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2018 Graduation and Commencement

May 24, 2018

Dr. Jack Masakazu Fujimoto, the fourth IBS Trustee Chair from 1982 to 1993, was presented […]

Pacific World Journal transitions to peer review format

April 4, 2018

With the support of BDK America Pacific World: Journal of the Institute of Buddhist Studies […]

Call for papers: 2018 graduate student symposium

April 3, 2018

Graduate Student Symposium: Buddhist Political Engagements and Imaginaries October 5, 2018, Institute of Buddhist Studies, […]

Request for Proposals: religion, technology, and human relationships

February 12, 2018

The Institute of Buddhist Studies, with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, invites proposals […]

Pacific World 3.19 (2017) Now Online

January 19, 2018

The first of two special sections for the 2017 issue of Pacific World: Journal of […]

Visiting Scholar, Enrique Galvan-Alvarez

January 16, 2018

Beginning in January 2018, the Institute of Buddhist Studies welcomes a visiting scholar to Berkeley, […]

Institute of Buddhist Studies Wins Major Grant from Henry Luce Foundation to Support Program Addressing Technologies’ Impacts on Human Relationships

January 9, 2018

The Institute of Buddhist Studies is pleased to announce that it has received a grant […]

Fifth Annual Memorial Service

October 30, 2017

The Institute of Buddhist Studies conducted its 5th Annual Memorial Service on October 26, 1917 […]

Call For Papers: AAR Western Regional Meeting

September 7, 2017

The Institute of Buddhist Studies will be hosting the Western Regional Meeting of the American […]

Buddhist Healing Principles: recording from annual chaplaincy conference

August 8, 2017

This past June, three members of the IBS community participated in the 2017 Annual Conference […]

Institute of Buddhist Studies Granted WSCUC Candidacy

July 10, 2017

The Institute of Buddhist Studies has been recognized as a Candidate for Accreditation by WASC […]

Call for papers: grad student proposals due July 15, 2017

June 23, 2017

Mass Meditation: Practices and Discourses in Contemporary Global Buddhisms October 6, 2017—Institute of Buddhist Studies, […]

“Be the Refuge”: Reflections on Karma & Gratitude, Suffering & Spiritual Friendship

June 14, 2017

Editor’s note: the following is text of the 2017 Commencement Address by IBS alum Chenxing […]

2017 Graduation and Commencement

May 24, 2017

Five Institute of Buddhist Studies’ students were presented with their Masters Degree at Commencement ceremonies […]

Review of Homa Variations posted to AAR’s Reading Religions

May 11, 2017

From the AAR’s Reading Religions: Homa Variations: The Study of Ritual Change across the Longue […]

IBS Symposium Generates New Conversations

May 8, 2017

On Friday, April 14, nearly fifty Buddhist scholars, teachers, and activists convened at the Jodo […]

Studies in Central and East Asian Religion: Archive

April 24, 2017

We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Buddhist Studies has received permission from […]

Call for papers: graduate student symposium

April 19, 2017