Tibetan self-immolations lecture @ U of T

Sorry I missed this. I just got the notice yesterday and didn’t have time to post it. However, for the record…

Tibetan Self-Immolations: Shedding Light on China’s Rule in Tibet

Thonsur Memorial Lecture with Dr. Tsering Shakya

Join us for the Thonsur Memorial Lecture on Tibetan . . . Read More.

Lobsang Sangay, head of the Tibetan Govt in Exile, interviewed by Globe & Mail while in Ottawa

Lobsang Sangay, head of the Central Tibetan Administration (also known as the Tibetan Government in Exile), is in Ottawa on an official visit. During his visit he has raised concerns about human rights abuses in China and Tibet, and drawn into focus the role of . . . Read More.

Robert Campany Numata Lecture/Reading Group

The UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO / McMASTER UNIVERSITY YEHAN NUMATA PROGRAMME IN BUDDHIST STUDIES presents: Robert Campany (Vanderbilt University)

LECTURE The Incredible Vanishing Religion: Glimmers of Buddhist Imagination from Medieval China THURSDAY, January 31, 2013, 2-4 pm, University of Toronto Mississauga, Instructional Building, IB 220

The Buddhism . . . Read More.

Professor Albert Welter on Buddhist Relic Veneration in Medieval China

UBC’s Tzu-chi Buddhist Studies Forum, together with the Buddhism and Contemporary Society Program (generously supported by the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Foundation), are pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Professor Albert Welter, University of Winnipeg.

January 24, 5:00 – 6:30pm, Asian Center 604

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Chinese Buddhist history UofT lecture 10.12.12

Critical China Studies Workshop Presents

Dewei Zhang (Ph.D., UBC), SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Religious Studies, McMaster University

Where Two Worlds Met: Spreading a Buddhist Canon in Wanli (1573-1620) China

Oct 12 (Friday) 1:00-3:00 p.m. Location: Munk 023N, University of Toronto

A fake Sumeru Books in China?

I recently received an e-mail from a Chinese domain name registration company informing me that someone in China wishes to register the domain name: “sumeru-books.cn” and asking if they are either a distributor or a partner of sumeru-books.com. I explained that they are not, and . . . Read More.

Joseph Rock’s China photos @ Bulger Gallery, Toronto 6.16 – 7.21.12

JOSEPH F. ROCK

China, Vintage Photographs from National Geographic Image Collection

June 16 – July 21, 2012

This is the gallery’s second exhibition featuring the National Geographic Image Collection. Our previous exhibition included photographs from around the world made by a variety of photographers, whereas . . . Read More.

Qigong/Traditional Chinese Medicine World Congress, Toronto 5.25-28.2012

The 14th World Congress on Qigong and Traditional Chinese Medicine will take place in Toronto this May. Here’s a link to the website: http://www.modernhealer.ca/14wcq/wcq.php?l=home

Further details to follow.

7th c. Chinese Buddhist statues in Kitchener

After months of negotiation, THEMUSEUM in downtown Kitchener is honoured to be announcing the North American premiere of a spectacular collection of rock carvings from Chongqing, China.

Having only left China once before, these almost fifty stunning sculptures, which are part of a World Heritage . . . Read More.

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