The 18th Annual Lecture
Dr. Adheesh Sathaye
University of British Columbia
"Language of the Zombies: Shivadasa’s Vetala Tales and the Sanskrit Public Culture of Medieval India"
March 7, 2019
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The 17th Annual Lecture
Dr. Asuka Sango
Carleton College
"The Love of Fame and the Desire for Enlightenment: Life of the Scholar Monk in Medieval Japan"
March 29, 2018
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The 16th Annual Lecture
Dr. Steven Collins
Chester D. Tripp Professor in the Humanities
University of Chicago
“The Sociology of Wisdom: Supererogation in Morality and Society”
January 13, 2017, 4:30pm, DHA 103
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The 15th Annual Lecture
Dr. Donald S. Lopez
Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies in the Department of Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Michigan.
Lecture 1 - “Dispatches from Nirvana: 45 Years of Buddhist Studies”
March 24, 2016, 103 Dodd Hall Auditorium, 5:00 p.m.
Lecture 2 - “Christian vs Buddhist: The Battle for the Soul of Tibet”
March 25, 2016, 103 DHA, 5:00 p.m.
The 14th Annual Lecture
Dr. Jason Josephson
Williams College
"How Buddhism Became a Religion"
April 10, 2015
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>>Interview about "The Invention of Japanese Religion"
The 13th Annual Lecture
1) Dr. Brian Hatcher
Professor and Packard Chair of Theology Department of Religion, Tufts University
"Swami Vivekananda's Practical Vedanta as Creative Theology”
2) Dr. Swami Ishtananda
Vedanta Center, St. Petersburg, FL
“Message of Swami Vivekananda”
September 6, 2013
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The 12th Annual Lecture
Dr. Robert Gimello
Research Professor of Theology and of East Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Notre Dame
"Esoteric Buddhism in a Time of Turbulence"
March 1, 2013
The 11th Annual Lecture
Dr.Liz Wilson
Miami University
“The Buddha’s Mother as Feminist Conundrum: Exploring the Death of Gautami.”
April 5, 2012
The 10th Annual Lecture
Dr. Matthew Kapstein
University of Chicago
"'Spiritual Exercise' and the Interpretation of Buddhist Philosophy in India."
February 18, 2011
The 9th Annual Lecture
Dr. Luis Gomez
University of Michigan
"Distorted Views: Buddhism with a 'Self'. The Inversion of Traditional Doctrinal Categories in the [Mahāyāna] Mahāparinirvāna Mahā Sūtra."
March 3, 2010
The 8th Annual Lecture
Dr. John Holt
Bowdoin College, Maine
"A BUDDHIST VISNU? Assimilation and Exclusivity in Sri Lanka"
February 12, 2009
The 7th Annual Lecture
Dr. Janice Willis
Wesleyan University
"'What Caste Are You?': Reflections on a Journey East"
April 3 , 2008
The 6th Annual Lecture
Dr. Jacqueline Stone
Princeton University
"Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan"
April 2, 2007
The 5th Annual Lecture
Dr. Phyllis Granoff
Yale University
"Just Follow the Cow Tracks: Concerns of a Medieval Jain Monastic Group"
January 13, 2006
The 4th Annual Lecture
Dr. Anne M. Blackburn
Cornell University
"Cosmopolitan Buddhism & Colonialism: A View From Colombo"
March 3, 2005
The 3rd Annual Lecture
Dr. Donald Swearer
Swarthmore College
"Religion and Globalization: A View from Thailand"
October 27, 2003
The 2nd Annual Lecture
Dr. Charles Hallisey
Amherst College
"The Problem of Justice for All: Buddhism, Civil Society, and the State in Contemporary Sri Lanka"
April 1, 2003
The 1st Annual Lecture
Dr. Chandra de Silva
Old Dominion University
"Crossing Boundaries: The Indo-Portuguese Religious and Cultural Encounter"
March 4, 2002