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VOLUME 2 NUMBER 2 WINTER 2005 PAGE 3
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The San Francisco Bay Area will be be the
site of the International Buddhist Film Festival, January 28 to
February 13, 2005. Over fifty events are scheduled in San Francisco,
Berkeley, and San Rafael.
In conjunction with the festival, UC Berkeley
will hold a conference, "Speaking for the Buddha? Buddhism
and the Media," February 8-9. A related exhibition, "Reflecting
Buddha: Images by Contemporary Photographers," will run January
19-29, in San Francisco.
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Doctoral students
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A colloquium featuring the work of
doctoral students in Buddhist studies was inaugurated during
autumn term. The new program, a joint venture of the Stanford
Center for Buddhist Studies and the U.C. Berkeley Group in Buddhist
Studies, held its first meeting December 3, at Berkeley.
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| The festival, organized by
the Department of Music and the ARC Initiative, is directed by
Music professor Jindong Cai, Director of Orchestral Studies and
the author of Rhapsody in Red: How Western Classical Music
Became Chinese. |
| Prof. Cai will close the
festival program by conducting the Stanford Symphony Orchestra
in pieces composed by Chinary Ung (Cambodia), Zhou Long (China)
and Naresh Sohal (India). |
| The festival is sponsored by the School
of Humanities and Sciences and by Pahl & Gosselin. For details,
watch the ARC web
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Prof. Jindong Cai |
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ALSO OF MUSIC
NOTE:
Ensemble
Kaboul, with Ustad Farida Mahwash
Coming
to Stanford Lively Arts February 19 |
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| A performance of Kabir songs
filled the Meyer Forum Room October 31. The concert, organized
by Kabir scholar and arc/india director Linda Hess, featured
musicians Tara Kini and Shabnam Virmani. |
| The public event, which included an informational
session on the songs, was offered in conjunction with Prof. Hess'
course "Religion and Music in India" and co-sponsored
by ARC and Religious Studies. |
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