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Coming
to ARC
2003-04 |
| In
addition to our performance of Kabir in October, here are some of the events
we are planning for the coming year. Visit our website calendar
for details and updates on these and other programs. |
| Medicinal
Herbs Conference.
Featuring Anna Spudich speaking on Indian medicines. In conjunction
with the current exhibit at the Cantor Arts Center. Cantor Auditorium,
October 25. |
| Sacred
Geographies: Space, Place, & Network in Asian Religions &
Cultures.
A year-long Humanities Center workshop, featuring invited speakers. |
| ARC/SCBS
Fellows Colloquium.
A year-long series of talks by our research fellows. |
| Berkeley-Stanford
Buddhism Colloquium.
A year-long series of public lectures by scholars of the two
universities. |
| A
Celebration of Indian Culture.
A program of music and dance, in collaboration with Bay Area
Indian organizations. Early 2004. |
| Religion
& Power in Theravada Buddhist Societies. A two-day
conference, organized by SCBS research fellow Naoko Kumada (Cambridge)
and funded by the Toyota Foundation. May 2004. |
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Buddhist
Studies
Enters New Era |
| The
study of Buddhism in the Bay Area will undergo dramatic development
this year with the appointment of new faculty at Stanford and
Berkeley. |
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| At
Stanford,
Steven Carter, a specialist on Japanese Buddhist poetry, will
join the Asian Languages department, while Michael Zimmermann
will take up a post in South Asian Buddhism in Religious Studies. |
| At
Berkeley,
Robert Sharf, will teach Chinese and Japanese Buddhism in the
East Asian Languages & Cultures department, and Alexander
von Rospatt, a scholar of Indian Buddhism has been appointed
to South & Southeast Asian Studies. |
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Buddhism: p. 3 |
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ARC
Visiting Scholars |
| Joining
ARC this year will be several visiting scholars in Asian religions
and cultures: |
| Keila
Diehl
(Stanford), an ethnomusicologist specializing on Tibet, will
offer courses in Religious Studies and Anthropology on Tibetan
ritual life and sacred musics of the world. |
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Visitors: p. 3 |
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| The new program will be directed
by Robert Gregg, professor of Religious Studies, and will be
designed by a faculty committee reporting to the Dean of Graduate
& Undergraduate Studies. |
| Although still in the planning
stages, the program will likely consist of a consortium of faculty
from several departments and will provide graduate fellowships,
language instruction, library development , and academic events
programming. |
| For more, see Stanford Report story, 9/24/03. |
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