Conferences, Lectures & Upcoming Events
February 3, 2011
John Ahn, Univerity of Toronto
“Decoding the Temple of Mysterious Transformation (Hyeonhwa-sa): Buddhist Learning in the Goryeo Capital”
4:30 PM
Location TBA
Presented by Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation
February 25, 2011
Franck Bernede, Yale University
"Descendents of Ravana: The Rauti of Far Western Nepal"
Time TBA
Location TBA
Presented by the Council on East Asian Studies
February 24, 2011
Michael Willis (British Museum)
"Archeology of a Text: Redaction and Creation of a Tibetan History"
4:30 PM
451 College Street, B-03
Presented by Society of the Study of Asian Religion
February 25 - 26
Global Oprah: Celebrity as Transational Icon
Participants:
Amina el-Annan, Yale University
Dana Cloud, University of Texas at Austin
Stephanie Donald, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Inderpal Grewal,Yale University
Zreena Grewal, Yale University
Timothy Havens, University of Iowa
Eva Illouz, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Elizabeth McAllister, Wesleyan University
Roopali Mukherjee, Queens College
Diane Negra, University College of Dublin
Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana University
Janice Peck, University of Colorado at Boulder
Brenda Weber, Indiana University
Ying Zhu, College of Staten Island
February 25: 9:30 AM- 4:15 PM
February 26: 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Luce Hall- 34 Hillhouse Avenue
Presented by the
Edward J. and Dorothy Clarke Kempf Fund, a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant, the Council on Middle East Studies, the MacMillan Center, the Department of Religious Studies and the programs in American Studies and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Yale University.
April 4, 2011
David Chidester, University of Cape Town, South Africa
4:30 PM
Location TBA
Presented by the Sensory Cultures Workshop
April 5, 2011
Roger Jackson, Carleton College
“Who Carved the Great Seal: The Quest for Indian Sources of a Tibetan Meditation Tradition”
4:30 PM
451 College Street, B-04
Presented by Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation
April 15 - 16
Meditation and Cognitive Science Between Scientists, Scholars of Religion, and Buddhist Practitioners
Participants:
Ven. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
Judson Brewer (Yale University)
Georges Dreyfus (Williams College)
Jay Garfield (Smith College)
Baljinder Sadhra (University of California, Davis)
April 15: 6:30 PM Ven. Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche
“Attention and Knowing: Buddhist Methods for Exploring the Terrain of Mind”
Linsly-Chittendon Hall - 63 High Street, Room 102
April 16:
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
320 York Street, HGS 211
Detailed Schedule:
9:00 – 9:45 Georges Dreyfus (Williams College)
“On the Very Idea of a Buddhism Science Dialogue”
9:45 – 10:30 Baljinder Sadhra (UC Davis)
“Observing (not to Mention Measuring) the Effects of Contemplative Practices”
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:30 Judson Brewer (Yale University)
“Meditation, Suffering and the Self: What Can We Learn From the Brain?”
11:30 – 12:15 Jay Garfield (Smith College)
“Ask Not What Buddhism Can Do For Cognitive Science. Ask What Cognitive Science Can Do For Buddhism”
12:30 – 1:30 Break
1:30 – 2:30 Discussion
Presented by the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation
April 15, 2011
What is Belief? First Annual Workshop of the Yale Seminar in Religious Studies
Participants:
Jason Bivins, North Carolina State University
Mayanthi Fernanco, University of California at Santa Cruz
Amy Hungerford, Yale University
Russell McCutcheon, University of Alabama
Mary-Jane Rubenstein, Wesleyan University
Michael Satlow, Brown University
8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
300 College Street, Bingham Hall (Entryway C) Comparative Literature Library (8th Floor)
Presented by the The Yale Seminar in Religious Studies
