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[justinm at ucr.edu]

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justin


UK Association for Buddhist Studies Conference 2009*, Friday 3rd  
July, 9.30am-6.30pm.
School of Oriental and African Studies, Vernon Square Campus, Room V111.
Vernon Square, Penton Rise, London WC1X 9EW (near Kings Cross).

Registration: £10 for UKABS members; £20 for non-members.

*Further Information*: Please contact UKABS Secretary, Dr. Cathy  
Cantwell (catherine dot cantwell at orinst dot ox dot ac dot uk)
For booking and registration, please contact UKABS Treasurer, Dr.  
Naomi Appleton (naomi.appleton at googlemail.com)

*Featuring lectures by*:

Dr Vesna Wallace, Numata Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of  
Oxford, Academic Director of Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, and  
author of /The K//ā//lacakratantra: The Chapter on Sā//dhana  
together with the Vimalaprabhā/.

Dr Peter Harvey, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of  
Sunderland, and author of /The Selfless Mind: Personality,  
Consciousness and Nirvana in Early Buddhism/ and /Introduction to  
Buddhist Ethics/.

Dr Ian Harris, Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of  
Cumbria, Senior Research Fellow at National University of Singapore,  
and author of /Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice /and / 
Buddhism Under Pol Pot/.

Dr Tse-fu Kuan, Assistant Professor at Yuan Ze University, Taiwan,  
and author of /Mindfulness in Early Buddhism: New Approaches through  
Psychology and Textual Analysis of Pali, Chinese and Sanskrit Sources/.

*Timetable*:

9.30am Registration

10.00-11.00am Tse-fu Kuan (Yuan Ze University, Taiwan): "A Debate  
between the Buddha and Saccaka: A Study Based on the Pali and Chinese  
Sources".

11.00-12.00am Peter Harvey (Sunderland): "Are the Four /Ariya-sacca/s  
'Noble Truths' or 'Realities for the Noble One(s)'"?

12.00-12.15pm Coffee break

12.15-1.15pm Postgrad panel (chaired by Charles Manson, Oxford):

Ligeia Lugli (SOAS): "Meaning without Words: on the Relationship  
between Artha and Ruta in Indian Mahāyāna Sūtras";

Ingmar Heise (Bristol): "The Buddhas' Happy Day: Buddhist  
Celebrations of the Ghost Festival in Southern China".

1.15-2.45pm Lunch

2.45-3.30pm AGM for UKABS members

3.30-4.30pm Vesna Wallace (Oxford): "Rendering Buddhism into  
Mongolian: A Historical Look into Mongolian Methods of Translating  
Buddhist Texts".

4.30-5.30pm Ian Harris (Cumbria): "Theravāda Perspectives on Regime  
Change".

5.30-6.30pm University of Bristol Project on Buddhist Death Rituals:  
Introductory talk, film and discussion: "Caring for the Beyond: Two  
Lao Buddhist Festivals for the Deceased".


/With thanks to the Circle of Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, SOAS./

______________
Dr. Justin McDaniel
Dept. of Religious Studies
3046 INTN
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
951-827-4530
justinm at ucr.edu