Buddhist Studies, Past, Present, and Future: An Interview with Dr. Donald Lopez, Part One
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
28 September 2018
On Buddhist scholarship in the West
Harvard, Oxford to Offer Pali Reading Courses
Justin Whitaker
28 May 2018
Broadening the scope of Pali studies
Five Years of MaMa Charitable Foundation Buddhist Studies Lectures at HKU
BD Dipananda
26 February 2018
Cultivating academic excellence and new…
A Student Death
Vanessa Sasson
13 January 2017
One of my students killed himself this year. He was 20 years old. A friend of his came by my office to tell me the
The UKABS Annual Conference 2015
Elsa Lau
31 July 2015
Paying tribute to Ian Harris and Lance Cousins The UKABS (United Kingdom Association of Buddhist Studies) annual conference this year was held from 15–16 July
Buddhist Ministry Initiative Conference: Building Partnerships and Forging Ties
Harsha Menon, MA, MFA
24 July 2015
Earlier this year, I was privileged to attend the first conference of the Buddhist Ministry Initiative at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The
From the Heartland to a New Epicenter: Conceiving the Indian Buddhist Patriarchs in China – Book Review
Raymond Lam
3 July 2015
It is not always easy to imagine the intentions of those who write hagiography, which is formally defined as the biography of a saint or
A Thoughtful Life: Professor Karunadasa Looks Back on His Career, Teaching, and Buddhist Studies
Raymond Lam
19 June 2015
At 81 and having endured cataract surgery in Colombo last September, one could be forgiven for thinking that Yakupitiyage Karunadasa, known affectionately to his students
Buddhistdoor View: The Search for an Identity in Buddhist Studies
Buddhistdoor Global
21 November 2014
Buddhist Studies in the academy is going through a gradual and understated trend. Yet, this trend is one of the most important stages in its
An Interview with Professor Pauline Yu—President of the American Council of Learned Societies
Elsa Lau
17 October 2014
About the ACLS Formed in 1919, the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) is a private, non-profit federation of 72 national learned societies. As representative of
Interview with Professor Richard Gombrich: “One has to be immune to discouraging trends in Buddhist Studies”
Raymond Lam
4 August 2014
Several years ago, at the end of one of Professor Richard Gombrich’s seminars in Hong Kong, he was asked a question from several members of
Rediscovering the Women of Northern Wei with Stephanie Balkwill
Raymond Lam
1 July 2014
The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowships in Buddhist Studies are a series of grants awarded to some of the most intriguing studies