From 20-22 June 2018 this International and Interdisciplinary Conference “Buddhism in Dialogue with Contemporary Societies” brings together 20 scholars of Buddhism and senior Buddhist teachers from the three mainstream traditions of Buddhism, i.e., Theravāda, East Asian (including Zen), and...
The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies in cooperation with the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies offers again an e-learning course of Bhikkhu Anālayo this year. The course will be about the Nibbana Sermons 11-22 by Bhikkhu Katukurunde Ñāṇananda and is a follow-up to the course on the Nibbana...
We kindly invite you to the Workshop „ Buddhism and Scepticism: Historical, Philosophical, and Comparative Perspectives “ at the Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies. It will take place from Tuesday, November 14, 2017 to Thursday, November 16, 2017. Please see the flyer for further...
His Holiness Drikung Kyabgön Chetsang Rinpoche will hold a lecture with the topic "Buddhism and Ecology: A Way out of the Crisis?" on July 13 6:15-7:45 p.m. at Anna-Siemsen-Hörsaal H, Von Melle Park 8, 20146 Hamburg. The respondent is Prof. Dr. Jan-Ulrich Sobisch (Copenhagen University), the...
On Tuesday, July 4, 4.15-5.45 p.m., the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies will celebrate its tenth anniversary. It will take place in room 221, Asien-Afrika-Institut, East Wing, Hamburg University. Welcome addresses and greetings will be delivered by Prof Dr. Susanne Rupp (Vice President...
The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies in cooperation with Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts offers an e-learning course on the topic of Asian Buddhist Women. The course consists of a series of lectures by a group of international scholars who will present their research on the situation of...
In July 2015, the Numata Chair of Japanese Buddhism was established at the Asien-Afrika-Institut of Hamburg University. Steffen Döll has been appointed to the position, officially beginning his work on October 1, 2015. His research focuses on Japanese intellectual history, especially medieval...
Dr. Mattia Salvini had most of his higher education in India (RKM Vivekānanda College, Chennai), and studied Buddhist texts with Prof.Rāṁśaṅkar Tripāṭhī (Sarnath). He obtained his PhD from SOAS, London, with a dissertation entitled ‘Conventions and Agency in the Philosophies of the Mahāyāna.’...
The Numata Visiting Professor for the Winter Semester 2013/14 will be Dr. Michael Radich, Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. A New Zealander by birth, he was educated at Auckland University in composition, music analysis and Asian Studies...
On July 11, 2013, the Center for Buddhist Studies was officially renamed the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies. The Center will now bear the name of Rev. Toshihide Numata, President of the Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (仏教伝道協会) in Tokyo, Japan. The Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (BDK) aims at promoting Buddhism...
The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies is pleased to welcome Prof. Dr. Mario Poceski to the University of Hamburg. Professor Poceski, an associate professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Florida (Gainesville, USA), was awarded the prestigious Humboldt Research Fellowship...
Beginning in the Winter Semester 2013/14, the International Masters Program in Buddhist Studies will be offering another area of specialization: Thai Buddhism. This track will allow students with proficient language skills in Thai to specialize in Thai Buddhism. This is the fifth Buddhist...
