ARC hosts
Satyajit Ray film talk |
| The life and works of Bengali
filmmaker Satyajit Ray were the subject of a December lecture
and slide presentation by Professor Dilip Basu, director of the
Ray Film and Study Collection (Ray FASC) at UC Santa Cruz. |
| Entitled "Politics and
Poetics of Vision: The Cinema of Satyajit Ray," Professor
Basu's talk was organized by ARC to coincide with the Ray film
festival running during autumn at the Stanford Theater in Palo
Alto. |
| The event, co-sponsored by
the dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences and by the Indian
Community Center, was followed by Indian refreshments provided
by the Wah Jee Wah Restaurant of Freemont. |
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Tibetan
studies
on the agenda |
| Tibet from p. 1 |
| On Wednesday, January21,
we'll be hosting a visit to Stanford of Amchi Tsondue Gyatso,
of the Lhasa Astro and Medical Institute, who will speak on "Introduction
to Tibetan Medicine: Diagnosis, Diet, and Behavorial Advice." |
| Both talks will take place
at 4:15 p.m., on the Main Quad, in Building 50, Room 51P. |
| In spring term, we're planning
a special event featuring Arjia Rinpoche, abbot of Kumbum monastery.
The event is designed to build community interest in the development
of new programs in Tibetan studies at Stanford. |
| For more information, see Tibet at Stanford 2004. |
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Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies
The Stanford Center for Buddhist Studies
has teamed with the Berkeley Group in Buddhist Studies to initiate
a new series of lectures on Buddhism. Known as the Berkeley-Stanford
Buddhist Studies Colloquium, the series is planned as an annual
program that brings together faculty and students of the two
campuses.
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The colloquium was launched during autumn
term, with talks by Robert Sharf (EALC, Berkeley), on Buddhist
ritual; Lori Meeks (Religious Studies, Stanford), on Japanese
nuns; and Juhyung Rhi (Numata visiting professor, Berkeley),
on Gandharan Buddhist art. |
Lectures will continue in winter and
spring terms, with a schedule to be announced. All lectures are
open to the public. For information on upcoming events, visit
the colloquium website.
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Dates
to remember |
| Some of the major public
events scheduled at this time for the coming months. Watch the
ARC Home and Calendar pages for more information
on these and other programs. |
| Winter term: |
| February 23. India scholar Wendy Doniger (Chicago), Presidential
Lecture. |
| March 8. China scholar Michael Friedrich (Hamburg), Evans-Wentz
Lecture. |
| Spring term: |
| April 1-4. Shakespeare in Asia conference. |
| May 22-23. Burmese Buddhism conference. |
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