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Gray Tuttle to Lecture on "Why Amdo Matters: Tibetan Middle Ground between Lhasa and Beijing"

Anonymous — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Gray Tuttle to Lecture on "Why Amdo Matters: Tibetan Middle Ground between Lhasa and Beijing" Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 11/04/2010 - 00:00

Gray Tuttle will visit CU Boulder on November 4th to deliver a lecture on "Why Amdo Matters: TIbetan Middle Ground between Lhasa and Beijing." Professor Tuttle studies the history of twentieth-century Sino-Tibetan relations as well as Tibet’s relations with the China-based Manchu Qing Empire; the role of Tibetan Buddhism in these historical relations is central to his research. He is the Leila Hadley Luce Assistant Professor of Modern Tibetan Studies, Columbia University.

His publications include Tibetan Buddhists in the Making of Modern China (2005). His current research project focuses on the support that Tibetan Buddhist institutions have received from the governments of China from the 17th to 20th century and how this support, along with economic growth in the Sino-Tibetan borderlands, has fueled expansion and renewal of these institutions into the contemporary period.

This event is scheduled for 4:00pm on November 4th in the British Studies Library on the fifth floor of Norlin Library. It is part of the CHA Lecture Series, related to its theme on China for the 2010-2011 academic year.

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Maori scholar Roger Maaka to lecture at CU on November 3

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Maori scholar Roger Maaka to lecture at CU on November 3 Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 11/03/2010 - 00:00

Roger Maaka, Professor of Maori and Indigenous Studies at the Eastern Institute of Technology in New Zealand, will give a lectur at CU on Wednesday, November 3, 2010 at 5:30 pm in Humanities 250, on "The Maori Experience of Christianity: A Historical Overview and Contemporary Comparative Perspectives." His visit is sponsored by the American Academy of Religion International Scholar Series and the Department of Religious Studies at CU.

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Anne Blackburn Visit to CU a Success

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Anne Blackburn Visit to CU a Success Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 10/07/2010 - 00:00

Anne Blackburn's lecture on "Buddhist Diplomacy in Colonial Southern Asia" had a wonderful turnout on Thursday night, October 7 in the British Studies Library on the fifth floor of Norlin. There were approximately 30 people in attendance, including faculty, graduate students, undergraduates and alumnae from several departments at CU: Religious Studies, Anthropology, History, and Geography. A colloquium luncheon earlier that day brought together a dozen graduate students in Religious Studies and Anthropology with Professor Blackburn for a thought-provoking discussion on religion, identity, and modernity in South and Southeast Asia.

Many thanks to the sponsors of Professor Blackburn's visit:
Center for Asian Studies, Graduate Committee on the Arts and Humanities, and the Department of Religious Studies.

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Upcoming Lecture: Buddhist Diplomacy in Colonial Southern Asia by Anne Blackburn

Anonymous — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Upcoming Lecture: Buddhist Diplomacy in Colonial Southern Asia by Anne Blackburn Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 10/07/2010 - 00:00

Anne Blackburn will give a lecture on "Buddhist Diplomacy in Colonial Southern Asia," based on her new book, Locations of Buddhism: Colonialism and Modernity in Sri Lanka (2010).The lecture will take place at 5:30pm on Thursday, October 7th at the British Studies Library on the 5th floor of Norlin Library

As British and French colonial control deepened in Lanka and Southeast Asia during the latter half of the 19th century, Buddhist monks and devotees relied increasingly on regional Buddhist networks in order to address the direct and indirect effects of colonial presence on royal courts and Buddhist communities. Drawing on epistolary and newspaper records in Pali, Sinhala and English from Lanka, this lecture explores Buddhist collaborations within the Indian Ocean world, especially those related to ritual, pilgrimage, and monastic institution-building.

Anne Blackburn is Associate Professor of South Asian Studies and Buddhist Studies at Cornell University. In her research, she has challenged the stimulus-response model of colonial contact through careful attention to regional dynamics and interactions between South and Southeast Asia. Her other publications include Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century Lankan Monastic Culture (2001) and Approaching the Dhamma: Buddhist Texts and Practices in South and Southeast Asia, co-edited with Jeffrey Sameuls (2003).

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Upcoming Lecture - Mosques and Koran Burning: Islam as Media Spectacle

Anonymous — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Upcoming Lecture - Mosques and Koran Burning: Islam as Media Spectacle Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 09/29/2010 - 00:00

Dr. Nabil Echchaibi, Associate Director of the Center for Media, Religion and Culture will speak on "Mosques and Koran Burning: Islam as Media Spectacle" on Wednesday, September 29 at 3pm in Hellems 201. Sponsored for the Center for Asian Studies.

