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Events from 25 May, 2012 to 25 May, 2013
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Bernard Faure | UBEF Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies
Bio for Bernard Faure
Professor Bernard Faure is the fourth holder of the University Buddhist Education Foundation (UBEF) Visiting Professorship in Buddhist Studies. This Professorship was established at the University of Sydney in 2009 through the generosity of the (UBEF - www.buddhistfoundation.org) for the purpose of sponsoring an extended visit to Sydney of a distinguished international scholar in any field of Buddhist Studies in order to expose students and academics to current trends in research and to raise the profile of Buddhist Studies in Australia. It is administered by the Department of Indian Sub-continental Studies in the School of Languages and Cultures.
Sydney Ideas Lecture
BUDDHISM AND NEUROSCIENCE: A PROBLEMATIC DIALOGUE
Tuesday 27 March, 6.00-7.30pm
Law School Foyer, Eastern Avenue, The University of Sydney
Free entry. For full details go to the Sydney Ideas website.
Friday Lecture Series
THE OTHER SIDE OF PREMODERN JAPANESE RELIGION
This series of eight lectures takes place in the Philosophy Room, Quadrangle Room S249.
- 9 March 10:30-12 noon
The Vanishing Mediators: Japanese Buddhism Revisited - 16 March 10:30-12 noon
Astral Worship and Stars Mandalas - 23 March 10:30-12 noon
Relics, Jewels, and Wishful Thinking - 30 March 10:30-12 noon
Gods of Obstacles: The Elephants in the Meditation Room - 20 April 10:30-12 noon
Soul-Stealers and Kindred Spirits: Foxes, Snakes, and Dakinis - 27 April 10:30-12 noon
The Demonic Beauty and the Divine Beast - 4 May 10:30-12 noon
Triumphant Triad: the Rule of the Three Devas - 11 May 10:30-12 noon
Rulers of Destiny, Placenta Deities, and Other Companion Spirits
Flyer for Professor Faure's talks this semester