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Jeffrey Kripal presents “The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities”
“The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities” Hosted by Jeffrey Kripal Join us March 22nd from 4:00 to 5:50 over Zoom Join Zoom Meeting Abstract: What would happen if we reimagined the humanities as the superhumanities? If we acknowledged and celebrated the undercurrent of the fantastic within our humanistic disciplines, entirely new cultural worlds and […]
“The Superhumanities: Historical Precedents, Moral Objections, New Realities” Hosted by Jeffrey Kripal Join us March 22nd from 4:00 to 5:50 over Zoom Join Zoom Meeting Abstract: What would happen if we reimagined the humanities as the superhumanities? If we acknowledged and celebrated the undercurrent of the fantastic within our humanistic disciplines, entirely new cultural worlds and […]
Database of Religious History awarded largest grant for a UBC humanities research project
We’re excited that one of our affiliated faculty, Prof. Ted Slingerland, has obtained a grant for his project. For more information, please click on the link.
We’re excited that one of our affiliated faculty, Prof. Ted Slingerland, has obtained a grant for his project. For more information, please click on the link.
Webinar: Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists
UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society will be hosting a book talk and interview with Chenxing Han, scholar and author, entitled: Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists. Chenxing Han’s book, Be the Refuge (North Atlantic Books) is both critique and celebration, calling out the […]
UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society will be hosting a book talk and interview with Chenxing Han, scholar and author, entitled: Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists. Chenxing Han’s book, Be the Refuge (North Atlantic Books) is both critique and celebration, calling out the […]
Webinar: Mid-Century Modern: Jōdo Shinshū and the Making of American Buddhism
UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society will be hosting a public talk by Dr. Scott Mitchell (Institute of Buddhist Studies) entitled: Mid-Century Modern: Jōdo Shinshū and the Making of American Buddhism. The lecture will discuss how the narrative of American Buddhist history is altered when we center the invisiblized […]
UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society will be hosting a public talk by Dr. Scott Mitchell (Institute of Buddhist Studies) entitled: Mid-Century Modern: Jōdo Shinshū and the Making of American Buddhism. The lecture will discuss how the narrative of American Buddhist history is altered when we center the invisiblized […]
