For information on any of these events, contact Professor Barbara Pitkin at pitkin@stanford.edu

Fall 2011

Winter 2012

Spring 2012

Fall 2011

Friday, October 7: Lecture by Juhyung Rhi (Seoul National University), “Images at the Threshold: Reading Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Early Indian Buddhist Art." 5:30 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. Lectures on Buddhist Art. Co-sponsored by the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of Religious Studies. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, October 13: Colloquium with Linda Hess (Stanford University), “Bodies of Song: Kabir Oral Traditions and Performative Worlds in Northern India."12:15 - 1:30 p.m., Building 250, Room 201. For Religious Studies faculty, graduate students, and guests. RSVP to Sunny Toy (toy@stanford.edu).

Thursday, October 27: Colloquium with Devin DeWeese (Indiana University), “Fusing Islam and Chinggisid Charisma: Muhammad Shïbãnî Khãn’s Religious Program in 16th-century Central Asia." 12:15 - 1:30 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. For Religious Studies and Abbasi Program faculty, graduate students, and guests. RSVP to Sunny Toy (toy@stanford.edu). Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies.

Thursday, October 27: Lecture by Ron Rosenbaum (Journalist and author), “Bob Dylan’s God Problem - And Ours.” 7:30 p.m., Levinthal Hall in the Stanford Humanities Center. Sponsored by the Taube Center for Jewish Studies and co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, the Stanford Humanities Center, and the Oshman Family JCC.

Thursday, November 3: Lecture by Fabio Rambelli (UCSB), “Strange Beings from Distant Realms: Outer Barbarians (gaii) and Monsters (yõkai) in Early Modern Japan. ” 5:30 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. Lectures on Japanese Religion. Co-sponsored by the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of Religious Studies. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, November 17: Colloquium with Edwin (Ted) Good (Emeritus, Stanford University): “Genesis 1-11: Tales of the Earliest World.” 12:15 - 1:30 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. For Religious Studies faculty, graduate students, and guests. RSVP to Sunny Toy (toy@stanford.edu). Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and the Taube Center for Jewish Studies.

Thursday, November 17: Lecture by Michael Foster (Indiana University), “Seeing Monsters: Ritual, Tourism, and the Power of Vision.” 5:30 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. Lectures on Japanese Religion. Co-sponsored by the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of Religious Studies. Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, November 29: Lecture by David Malkiel (Bar Ilan University), "The Poetry and Art of Italy’s Jewish Tombstones." 12:00 p.m., Building 360, Conference Room. Co-sponsored by the Taube Center for Jewish Studies and the Department of Religious Studies. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, December 1: Lecture by Jonathan Garb (Hebrew University), “Gender and Sexuality in the Luzzatto Controversy in early 18th-century Italy.” 5:30 p.m., Levinthal Hall in the Stanford Humanities Center. Religion and Gender Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, the Taube Center for Jewish Studies, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Stanford Humanities Center. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, December 8: Lecture by Hank Glassman (Haverford College), “At the Crossroads of the Six Paths: Images and Legends of the Bodhisattva Jizô from Kyoto's Higashiyama.” 5:30 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. Religion and Gender Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Free and open to the public.

Winter 2012

Friday, January 13: Lecture by Yukio Lippit (Harvard University), “The Harvard Buddha Hand.” 5:30 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. Lectures on Buddhist Art. Co-sponsored by the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of Religious Studies

Thursday, January 19: Lecture by James Robson (Harvard University), "Searching for a Better Return: Pre-mortem Rituals and the Economy of Salvation in Chinese Buddhism," 5:15 p.m., Board Room in the Stanford Humanities Center. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford. Free and open to the public.

Monday, January 23: Lecture by Daniel Stevenson (University of Kansas), "The 'Tiantai Four Books': Protocols of Buddhist Learning in Late-Song and Yuan China," 5:15 p.m., Building 200 (Lane History Corner), Room 13. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, January 26: Lecture by John Kieschnick (Hong Kong Polytechnic University), "The Place of the Past in Chinese Buddhism," 5:15 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies and the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, February 16: Lecture by Tom Hare (Princeton University), "A Place for the Mind," 12:15 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. Japanese Buddhism Lectures. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies. Free and open to the public. Limited seating.

Thursday, February 23: Lecture by Dyan Elliott (Northwestern University), “Rubber Soul: Gender, Theology, and the Hagiographical Spirit World of the High Middle Ages,” 5:30 p.m., Levinthal Hall in the Stanford Humanities Center. Religion and Gender Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Stanford Humanities Center. Free and open to the public. For more information about this event, click here.

