Buddhist Studies Exhibit Lecture and Reception

A reception will be held in honor of the Buddhist Studies Exhibit on display in the Doe Library’s Bernice Layne Brown Gallery. The lecture and reception will take place on Thursday, April 16, 2015 in the Morrison Library from 5:00-7:00pm. Faculty members and distinguished guests, including keynote speaker, Robert E. Buswell, the Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies at UCLA, will speak, shedding light on this millennia-old religion and tradition and its place in the academy. The full program:

5:00pm-5:30pm – Drinks/Reception

5:30pm-6:30pm – Program Introduction
Alexander von Rospatt, Professor of Buddhist Studies and South & Southeast Asian Studies, and Director of the Group in Buddhist Studies, UC Berkeley

Welcome Remarks
Thomas C. Leonard, Kenneth and Dorothy Hill University Librarian and Professor in the Graduate School of Journalism, UC Berkeley
Anthony J. Cascardi, Dean of Arts and Humanities and Professor of Comparative Literature, Rhetoric, and Spanish, UC Berkeley

Reflections from Faculty and Distinguished Guests
Alexander von Rospatt, Professor of Buddhist Studies and South & Southeast Asian Studies, and Director of the Group in Buddhist Studies, UC Berkeley
Robert H. Sharf, D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies and East Asian Languages and Cultures, and Chair of the Center for Buddhist Studies, UC Berkeley
Rev. Brian Nagata, Director of Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai America and Representative of the Numata Foundation
Cangioli Che, Executive Director of the Khyentse Foundation
Representative of Shinnyo-en

Presentation of the Padmanabh S. Jaini Graduate Student Award in Buddhist Studies
Padmanabh S. Jaini, Professor Emeritus of Buddhist Studies and South & Southeast Asian Studies, and Co-founder of the Group in Buddhist Studies, UC Berkeley

Keynote Address
Robert E. Buswell, Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities, Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies, and Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies, UCLA

6:30pm-7:00pm – Light Refreshments