NZ: Buddhist Studies Zoom Series

A list of speakers, topics and times (in New Zealand) confirmed to date is listed below. All talks can be accessed via the following link without registering in advance.

www.zoom.diri.ac.nz (Meeting ID: 825 3655 7097, Passcode: 072)

DIRI Zoominar series

April 12 (8-9pm NZST)
Dr. Jeff Wilson (DIRI, Australia) 
Topic: Buddhism, Husserl and the Void 

April 15 (2-3pm NZST)
Dr. D.E. Osto (Massey University, NZ)
Topic: Entering the Supreme Array: A Mahāyāna Dharmology for the 21st Century 

April 17 (8-9pm NZST)
Dr. Arvind Kumar Singh (Gautam Buddha University, India)
Topic: A Re-examination of Devadatta’s Character as Depicted in the Buddhist Scriptures

April 20 (9-10pm NZST)
Dr. Yojana Bhagat (University of Mumbai, India) 
Topic: Asokan inscriptions 

April 24 (2-3pm NZST)
Prof. Dr. Richard Salomon (University of Washington, USA) 
Topic: A Newly Discovered Biography of the Buddha in Gāndhārī

April 26 (9-10pm NZST)
Prof. Dr. Anand Singh (Nalanda University, India)
Topic: Nuns and Laywomen as Donors at Sārnāth: Locating Gender, Endowments, and Autonomy

April 27 (2-3am NZST)
Dr. Stefan Baums (Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Germany)
Topic: Buddhist Inscriptions from Ancient Gandhāra: A Window on Faith, Ritual and Patronage

April 27 (6-7pm NZST)
Dr. Mark Allon (University of Sydney, Australia)
Topic: The Composition and Transmission of Early Buddhist Texts 

April 28 (7-8pm NZST)
Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann (University of Hamburg, Germany) 
Topic: The Buddha Within: an Unorthodox Idea in Indian Buddhism?

April 30 (12:30-1:30am NZST)
Dr. Imre Galambos (University of Cambridge, UK) 
Topic: TBD 

May 1 (time TBD)
Dr Lina Verchery (University of Otago, NZ) 
Topic: Buddhism and Filmmaking: Challenges and Possibilities

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