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The Ho Center for Buddhist Studies
School of Humanities & Sciences

T. T. & W. F. Chao Buddhist Art & Film Series

Tabo Mural

Cave Mural from Tabo, Spiti. Photo credit: Christian Luczanits

Lecture series and seminars on Buddhist art supported by the T. T. & W. F. Chao Fund.

Upcoming Events

May
8

Pia Brancaccio: "Buddhist Monasticism in the Longue Durée: The Archaeological Evidence from the Rock-Cut Complex of Kanheri/Kṛṣṇagiri, Maharashtra, India"

Thu May 8th 2025, 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Location:
East Asian Library
Lathrop Library, 518 Memorial Way 2nd Floor, Stanford
Room 224

Past Events

April
7

Qiang Ning:"Understanding Buddhist Art: 'Buddhist Icons with Magic Power'"

Sat April 7th 2012, 1:00pm
Location:
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building
April
6

Qiang Ning: "Buddhist Art in the 10th Century Dunhuang: The Politics of Patronage and Image-making"

Fri April 6th 2012, 5:30pm
Location:
Building 70, Room 72A1
January
14

Yukio Lippit : "Understanding Buddhist Art: Meaning and Materiality in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture"

Sat January 14th 2012, 1:00pm
Location:
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building
January
13

Yukio Lippit: "The Harvard Buddha Hand"

Fri January 13th 2012, 5:30pm
Location:
Building 70, Room 72A1
October
8

Juhyung Rhi: "Buddhist Images in Gandhāran Monasteries: The Context of Creations"

Sat October 8th 2011, 1:00pm
Location:
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building
October
7

Juhyung Rhi: "Images at the Threshold: Reading Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Early Indian Buddhist Art"

Fri October 7th 2011, 5:30pm
Location:
Building 70, Room 72A1
January
8

Kazuaki Tanahashi: "Calligraphy as an Expression of Buddhism"

Sat January 8th 2011, 1:00pm
Location:
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building
November
20

Robert L. Brown: "A Spiritual Masterpiece: The Gupta Period Buddha Image of India"

Sat November 20th 2010, 1:00pm
Location:
Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Art Building
November
19

Robert Brown: "The Rise and Fall of Visual Narratives of the Buddha in India"

Fri November 19th 2010, 5:15pm
Location:
Encina Hall West, Room 208
May
6

Yamabe Nobuyoshi: "How Was the Pure Land Painted in Dunhuang?"

Thu May 6th 2010, 5:15pm
Location:
Encina Hall West, Room 208
May
1

John Listopad: "The Art and Iconography of a Thai Buddhist Temple"

Sat May 1st 2010, 1:00pm
Location:
Building 200, Room 002
January
30

Christian Luczanits: "The Tibetan Buddhist Mandala and Its Evolution"

Sat January 30th 2010, 1:00pm
Location:
History Corner, (Building 200), Room 002