridge) The Buddhism of Grammar in 12th Century Sri Lanka: An Alternative Perspective on the Saṅgha Reforms of Parākramābāhu I.
Eva Preschern (Canterbury Christ Church University) Tibetan Stūpas in Modern Europe: The Opportunities and Risks of Constructing Buddhist Monuments in a New Cultural Context.
Andrew J. Wormald (University of Bristol) The Role of Meditation in Contemporary Chinese Buddhist Identity in mainland China.

The UKABS Annual Conference 2012
in association with the Centre for the History of Religion in Asia, Cardiff University.
7th-8th July 2012, St Michael’s College, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales.
A special conference on Early Mahāyāna, in memory of Sara Boin-Webb.
Academic programme of top international scholars convened by Professor Paul Harrison of Stanford University.
For further details or to pre-register please contact Dr. Naomi Appleton (naomi.appleton@googlemail.com)
More details to follow.