For more info, visit: http://www.colorado.edu/cas/On%20Mosques%20and%20Koran%20Burning%20Flyer.pdf

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Holly Gayley to Lead Summer GTP Workshop on Using Blogs for Assignments

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Holly Gayley to Lead Summer GTP Workshop on Using Blogs for Assignments Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 06/29/2010 - 00:00

Graduate students are invited to join a workshop on "Using Blogs for Assignments," sponsored by the Graduate Teaching Program and led by Religious Studies faculty member, Holly Gayley. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, June 29th from 3:00-4:30pm in ATLAS 200 as part of the summer series on Technology for the Classroom.

Using Blogs for the Assignments

Looking for a way to enhance interactive learning? Try using a blog. Blogs are an easy, fun way for students to share their research and writing with classmates. There are lots of benefits to blogging. Students write more dynamically when they know their peers are reading. Plus, they get immediate peer feedback on their ideas. Anyone in the course can raise questions and debate points in the comments section of a post--a great way to jumpstart discussion prior to class! In this workshop, we'll talk about the pros and cons of using a course blog; consider what makes an effective blog assignment; compare blogs to other online venues, such as threaded discussions on CU Learn; and demo the free tools available on WordPress.

When? Tuesday, June 29th at 3:00-4:30pm
Where? Altas 200

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Theta Alpha Kappa Induction Ceremomy on Friday, April 30th

Anonymous — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Theta Alpha Kappa Induction Ceremomy on Friday, April 30th Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 04/30/2010 - 00:00

Theta Alpha Kappa (TAK) will hold its Induction Ceremomy on Friday, April 30th at 5:00pm in Humanities 350 (library on third floor). TAK is the National Honor Society for Religious Studies to encourage and recognize academic achievement in the study of religion. Select department majors and graduate students are inducted into TAK annually based on excellence in their academic performance. Faculty of the department and friends of the new inductees are welcome to attend.

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Modes of Communication in Medieval Monasticism

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Modes of Communication in Medieval Monasticism Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 04/22/2010 - 00:00

The upcoming symposium, "Modes of Communication in Medieval Monasticism," explores forms of verbal and non-verbal communication in medieval monasticism. It is scheduled for this Thursday, April 22 at 6pm (Koelbel 235) and Friday, April 23 from 8:30am to 12 noon (UMC 245). Guest speakers include Giles Constable (keynote), Susan Boynton, Peter Low, and Steven Vanderputten. Sponsored by the Kayden Book Award in History with additional support provided by the Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, the Dean's Fund for Excellence, and the Department of History.

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Religion in the 21st Century: Renowned Scholar Jonathan Z. Smith to Lecture at CU

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Religion in the 21st Century: Renowned Scholar Jonathan Z. Smith to Lecture at CU Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 04/12/2010 - 00:00

Jonathan Z. Smith, distinguished professor of religion at the University of Chicago, will visit CU April 12-13 as the Cox Family Visiting Scholar for 2010, hosted by the Department of Religious Studies. All are invited to a public lecture by Professor Smith, "Now you see it, now you won't: The Future of the Study of Religion over the Next 40 Years" on Tuesday, April 13, at 7pm in Humanities 150. Professor Smith will also participate in a roundtable discussion on Monday, April 12, from 3-5:30 pm in Old Main Chapel.

Jonathan Z. Smith's academic career at the University of Chicago has spanned more than forty years. For a dozen years he served as Dean of the College. As the Robert O. Anderson Professor of the Humanities, his consistently provocative work has deeply influenced the academic study of religion. Having powerfully shaped the last forty years of the study of religion, Smith's Cox Family Visiting Scholar Lecture embarks on the bold venture of charting the future of the study of religion over the next forty years. His distinguished career includes the publication of seminal works on religion including Map Is Not Territory: Studies in the History of Religions (1978), Imagining Religion: From Babylon to Jonestown (1982), To Take Place: Toward a Theory of Ritual (1987), and Relating Religion: Essays in the Study of Religion (2004).

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Boulder Premier of New Tibetan Film, "The Search"

Anonymous — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 06:00:00 +0000

Boulder Premier of New Tibetan Film, "The Search" Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 04/09/2010 - 00:00

Acclaimed filmmaker Pema Tseden will be visiting the University of Colorado on April 9 for a screening of his new film, The Search, followed by a Question & Answer session with the filmmaker. The event will be held on Friday, April 9 from 5-7:30pm in Eaton Humanities Room 250 and is free and open to the public.

��ˮ��Ƶ The Search ('Tshol)

A Tibetan film director travels from village to village looking for actors to star in a film based on the Tibetan opera Prince Drimé Kundun, a quintessentially Buddhist legend about compassion and self-sacrifice. Traveling by car, the director holds auditions in the unlikely but all-pervasive contexts of contemporary Tibetan life – in building sites, streets, bars, night clubs, and monasteries. Exercising formalistic restraint with a contemplative pace and unique camera placement, Pema Tseden has made a road movie that takes the viewer straight into the heart of a changing Tibet, raising penetrating questions about what identity means in the modern world.

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