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FOCUS October 2020 Following in Kumarajiva’s Footsteps The Kumarajiva Project in its second year Chinese civilization is very, very important for the survival of Buddhism. – Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche In July 2019, Khyentse Foundation launched...
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FOCUS September 2020 Structuring the Longevity of Buddhist Studies in Universities It’s back-to-school time for many, and in this issue we share some news from our academic development area. First, Khyentse Foundation, in partnership with the...
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September 2020 After an extensive international search, the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Michigan is happy to announce that it has selected a scholar to fill its new position in Tibetan Buddhist Studies, funded by an endowment from...
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September 2020 Update on Oct 29, 2020: The nomination window now extents to January 31, 2021 for this round. The Khyentse Foundation Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation in Buddhist Studies is given annually to the author of a doctoral dissertation in the field of...
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September 2020 Khyentse Foundation recently announced a new program to provide selected universities with much-needed support to fund doctoral students in Buddhist Studies. Depending on factors such as location, university costs, and existing support, grants up to...
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By Anja Hartmann September 2020 Anja Hartmann: Member of the Board of Directors & Chair of the Academic Development Committee Global academia as we know it is a European invention. As Walter Rüegg put it in the foreword to his book, A History of the...
