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Seminars

The AABS seminar series was initiated in 2004 at the University of Western Sydney. Since 2005 it has been held alternately at UWS and the University of Sydney. Seminars have included presentations from local and international scholars, PHD graduates, panel presentations and round table discussions of significant papers.

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Semester 1 - 2011

Date

Venue

Presenter

Topic

31st Mar
5.30pm

USYD - Rogers Room

Peter Jackson

State-Sponsored to Market-Based: Buddhism as Commodity and the Rise of Magic in 21st Century Thailand

6th Apr
5.30pm

USYD - Wooley Building

John McRae

New evidence for the life and thought of Bodhidharma, founder of Chinese Zen

19th Apr
5.30pm

USYD - Wooley Common Room

Mark Allon


Ian McCrabb

An anthology of discourses of the Buddha (sūtras) from ancient Gandhāra.

Gandhāran Reliquary Inscriptions

4th May
5.30pm

USYD - TBA

Adrian Snodgrass

How empty is form? How empty is emptiness?

18th May
5.30pm

USYD - TBA

Andrew McGarrity

'Mādhyamikas and the Moral Self'

1st Jun
5.30pm

USYD - TBA

Ven Chung Tzu

TBA

 

Semester 2 - 2011

Date

Venue

Presenter

Topic

28th July

USYD - Rogers Room

Tamara Dietrich

Smrti in the Yogasutra: memory or mindfulness?

10th August

USYD - Wooley Common Room

Adrian Snodgrass

With a Single Sound and a Snap of the Fingers: Awakening the Buddha by Surprise.

24th August

USYD - Wooley Common Room

Readings - Karen Lang

Shaven Heads and Loose Hair: Buddhist Reflections on Sexuality” and “Candrakirti on the Medieval Military Culture of South India

7th Sept

USYD - Wooley Common Room

Judith Snodgrass

The World's Parliament of Religions revisited: Japan's contribution to modern global Buddhism

14th Sept

USYD - Rogers Room

Wendi Adamek

Practicescape at Baoshan

5th Oct

USYD - Wooley Common Room

David Templeman

“Which Buddhism?” India’s Buddhist Past According to Tibetan Needs

19th Oct

USYD - Wooley Common Room

Bhante Sujato

“The Insatiable Desires Of Women. An Unexpected Twist On A Story-Telling Trope In Buddhist Jataka Stories.”

11th Nov

Monash - ACJC Seminar Room, Level 8, Building H

Peter Friedlander

Conflict and Peace in Buddhism