February 14, 2025Guest Lecture: The Sutra of Limitless Life and its Dunhuang CopiesBrandon Dotson (Georgetown University). February 14, 2025, 5 pm. In-person lecture at University of California, Berkeley.
February 27, 2025“Book Culture in Buddhism and Beyond” Lecture Series: Prince Chong’er of Jin as Epic Chinese HeroMick Hunter (Yale University). Thursday, February 27, 2025, 14:00 (London). In person, FAMES Room 8/9, University of Cambridge.
March 4, 2025Film Screening – Lunana: A Yak in the ClassroomDirected by Pawo Choyning Dorji. March 4, 2025, 4:30 pm. In-person film screening at University of California, Berkeley.
March 6, 2025“Book Culture in Buddhism and Beyond” Lecture Series: The Modeling of Ideals and Realities: Chinese Buddhist Wish-Vows as Commitment TemplatesYang Shen (Zhejiang University). Thursday, March 6, 2025, 14:00 (London). In person, FAMES Room 8/9, University of Cambridge.
March 13, 2025“Book Culture in Buddhism and Beyond” Lecture Series: Xu Xun (239-374) : Hagiographic Texts, Cultual Practices and Territory in Jiangxi ProvinceIsabelle Ang (College de France). Thursday, March 13, 2025, 14:00 (London). In person, FAMES Room 8/9, University of Cambridge.
March 14, 2025“Book Culture in Buddhism and Beyond” Lecture Series: Stones and Chisels for the Buddha: Chinese Buddhist inscriptions from Bodhgayā in their historical contextMax Deeg (Cardiff University). Thursday, March 20, 2025, 14:00 (London). In person, FAMES Room 8/9, University of Cambridge.
March 19, 2025Vajrasattva and the Wheel: Investigating a mysterious object from Dunhuang Cave 17Mélodie Doumy (British Library) and Sam van Schaik (British Library). March 19, 2025, 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm. Princeton University, Jones Hall 202
April 8, 2025Guest Lecture: Le bouddhisme en mal de beauté ?Bernard Faure (Columbia University). Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm (Paris). In person, Maison de la Recherche (INALCO, Auditorium Dumézil).
May 5, 2025Guest Lecture: Recovering Sayagyi U Ba Khin: Globalizing Vipassanā from a Post-nuclear RangoonDaniel M. Stuart (University of Hamburg). Monday, May 5, 2025, 5:00pm (London). In person lecture at University of Oxford.