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 . . . → Read More: 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.

Pali Buddhist Review was produced from 1976 to 1982 (to Vol. 6, no.2) by the Pali Buddhist Union, and was edited by Russell Webb. In 1983, it was superceded by Buddhist Studies Review, of . . . → Read More: Archive Updates]]> http://www.ukabs.org.uk/ukabs/resources/journal-archives/pali-studie-review-archive/ Has the archives of Pali Buddhist Review: hope they are useful. Buddhist Studies Review Archives are now also online

Pali Buddhist Review was produced from 1976 to 1982 (to Vol. 6, no.2) by the Pali Buddhist Union, and was edited by Russell Webb. In 1983, it was superceded by Buddhist Studies Review, of the Institut de recherche bouddhique Lin-So’n and the Pali Buddhist Union, also edited by Russell Webb, and in 1998 Buddhist Studies Review was adopted by the UK Association for Buddhist Studies as its journal. As of 2006, Buddhist Studies Review then became produced commercially, on behalf of UKABS, by Equinox.

The provisional programme includes lectures by Professor Max Deeg of Cardiff University and by Dr Ulrike Roesler of the University of Oxford, as well as . . . → Read More: News on UKABS 2011 conference]]> The UKABS annual conference 2011 will be held on 8th September 2011, at the Khalili Lecture Theatre, School of Oriental and African Studies, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H.0XG.

The provisional programme includes lectures by Professor Max Deeg of Cardiff University and by Dr Ulrike Roesler of the University of Oxford, as well as a presentation of University of Cambridge AHRC funded research on, “Transforming Technologies and Buddhist Book Culture”, and a postgraduate panel.

Postgraduate students who would like to present on their work in progress at the conference should in the first instance contact the UKABS postgrad rep., Charles Manson (cemanson AT live DOT com).”

Historiography, adaptation and contemporary practice

The conference was held at the University of Leeds in July 2010

A report on this event can be accessed HERE

Date: Friday 3rd July, 9.30am-6.30pm.

Venue: School of Oriental and African Studies, Vernon Square Campus, Room V111. Vernon Square, Penton Rise, London WC1X 9EW (near Kings Cross).

Registration: £10 for UKABS members; £20 for non-members. (Note that it will be possible to join/renew UKABS membership at the . . . → Read More: UKABS Conference 2009]]> UK Association for Buddhist Studies Conference 2009

Date: Friday 3rd July, 9.30am-6.30pm.

Venue: School of Oriental and African Studies,
Vernon Square Campus,
Room V111.
Vernon Square,
Penton Rise,
London
WC1X 9EW (near Kings Cross).

Registration: £10 for UKABS members; £20 for non-members. (Note that it will be possible to join/renew UKABS membership at the conference.)

Further Information: Please contact UKABS Secretary, Dr. Cathy Cantwell (catherine dot cantwell at orinst dot ox dot ac dot uk)

For booking and registration, please contact UKABS Treasurer, Dr. Naomi Appleton (naomi dot appleton at googlemail dot com)

Featuring lectures by:

Dr Vesna Wallace, Numata Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Oxford, Academic Director of Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, and author of The Kālacakratantra: The Chapter on Sādhana together with the Vimalaprabhā.

Dr Peter Harvey, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Sunderland, and author of The Selfless Mind: Personality, Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism and Introduction to Buddhist Ethics.

Dr Ian Harris, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Cumbria, Senior Research Fellow at National University of Singapore, and author of Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice and Buddhism Under Pol Pot.

Dr Tse-fu Kuan, Assistant Professor at Yuan Ze University, Taiwan, and author of Mindfulness in Early Buddhism: New Approaches through Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources.

Timetable:
9.30am Registration
10.00-11.00am Tse-fu Kuan (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan): “A Debate between the Buddha and Saccaka: A Study Based on the Pali and Chinese Sources”.
11.00-12.00am Peter Harvey (Sunderland): “Are the Four /Ariya-sacca/s ‘Noble Truths’ or ‘Realities for the Noble One(s)’”?
12.00-12.15pm Coffee break
12.15-1.15pm Postgrad panel (chaired by Charles Manson, Oxford):
Ligeia Lugli (SOAS): “Meaning without Words: on the Relationship between Artha and Ruta in Indian Mahāyāna Sūtras”; Ingmar Heise (Bristol): “The Buddhas’ Happy Day: Buddhist Celebrations of the Ghost Festival in Southern China”.
1.15-2.45pm Lunch
2.45-3.30pm AGM for UKABS members
3.30-4.30pm Vesna Wallace (Oxford): “Rendering Buddhism into Mongolian: A Historical Look into Mongolian Methods of Translating Buddhist Texts”.
4.30-5.30pm Ian Harris (Cumbria): “Theravāda Perspectives on Regime Change”.
5.30-6.30pm University of Bristol Project on Buddhist Death Rituals: Introductory talk, film and discussion: “Caring for the Beyond: Two Lao Buddhist Festivals for the Deceased”.

With thanks to the Circle of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, SOAS.

Programme of Speakers Hildegard Diemberger . . . → Read More: UKABS ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2008]]> This year’s event is to be held jointly with the British Association for the Study of Religion [BASR]. It will form a whole day’s panel on Tuesday (2nd), within the longer BASR Annual Conference [1-3 September] and UKABS Members are naturally invited to consider staying for the entire period.

Programme of Speakers
Hildegard Diemberger (Cambridge): When a woman becomes a religious dynasty: The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet.
Martin Seeger (Leeds): Authority, identity and pluralism in Theravāda: ‘On the very idea of the Pali canon’ in Thai Buddhism.
John Strong (Bates College, USA): The Buddha as Wonder Worker: Reflections on the Mahāprātihārya and the Descent from Trayastrimsa.
Ashley Thompson (Leeds): Capturing Death: Reflections on the Cambodian Buddha image as relic, from colonial revival of tradition to contemporary collecting.
Details of the Postgraduate Panel
Jessamine Dana (Oxford): Women, Nuns, and Enlightened Beings: female Buddhist becoming in Nepal.
Margaret Gouin (Bristol): When is an Ancestor not an Ancestor? Rebirth and Remembering in Buddhist Practice.
Wu Juan (Cardiff): Tracing the Legend of King Ajātaśatru.

Documents
Draft Programme of the day’s events
Conference poster