Newsroom Archive

No.5

Professor Sarah H. Jacoby

Northwestern University
The Relatable and Extraordinary Life of Sera Khandro Dewé Dorjé
In this talk I will share some tastes of a project I am currently immersed in to translate the richness of both the relatable and extraordinary elements of Sera Khandro’s writing from Tibetan into English.
No.4

Professor Jacob Dalton

University of California, Berkeley
Tibetan Tantra at Dunhuang
After a brief introduction to the Dunhuang collection in general, this lecture considers what these ancient treasures tell us about the early Tibetan assimilation of tantric Buddhism in particular, from the late eighth to the late tenth centuries.
No.3

Professor Dorji Wangchuk

Univsersity of Hamburg
When Can Buddhism Be Considered Dead and When Living?
In this talk, I wish to reflect, from an emic perspective, on what would characterize the life and vitality of Buddhism, and when can it be considered dead and when living.