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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies
School of Humanities & Sciences

Chinese Buddhism Lectures

Xingtian Temple, Taipei, Taiwan

Xingtian Temple, Taipei, Taiwan. Photo credit: Irene Lin

Lectures on Chinese Buddhism.

Upcoming Events

November
6

Antonello Palumbo: "The Buddhist Empire That Never Was: Once Again on Wu Zhao and her Politics of Religion"

Wed November 6th 2024, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
East Asian Library
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224
February
6

Jiang Wu: "Samuel Beal and the Study of Chinese Buddhism in Victorian England: Reassessing the Contribution of a Forgotten Scholar"

Thu February 6th 2025, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
East Asian Library
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224
February
13

Costantino Moretti: "Mix-ups and Touch-ups in Medieval Chinese Buddhist Manuscripts"

Thu February 13th 2025, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
East Asian Library
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224
May
1

Marcus Bingenheimer: "On the Use of Historical Social Network Analysis in the Study of Chinese Buddhism"

Thu May 1st 2025, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
East Asian Library
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224

Past Events

April
11

Meir Shahar: "Buddhism and Chinese Rural Religion"

Thu April 11th 2024, 5:00pm
Location:
Stanford Humanities Center
424 Santa Teresa St, Stanford, CA 94305
Board Room
February
8

Phillip E. Bloom: “Born in the Latter Days of the Dharma: Ecology and Eternity in a Song-Dynasty Buddhist Monastery”

Thu February 8th 2018, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location:
STANFORD HUMANITIES CENTER, LEVINTHAL HALL
March
2

Lothar Ledderose: "Writing on Mountains to Save the World"

Thu March 2nd 2017, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location:
HARTLEY CONFERENCE CENTER, MITCHELL EARTH SCIENCE BUILDING
February
16

Charles Orzech: "Liturgy, Icon, and Text in the Development of Esoteric Buddhism"

Thu February 16th 2017, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Building 70, Room 72A
May
26

Paul Copp: "Manuscript Culture and the Ritualist's Craft at Dunhuang"

Thu May 26th 2016, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
February
4

Koichi Shinohara: "Fotudeng's 'Magic': Dhāraṇī Practice and the Narrative of Omniscience"

Thu February 4th 2010, 5:15pm
Location:
Encina Hall West, Room 208
November
19

Wendi Adamek: "A Niche of Their Own: The Buddhist Women of Bao Shan"

Thu November 19th 2009, 12:15pm
Location:
Building 70, Room 72A1
March
6

Peter Gregory: "Filling the Missing Link: Siṃha Bhikṣu and Zongmi's Construction of an Indian Chan Lineage"

Fri March 6th 2009, 4:15pm
Location:
Encina Hall West, Room 208
February
20

Max Deeg: "Devotion and Description: Chinese Buddhist Travel Records/'Pilgrim' Records and Their Functions"

Fri February 20th 2009, 4:15pm
Location:
Encina Hall West, Room 208
October
16

James Robson: "Asian Images Inside-Out"

Thu October 16th 2008, 6:00pm