May 22, 2025“Book Culture in Buddhism and Beyond” Lecture Series: Ghost Photography: Science for Cultivation, Buddhism for ReasonNataly Shahaf (Princeton University). Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 14:00 (London). In person, FAMES Room 8/9, University of Cambridge.
June 2, 2025Guest Lecture: Sarvamedha, Pañcavārṣika, and Nirargaḍamedha: Ritual Transmission from India to ChinaZhen Liu (Dali University and Harvard-Yenching Institute). Monday, June 2, 2025, 5:00 pm (London). In person lecture at University of Oxford.
June 12, 2025“Book Culture in Buddhism and Beyond” Lecture Series: Echoes of Compassion: The Guanyin Festival as Living Intangible Heritage in Hong KongIrene Lok (University of Cambridge). Thursday, June 12, 2025, 14:00 (London). In person, University of Cambridge.
August 13, 2025Guest Lecture: Lecture series on “Text · Image · Cultural Exchange” by Professor Chen MingChen Ming (Visiting Professor, Center for Buddhist Studies, University of Hong Kong; Director and Professor, Beijing Foreign Studies University). August 13, 20, and 22, 2025. University of Hong Kong.
September 4, 2025Guest Lecture: Toward an Inquiry into the Circulation of Sanskrit Manuscripts within Indian Monastic Communities in the Medieval PeriodKazuo Kano (Komazawa University). September 4, 2025, 5 pm. In-person lecture at University of California, Berkeley.
January 22, 2026Guest Lecture: Aspiring Theotopia: Buddhist Sovereignty and the Founding of BhutanJetsun Deleplanque (UC Berkeley). January 22, 2026, 5 pm. In-person lecture at University of California, Berkeley.
March 19, 2026“Book Culture in Buddhism and Beyond” Lecture Series: Book Culture and Ritual: Liturgical Manuscripts from DunhuangStephen F. Teiser (Princeton University). Thursday, March 19, 2026, 14:00 (London). In person, University of Cambridge.
March 19, 2026Guest Lecture: Asian Medicine at the Crossroads: Si tu Paṇ chen Chos kyi ’byung gnas (1699-1774) and his Contributions to Traditional Medical Science (gso rig)Leonard van der Kuijp (Harvard University). Thursday, March 19th, 4:30 pm (Paris). In person, Maison de la Recherche (Inalco, Auditorium Dumézil).
April 9, 2026Guest Lecture: Vasubandhu on Intentional Action: From Mind-Body to Mind-OnlyAllison Aitken (Columbia University). April 9, 2026, 5 pm. In-person lecture at University of California, Berkeley.
April 16, 2026Guest Lecture: Whither the Buddhāvataṃsakasūtra in Tibet? Notes on translation and receptionAna Cristina Lopes (84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha). April 16, 2026, 5 pm. In-person lecture at University of California, Berkeley.
April 29, 2026Guest Lecture: Abhidhamma as Oral TextEviatar Shulman (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem). April 29, 2026, 5 pm. In-person lecture at University of California, Berkeley.
May 1, 2026Guest Lecture: Buddhist Book Roads: The Dynamic Spread of Buddhist Print Culture in China and BeyondShih-shan Susan Huang (Rice University). Friday, May 29, 2025, 4 pm (Paris). In person, Maison de la Recherche (Inalco, Auditorium Dumézil).