Details
April 24, 2025
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Jackman Humanities Building, Room 100
170 St George St
Dear Buddhist Studies Students, Colleagues, and Friends,
You are welcome to join us for the second instalment of the last academic year’s reading group dedicated to monograph-length introductions to Buddhism hosted by the UofT Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies.
The reading group looks at “introductions to Buddhism” proper and “histories of Buddhism” conceived of as introductions, that cover the main articulations of Buddhism through the ages and across the globe. The discussions aim at historicizing past and present introductory literature in the light of the current state of the field and of the participants’ own research. They also aim at assessing the potential of the existing introductory literature in view of the participants own experiences with participating in or designing and teaching introductory courses as part of current Buddhist Studies curricula. On occasion, we will be joined by colleagues in Buddhist Studies who may have an especially close relation with the book at hand to share with us their reading experiences and background knowledge about work and author.
Following last year’s template, the reading group will meet in a hybrid format (in person and online) at the DSR every three to four weeks (approx. 8 meetings) for two hours between September 2024 and April 2025 for eight to ten sessions (if there is interest, more).
The dates are Oct. 3, Nov. 7., Dec. 5, 2024, Jan. 9, Feb. 6, Mar. 6, & Apr. 3, 2025. The time is 10:00-12:00 EST.
We will be meeting in person in the Department for the Study of Religion, Jackman Humanities Building room 208.
Refreshments will be provided. In case you are not able to join us in person, please join us through the following link: https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/82210580041
For any question, please feel free to reach out to me at christoph.emmrich@utoronto.ca.
