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Seminars

Semester 1 - 2008

Date

Venue

Presenter

Topic

22nd Feb
5.00pm

UWS - ET
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Malcolm Voyce

The Vinaya and the Dharmasastra: Monastic Law and Legal Pluralism in Ancient India

7th Mar
5.30pm

USYD - Rogers Room, Wooley
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Patrick Olivelle

Asvaghosa and Manu: The Socio-Political Context of the Debate on Dharma.

28th Mar
5.30pm

UWS - ET
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Drasko Mitrikeski

Devotion, asceticism and philosophy in the ancient Indian monastic context: Nagarjuna's religious practices seen through the analysis of his hymns.

9th Apr
5.30pm

USYD - Wooley Common Room, Wooley
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'conversation'

Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India; Sanci, Ajanta and beyond... Presentation by Ian McCrabb on a recent visit to Buddhist archeological sites in India.

29th Apr
6.00pm

USYD - Wooley Common Room, Wooley
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Osmund Bopearachchi

Numismatics and the earliest representations of Hindu divinities in India

14th May
5.30pm

UWS - ET
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'conversation'

to be confirmed

30th May
6.00pm

USYD - Rogers Room, Wooley
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Andrew McGarrity

The Transmission of the Dharma from India to Tibet: The Case of Aryadeva’s Gradual Stages

11th Jun
6.00pm

USYD - Rogers Room, Wooley
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Adrian Snodgrass

The Matrix and Diamond World Mandalas in Shingon Buddhism

27th Jun
6.00pm

UWS - ET
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To be announced

 

Semester 2 - 2008

Date

Venue

Presenter

Topic

13th Aug
6.00pm

USYD - Wooley Common Room, Wooley
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'conversation'

To be announced

1st Sep
6.00pm

USYD - Wooley Common Room, Wooley
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Youngsook Pak

From Hell to Paradise: Koryo Buddhist Paintings

26th Sep
6.00pm

UWS - ET
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Bhante Sujato
Malcolm Voyce

Bhante Sujato will present on - Buddhist mythic perceptions of the feminine

Malcolm Voyce will present on - The violation of rules by buddhist monks; 'interdictions and transgressions'

15th Oct
6.00pm

UWS - ET
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'conversation'

To be announced

31st Oct
6.00pm

USYD - Rogers Room, Wooley
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Lydia Kievan
Glenys Eddy

Lydia Kievan will present on - The Tantric doctrine in ancient East Java? A new interpretation of the symbolism of the Majapahit State Temple Candi Panataran (14th-15th century), based on its narrative reliefs and layout

Glenys Eddy will present on - The 'Kopan experience'; a Western relationship with Tibetan Buddhism.

21st Nov
6.00pm

UWS - ET
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John Wu

Longchenpa and George Wald: Mind as the Primordial Structuring of Reality.