Archives: Numata Lecture

2021 Graduate Student Symposium

July 20, 2021

Authority and Normativity in and Between Buddhist Traditions 9 AM – 12:30 PM PT Registration […]

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Sculpture, Time, and Materiality in a Buddhist Cave Shrine: Fall 2020 Numata Lecture with Michelle C. Wang

August 3, 2020

Register for this webinar here. Please join us on Friday October 23, 2020, at 1:00 […]

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The True Teaching? Fall 2020 Numata Lecture with Jolyon Baraka Thomas

August 3, 2020

Register for this webinar here. Please join us on Friday October 9, 2020, at 1:00 […]

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Robots in Robes: Buddhism, AI, and Skillful Means, 2019 Numata Lecture

April 18, 2019

Please join us for the 2019 Numata Lecture with Dr. Courtney Bruntz Thursday October 17 […]

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Crossing Realities: Shin Buddhism and the Processes of Globalization

June 7, 2016

UPDATE: Please note updated program and time. In honor of the 50th Anniversary of Institute […]

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Call for papers, Update: Proposal Deadline Extended

December 3, 2012

We are pleased to announce a call for papers for the 3rd Annual Graduate Student Symposium at the Institute of Buddhist Studies.

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Domestic Dharma keynotes added to the podcast

November 27, 2012

Audio and video recordings from this fall’s symposium, Domestic Dharma: Beyond Texts, Beyond Monasteries, has been added to our podcast.

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2012 Institute of Buddhist Studies Commencement

May 21, 2012

Five Institute Of Buddhist Studies’ students received their Master Degrees at a commencement ceremony on Friday, May 18, 2012 at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley.

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Spring 2011 Numata Lecture

May 9, 2011

“Making Sense of the Blood Bowl Sutra: Gender, Pollution, and Salvation in Buddhist Sermons from Early Modern Japan,” was the Institute of Buddhist Studies’ Spring Numata Lecture topic presented by Dr. Lori Meeks of University of Southern California.

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Numata Lecture

November 4, 2010

Dr. Kenneth Lee, professor at the California State University, Northridge, will be Fall Numata Lecture, […]

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