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Buddhist Studies in the Department of Religion at FSU focuses on the academic study of Buddhism across a broad spectrum of historical, doctrinal, and cultural formations. The program offers a variety of research opportunities, scholarly events, and outreach activities, often in collaboration with other departments and programs on campus. Opportunities include M.A. and Ph.D. graduate training in Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese Buddhism, invited lectures, such as the Sheng Yen Buddhist Studies Lecture Series, the Tessa J. Bartholomeusz Lecture Series in Religion, and graduate student conferences.
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The 8th Annual Sheng Yen Lecture 2023
Dr. David Mozina : "Efficacious Writing: The Workings of Talismans in Contemporary Daoist Practice"
Friday, April 28, 2023
4:30pm to 6:30pm
118 Dodd Hall
The 7th Annual Sheng Yen Lecture 2020
Dr. Robert Campany : "The Dreams of Self-Cultivators: Comparing a Daoist and a Buddhist Text for Practitioners"
Friday, January 24, 2020
4:30pm to 6:30pm
103 Dodd Hall Auditorium
The 18th Annual Bartholomeusz Lecture 2019
Dr. Adheesh Sathaye
Associate Professor of Sanskrit Literature and South Asian Folklore
University of British Columbia
“Language of the Zombies: Shivadasa’s Vetala Tales and the Sanskrit Public Culture of Medieval India”
Wednesday, March 7th, 2019, 5:00pm 103 Dodd Hall Auditorium
THE 6th Annual Sheng Yen Lecture 2018
Dr. Eric Greene : "Repentance in the Formation of Chinese Buddhism"
Friday, December 14, 2018, 5:30pm to 6:30pm, 103 Dodd Hall Auditorium
The 5th Annual Sheng Yen Lecture 2017
in conjunction with the FSU Graduate Student Buddhist Studies Conference (Details here)
Dr. Meir Shahar : "The Many Faces of the Chinese Horse God"
Friday, November 10, 2017
5:00pm to 6:00pm
103 Dodd Hall Auditorium
The 4th Annual Sheng Yen Lecture 2017
Dr. James Benn : "Buddhism and the Invention of Tea Culture in Medieval China"
Friday, March 3, 2017
4:30pm to 5:30pm
103 Dodd Hall Auditorium
The 16th Annual Bartholomeusz Lecture 2017
Dr. Steven Collins
Chester D. Tripp Professor in the Humanities
University of Chicago
“The Sociology of Wisdom:
Supererogation in Morality and Society”
January 13th, 2017, 4:30pm, DHA 103