Skip to main content
Stanford
The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies
School of Humanities & Sciences

The Evans-Wentz Lectureship

Walter Evans-Wentz

Walter Evans-Wentz. Digital image: Wikimedia Commons

Annual lectures, symposia, and conferences, administered by The HCBSS for the Department of Religious Studies.

Upcoming Events

May
16

David Shulman: "Maitreya Time: A Javanese Millenarianism?"

Thu May 16th 2024, 5:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
May
18

David Shulman: "Listening to Muttusvāmi Dīkṣitar: The Formation of Classical Carnatic Music"

Sat May 18th 2024, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location:
TBA

Past Events

April
13

José Ignacio Cabezón: "Buddha or Demoness? Gilgit’s Kargah Image"

Thu April 13th 2023, 5:45pm
Location:
Margaret Jacks Hall, Building 460, Rm 426
March
31

Charles Hallisey: "Expanding the Ways We Read the Expanding Biographies of the Buddha"

Thu March 31st 2022, 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Huang Engineering Center
Speaker
Charles Hallisey
October
4

Helen Hardacre: "The Japanese Enthronement Ceremonies of 2019 in Historical Perspective"

Fri October 4th 2019, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall
May
16

Louis Gabaude: "Buddhist Paths: To the Forest or to the Palace?"

Thu May 16th 2019, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Tresidder Memorial Union, Cypress Lounge
May
17

Rupert Gethin: "On Death and Rebirth, and What Happens in Between: Two Buddhist Accounts of Why it Matters"

Thu May 17th 2018, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location:
HARTLEY CONFERENCE CENTER, MITCHELL BUILDING
February
4

Bernard Faure: "Giving the gods their due: Looking back at Japanese religion"

Thu February 4th 2016, 6:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
November
13

Robert E. Buswell Jr.: "Transplanting Buddhism on the Korean Peninsula"

Thu November 13th 2014, 6:00pm
Location:
Oberndorf Event Center, Knight Management Center, 655 Knight Way, North Buidling, 3rd Floor
January
30

Richard Salomon: "Retrieving the Buddhist Canon at Bamiyan"

Thu January 30th 2014, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
April
11

Janet Gyatso: "Looking for the Human: Buddhism and Medicine in Tibet"

Thu April 11th 2013, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
May
1

Gananath Obeyesekere: "Madame Blavatsky's Visionary Travels and the Work of the Dream Ego"

Tue May 1st 2012, 7:30pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
February
3

Patrick Olivelle: "India's Oldest Writings: New Perspectives on the Asokan Inscriptions"

Thu February 3rd 2011, 7:30pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center.
April
15

Leonard van der Kuijp: "Buddhist Tantras on their Origins"

Thu April 15th 2010, 7:30pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center