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 |
