Seminars

Date

Venue

Presenter

Topic

26th Feb
5.00pm

USYD - (R.C.) Mills Building, 209

Shugendo Now

Documentary - an experiential journey into the mystical practices of Japanese mountain asceticism

26th March
5.30pm

USYD - Rogers Room

Conversation

New research by AABS members

30th April
5.30pm

USYD - Rogers Room

Glenys Eddy

The Role of Pain in Vipassana Meditators’ Experiences of Self-transformation, Comprehension of Buddhist Doctrine, and Commitment to the Buddhist Path

28th May
5.30pm

USYD - Rogers Room

Iain Sinclair

Insight and Pragmatism: An Introduction to Newar Buddhism

25th June
5.30pm

USYD - Rogers Room

Paul Fuller

'There was a dog duty ascetic,
Who reminded me of Anglulimala.
It was something to do with his karma,
So I consulted the Abhidharma'.

Date

Venue

Presenter

Topic

2nd July
5.30pm

USYD - Refectory

Patrick Olivelle

Epics and Dharmaśāstras: A New Dating Scheme for Some Ancient Indian Texts.

30th July
5.30pm

USYD - Rogers Room

Film

The Buddha, A Film by David Grubin

16th August
5.00pm

USYD

Anne Blackburn

Buddhist Networks in Colonial Lanka and Southeast Asia: Ritual and Resistance

10th September
5.30pm

USYD

John Jorgenson

The sources of Chan

7th October
5.30pm

USYD

Geoffrey Samuel

"Zomia": New Constructions of the Southeast Asian Highlands and Their Tibetan Implications

12th November
5.00pm

USYD

Sunisa Charoenpakdee

The Complexities of Thai Buddhist Women's Ordination and their Path to Enlightenment

26th November
5.00pm

USYD

Ruth Fitzpatrick
Toby Mendelson

Philosophical and sociological insights into contemporary Buddhist social engagement