Past Events

Lecture Series: Comparative Studies on Buddhism in Taiwan and Mainland China Buddhist Philanthropy outside the PRC since 1949 and its Cross-Strait...

A Cento of Mahāyāna Sūtras in Khotanese Dr. Ruixuan Chen (Assistant Professor in Buddhist Studies at the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies...

Lecture Series: Comparative Studies on Buddhism in Taiwan and Mainland China Mindfulness in Chan Buddhism – Contemporary Experiences in the Chan...

Transformations of the classical models of meditation praxis
in Chinese Buddhism Prof. Dr. Mario Poceski Mittwoch, 23.10.2019, 16:15 – 17:45
Universität...

International Workshop New Perspectives on the Idea of Buddha-Nature in Indian Buddhism July 11 – 13, 2019 at Hamburg University

Recent years have...

Postmortem Pilgrimage: The Journey to the West as Mortuary Rite

Prof. Dr. Benjamin Brose, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, University of...

Thai Bhikkhuni, International Treaties, and Rights of Minorities

Prof. Dr. Manuel Litalien, Department of Social Welfare and Social Development...

The globalization of Buddhism in the 21st century
Dr. Olaf Beuchling, Research Fellow, Numata Center for Buddhist Studies

April 17, 2019, 4.15 – 5.45...

From Saffron Revolution to Mabatha: Religion and Nationalism in Burma Alexander Horstmann, Associate Professor of Modern Southeast Asian Studies...

Donation of the 20-volume Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts to the Library of the Asien-Afrika-Institut & Forum on Buddhist Art in the Contemporary World...

And Guṇaprabha revived the Vinayapiṭaka (德光乃再弘律藏): The Vinayasūtra and the rise of the Mūlasarvāstivādin tradition  Prof. Dr. Hong Luo, Professor for...

Nang Nak—Ghost Wife: Desire, Embodiment, and Buddhist Melancholia in a Contemporary Thai Ghost Film Arnika Fuhrmann, Assistant Professor of Southeast...

Symposium: Current Topics in Buddhist Studies November 14, 2018, 9.00 - 17.45 h

The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies together with the Center for...

The Hastikakṣyasūtra: Some Reflections on an Early Mahāyāna Text Prof. Dr. Zhen Liu, Professor in the National Institute for Advanced Humanistic...

Gehört der Buddhismus zu Deutschland?
Die Relevanz des Buddhismus für die Welt von heute 19. Juni 2018, 18.15-19.45 Uhr Dr. Carola Roloff (Akademie...

The Mindfulness Movement and the Erasure of Buddhism Prof. Mario Poceski (University of Florida)

25. Juni 2018, 18-20 Uhr

Raum 121...

Development in Buddhist Education and Archive Building in Luang Prabang Mi, 20.06.2018, 18:00 Uhr, bis 20:00, Asien-Afrika-Institut...

Buddhism in Dialogue with Contemporary Societies 20-22 June 2018 Museum für Völkerkunde, Großer Hörsaal, Hamburg

From 20-22 June 2018 this...

Sport, Bodily Activities and Shoes: From India to China Prof. Ann Heirman, Ghent University (Belgium)

11. Juni 2018, 18-20 Uhr
Raum J...