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Quality Education and the Role of Digital Technology in Nepal with Rabi Karmacharya
17th Jan 2019 5:00pm
This talk is co-sponsored with the Centre for India & South Asia Research (CISAR) and the Department of Language and Literacy Education. Abstract Technological innovations have revolutionized the ways we communicate, exchange knowledge and ideas, and deliver goods and services. However, this progress has yet to touch the lives many around the world, and the...
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A Sino-Tibetan Buddhist Modernism: Religious Marketplace, Constellative Networking and Urbanism with Dan Smyer Yü
11th Feb 2019 5:30pm
Abstract As an increasing number of Tibetan lamas reach out to non-Tibetan populations in contemporary China, Tibetan Buddhism is undergoing various transformations especially in urban settings. As its engagement with many aspects of the Chinese society, such as higher education, social morality, philanthropy, environmental conservation, and modern science, the pattern of its transregional and trans-ethnic...
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Monasteries as Home: Facing Challenges of Modernization in Tibetan Monastic Education and Leadership with Khenpo Choying Dorjee
25th Feb 2019 5:30pm
This talk is co-sponsored with the Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society. Abstract For well over 500 years in Tibet, the Buddhist monasteries stood at the center of Tibetan cultural, spiritual, artistic, economic and political life. Now, with many Tibetan monasteries relocated to India and around the world, the monastic...
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Carrying a Basket of Gold: A Historical Reflection on Buddhist Concepts and Ethics in Bhutan with Dagmar Schwerk
18th Mar 2019 5:30pm
This talk is co-sponsored with the Robert HN Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society. Abstract What lies behind the idea and policies of Gross National Happiness (GNH) in Bhutan and how have Buddhist concepts and ethics been implemented on an institutional level in past and present? In this talk, Dagmar Schwerk provides...
