To honor Ven. Master Cheng Yen and her Mentor Ven. Master Yin Shun's great contribution to contemporary Buddhism, Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation and seven outstanding universities of the world will hold Yin-Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series on Buddhism in the name of the two Venerables. We invite excellent Buddhist scholars from all over the world to give lectures on the thought, practice and application of contemporary Buddhism which will help promote the development of contemporary Buddhism and encourage more scholars to study the relationship of Buddhism with modern life.
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of Cambridge
University of Oxford
Columbia University
Peking University
The University of British Columbia
Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation
Rey-Sheng Her
Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation
Jinhua Chen
University of British Columbia
Agenda for each session
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Introduction of speakers
Opening Speech
Dharma Master De Yuan
Jing Si Abode
Po-Wen Yen
CEO of Buddhist Tzu Chi Charity Foundation
Representatives
Stephen Teiser
Princeton University
Professor, Program in East Asian Studies
Jonathan Gold
Princeton University
Professor, The Center for the Study of Religion
Eugene Wang
Harvard University
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Asian Art
Bernard Faure
Columbia University
Professor, East Asian Languages and Cultures
Imre Galambos
University of Cambridge
Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Noga Ganany
University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Song Wang
Peking University
Professor, The Center for Buddhist Studies
You Zhao
Peking University
Assistant professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Ulrike Roesler
University of Oxford
Professor, Oriental Institute
Matthew Orsborn
University of Oxford
Assistant Professor, Oriental Institute
Zhaohua Yang
Peking University
Assistant professor, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
