Throughout the fall of 2024, international specialists will present to a broad public audience aspects of the rich cultural heritage of Buddhism (material culture, music, texts, and visual arts) and its impact on contemporary culture in Asia and beyond.
Organized by Vesna A. Wallace and Fabio Rambelli (Religious Studies, UCSB).
This series is part of the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
All lectures will be held at the University Club of Santa Barbara (https://www.uclubsb.org/)
October 8 professor Michael Como (Columbia University) “Buddhism, Written Language, and the Religious Revolution in Eighth Century Japan”
October 29 professor Vesna Wallace (UCSB) “Text and Image Relations in Mongolian Buddhism”
November 19 composer Daryl Jamieson (Kyushu University, Japan) “Buddhist Influences in Contemporary Music”
December 12 professor Sunmin Yoon (University of Delaware) “The Sacred and the Secular in the Practice of the Mongolian Buddhist Songs”
All lectures are open to the general public. For information, please contact the University Club of Santa Barbara.
For members of the UCSB community, please contact Fabio Rambelli (rambelli@ucsb.edu) or Vesna Wallace (vesna.wallace@ucsb.edu).
Supported by Luce Foundation and American Academy of Religion, Robert N.H. Ho Family Foundation Global, the Uberoy Foundation, and the Department of Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
