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The Institute of Buddhist Studies, with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, invites proposals from scholars across the academic disciplines specializing in any religious traditions, from theologians from all religious traditions, and from professional journalists, to participate in a […]

The first of two special sections for the 2017 issue of Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies is now available online. The special section is titled “Subjectivity in Shin Buddhism,” and is guest edited by Dr. Gordon […]

Beginning in January 2018, the Institute of Buddhist Studies welcomes a visiting scholar to Berkeley, Enrique Galvan-Alvarez. Prof. Galvan-Alvarez is an Associate Professor at Universidad Internacional de La Rioja-UNIR and a lay member of the Shin Buddhist Fellowship-UK. He has […]

The Institute of Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce that it has received a grant of $475,000 from the Henry Luce Foundation to support Public Theologies of Technology and Presence, a three-year program addressing technologies’ impacts on human relationships. The […]

The Institute of Buddhist Studies conducted its 5th Annual Memorial Service on October 26, 1917 at 7 p.m. at the Jodo Shinshu Center Kodo, Berkeley, CA., to honor 106 founders, donors, leaders, teachers, student, staff and friends, who have shared […]

The Institute of Buddhist Studies will be hosting the Western Regional Meeting of the American Academy of Religion from March 23-25, 2018. The co-chairs of the Western Region’s Buddhist Studies unit are encouraging IBS and GTU students, faculty, and community […]

This past June, three members of the IBS community participated in the 2017 Annual Conference of the Association of Professional Chaplains. Rev. Dr. Daijaku Kinst, the Noboru and Yaeko Hanyu Professor of Buddhist Chaplaincy at the Institute of Buddhist Studies, facilitated […]

The Institute of Buddhist Studies has been recognized as a Candidate for Accreditation by WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). WSCUC is the regional accrediting agency for colleges and universities in California and Hawai’i. Having achieved Candidacy is a […]

Mass Meditation: Practices and Discourses in Contemporary Global Buddhisms October 6, 2017—Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California This conference will focus on the phenomenon of mass meditation (e.g., lay meditation practices, mindfulness, secularization) in contemporary global Buddhism. Of particular focus […]

Editor’s note: the following is text of the 2017 Commencement Address by IBS alum Chenxing Han, delivered during the graduation ceremony on Friday May, 19, 2017. We would very much like to thank Ms. Han for delivering the address and […]

Five Institute of Buddhist Studies’ students were presented with their Masters Degree at Commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 19, 2016 in Berkeley, CA. Rev. Dr. David Matsumoto, Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs, IBS chaired the event. Bishop Kodo Umezu, […]

From the AAR’s Reading Religions: Homa Variations: The Study of Ritual Change across the Longue Durée Richard K. Payne, Michael Witzel Oxford Ritual Studies, New York, NY: Oxford University Press, November 2015. Link to Publisher’s Website. Review This edited volume contains […]

On Friday, April 14, nearly fifty Buddhist scholars, teachers, and activists convened at the Jodo Shinshu Center for a much-anticipated IBS symposium on “Interdependence/Intersectionality: Marginalization, Oppression, and American Buddhism,” to discuss issues of marginalization and oppression related to race, gender, […]

We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Buddhist Studies has received permission from the editors, Ian Astley and Henrik Sørensen, to be the electronic archive for the first nine issues of Studies in Central and East Asian Religions. […]

Mass Meditation: Practices and Discourses in Contemporary Global Buddhisms October 6, 2017—Institute of Buddhist Studies, Berkeley, California This conference will focus on the phenomenon of mass meditation (e.g., lay meditation practices, mindfulness, secularization) in contemporary global Buddhism. Of particular focus […]

The Centers for Japanese Studies and Buddhist Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, together with Ōtani University and Ryūkoku University in Kyoto announce a workshop under the supervision of Mark Blum that will focus on critically examining premodern and […]

The Institute of Buddhist Studies celebrated its 50th anniversary as a graduate school jointly with the Buddhist Churches of America’s 10th anniversary of the Jodo Shinshu Center on October 22, 2016. With the support of BCA leaders and members, we […]

For more than half a century, the Institute of Buddhist Studies has offered graduate-level educational programs for those pursuing careers in Shin Buddhist ministry, Buddhist chaplaincy, and the academic study of Buddhism. To support our students and make our programs […]

On behalf of the International Association for Shin Buddhist Studies, North American District, IBS announces the following panel held in conjunction with the 2016 American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting. Please contact Dean Mitchell with any questions: scott@shin-ibs.edu Saturday, November […]

Institute of Buddhist Studies’ faculty and community have long contributed and supported the work of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies (IASBS). IBS hosted the the 17th Biennial IASBS conference, and we are pleased to share the following information […]