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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies
School of Humanities & Sciences

Silk Road Buddhism Lectures

Mogao Caves Buddha

1000 Buddha caves ( Mogao caves), Dunhang, Xinjiang. Photo credit: intothegreen

Lectures on Silk Road Buddhism.

Upcoming Events

October
12

Jonathan Silk: "A Window into Sino-Tibetan Pure Land Practices at Dunhuang"

Wed October 12th 2022, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
TBA
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December
1

Nobuyoshi Yamabe: "Toyok Caves Revisited"

Thu December 1st 2022, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
TBA
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Past Events

May
4

Imre Galambos: "The Lost Books of China: A View from Khara-khoto"

Thu May 4th 2017, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall
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April
16

Jean-Pierre Drège: "The Expedition of the French Sinologist Paul Pelliot to Chinese Turkestan and China, 1906-1909"

Thu April 16th 2015, 6:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
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April
10

Stephen F. Teiser: "The Origins of the Dunhuang Manuscripts"

Fri April 10th 2015, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Location:
Knight Building, Room 102 521 Memorial Way (Between Littlefield Center and Frost Amphitheatre)
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January
29

Mimi Gardner Gates: "From Dunhuang, China, to the Getty Center, Los Angeles: Opportunities and Challenges of Exhibiting Buddhist Cave Temples and Their Art"

Thu January 29th 2015, 6:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
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December
4

Chen Ming: "Indian Literature and Culture in Medieval China: A Focus on Manuscripts from Dunhuang and Turfan"

Thu December 4th 2014, 6:00pm
Location:
Main Quad, Bldg. 70, Room 72A1
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May
1

Aspects of Religious Coexistence in Bactria-Tukharistan on the eve of the Islamic conquest

Thu May 1st 2014, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Location:
Stanford Humanities Center
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March
13

Zemaryalai Tarzi: "Recent Excavations at Bamiyan – 2002–2012"

Thu March 13th 2014, 7:30pm - 8:30pm
Location:
Hartley Conference Center, Mitchell Earth Sciences Building
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February
7

Susan Whitfield: "Transmissions of Buddhist Architecture in the Tarim Basin and China"

Fri February 7th 2014, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
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April
25

Michelle Wang: "Uncovering Visual Evidence for the Gandavyuha in Tang China"

Thu April 25th 2013, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location:
Knight Building, Room 102
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February
27

Venerable Telo Tulku Rinpoche: "Buddhism Post-Soviet Union"

Wed February 27th 2013, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Location:
Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities Center
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October
18

Osmund Bopearachchi: "Alexander the Great and Dionysus in India: The Greek Interaction with Early Buddhist Art"

Thu October 18th 2012, 6:00pm
Location:
Building 200, Room 030, Main Quad
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March
4

Paul Harrison and Christian Luczanits: "The Riddle of the Mohammad Nari Stele"

Thu March 4th 2010, 6:00pm
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