Thursday, March 8: Colloquium with Ozgen Felek (Mellon Fellow, Stanford University): “Masculinity, Piety, and Power: The Making of Imperial Men in the Early-modern Ottoman Court,” 12:15 - 1:30 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. For Religious Studies and Abbasi Program faculty, graduate students, and guests. RSVP to Sunny Toy (toy@stanford.edu). Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, and the Mediterranean Studies Forum.

Thursday, March 15: Lecture by Rinchen Khando Choegyal (Tibetan Nuns Project). "Women in Tibetan Buddhism," 7:30 p.m., Cypress Lounge, Tresidder Union 2nd floor. Religion and Gender Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, the Department of Religious Studies, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, and the Tibetan Studies Initiative.

Spring 2012

Friday, April 6: Lecture by Qiang Ning (Connecticut College), “Buddhist Art in the 10th-century Dunhuang: The Politics of Patronage and Image-Making.” 5:30 p.m., Building 70, 72A1. Lectures on Buddhist Art. Co-sponsored by the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies and the Department of Religious Studies. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 12: Panel Discussion on "Faith and Democracy" with Mohammed Fadel (University of Toronto), Rebecca Lyman (UC Berkeley), Richard Madsen (UC San Diego), Steven Weitzman (Stanford), and Robert Gregg (Stanford). 6:00 p.m., Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center. We The People: Islam and U.S. Politics Series. Co-sponsored by the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, Jewish Studies Middle East Fund, the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, the Department of Religious Studies, Stanford Humanities Center, and the Office of Religious Life. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 19: Annual Garfield Forum for Undergraduates: Anver Emon (University of Toronto), Charles Mathewes (University of Virginia), and Brent Sockness (Stanford University) speaking on "The Ethics of War in Christian and Islamic Perspective". 6:00 - 7:15 p.m., Flo Mo Hall. Open to current Stanford University undergraduates only.

Friday, April 20: Lunch and Discussion with Garfield Forum Panelists. 12:00-1:30 p.m., Flo Mo Hall. Open to current Stanford University undergraduates only.

Tuesday, April 24: Lecture by Michael Walzer (Professor Emeritus, Institute of Advanced Study), "Holy War in the Bible - and After." 7:30 p.m., Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center. The Aaron Roland Endowed Lecture. Co-sponsored by the Taube Center for Jewish Studies, the Stanford Humanities Center, and the Department of Religious Studies. Free and open to the public. For more information, click here.

Thursday, April 26: Lecture by Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University). "Buddhism and Islam on the Silk Road." 4:15 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies, the Department of Religious Studies, the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, the Center for East Asian Studies, the Department of History, and "The Silk Road Group". Free and open to the public. For more information, click here.

Tuesday, May 1: Lecture by Gananath Obeyesekere (Emeritus, Princeton University), "Madame Blavatsky's Visionary Travels and the Work of the Dream Ego." 7:30 p.m., Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center. Evans Wentz Lecture. Co-sponsored by the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, the Department of Religious Studies, and Continuing Studies. Free and open to the public. For more information, click here.

Thursday, May 3: Lecture by Mark Juergensmeyer (UCSB), “The Global Religious Challenges to the Secular State.” 7:00 p.m., Annenberg Auditorium. Part of the Ethics and War series sponsored by the Bowen H. McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society. Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies. Free and open to the public. For more details, click here.

Thursday, May 10: Colloquium with Jamie Kreiner (Mellon Fellow, Stanford University), "Imperfect Saints and the Perfect Death: Some Problems in the Seventh Century." 12:15 - 1:30 p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. For Religious Studies faculty, graduate students, and guests. RSVP to Sunny Toy (toy@stanford.edu).

Tuesday, May 15: Film Screening "Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet" with discussion by Buddhist Lama Tsoknyi Rinpoche III and film director Victress Hitchcock. 7:00-9:30 p.m., Bechtel International Center Conference Room, 584 Capistrano Way. Co-sponsored by the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, the Department of Religious Studies, and the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies. Free and open to the public. For more information, click here.

Thursday, May 24: Lecture by Lisa Knight (Furman University), “Baul Women and Competing Claims of Authenticity.” 5:30p.m., Building 70, Room 72A1. Religion and Gender Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies, the Department of Religious Studies, the Center for South Asia, and the Clayman Institute for Gender Research. Free and open to the public.

Friday, May 25-Saturday, May 26: Graduate Student Conference "Sanctified Indulgence"

Sunday, June 17:Stanford University's 121st Commencement. The Official University Ceremony will take place at 9:30am at the Stanford Stadium (click here to see the location on a map). The Department of Religious Studies will be hosting a reception at the Ford Center Grove at 11:30am, which will be followed by the Diploma Ceremony at 12:30pm (click here to see the location on a map). For complete information about Stanford University's 2012 Commencement please click here.