Transnational Discourses of Islamic Community Conference

Anonymous — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Transnational Discourses of Islamic Community Conference Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 10/24/2008 - 00:00

Held on October 24-25, 2008 at CU �鶹��, the Transnational Discourses of Islamic Community brought together leading scholars to critically analyze the content and appeal of the notion of a global Islamic community of faith through an explicitly comparative and interdisciplinary approach. The conference was organized by Ruth Mas (Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies) and Carla Jones (Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology) and funded by an Innovative Seed Grant in conjunction with the Center for Asian Studies.

The list of participants included four off-campus guests and seven University of Colorado faculty who have been involved in the year-long grant on globalization, mobility and Islamic faith communities. The off-campus guests were Peter Mandaville of George Mason University; Andrew Shryock of the University of Michigan; Paul Silverstein,of Reed College; and Engseng Ho of Harvard University. The University of Colorado faculty included Nabil Echchaibi (Journalism and Mass Communication), Najeeb Jan (Geography), Carla Jones (Anthropology), Ruth Mas (Religious Studies), Dennis McGilvray (Anthropology) and John Willis (History).

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Donald Lopez delivers lecture on "Buddhism and Science"

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:00:00 +0000

Donald Lopez delivers lecture on "Buddhism and Science" Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 09/25/2008 - 00:00

It was standing room only for the lecture on "Buddhism and Science" by Donald Lopez, the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. There were more than one hundred people packed into UMC 247 on September 25, 2008 with many spilling out the door.

In this lecture, Donald Lopez offered a preview of his new book Buddhism and Science: A Guide for the Perplexed (October, 2008), a genealogy of the discourse on Buddhism and science as it has emerged over the past century and a half—from colonial encounters in Sri Lanka to present-day laboratory research on meditation. Tailoring his remarks to a general audience, he delivered a compelling lecture tracing the genealogy of the discourse on Buddhism and science in broad strokes.

The lecture was co-sponsored by the Center for Asian Studies and Department of Religious Studies.

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Donald Lopez delivers lecture on "Buddhism and Science"