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New Volume on Old Tibetan Studies edited by BuddhistRoad Researcher

Lewis Doney, researcher within the ERC funded project “BuddhistRoad”, recently edited a special issue of the Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, …

Online Workshop on "Contemplation and Non-Doing"

The Dzogchen project, based at CERES and sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, is organizing an online …

Uyghurs before Islam: Habilitation successfully completed

Yukiyo Kasai, researcher within the ERC funded project “BuddhistRoad”, received her habilitation degree by the Faculty for East Asian Studies …

Final Conference of ERC Project "BuddhistRoad" held online

Earlier this month, the project team of BuddhistRoad held an international conference online. It was the third and final conference …

Online Closing Conference of the ERC Project “BuddhistRoad”

Between the 6th and 14th centuries, Buddhism on the Silk Road met not only with other religions, from both east …

Online Guest Lecture on an Unidentified Work in Tangut Translation of Maja Jangchup Tsöndrü

On June 10, 2021, Harvard University scholar Zhouyang Ma will present an online lecture on "Introduction to Speculative Thinking: An …

Carmen Meinert talks at the University of California, Berkeley

On February 26, 2021, Carmen Meinert gave this year's prestigious Khyentse Lecture at the Center for Buddhist Studies at the …

Shedding Light on Tantra: CERES Researcher interviewed by Swiss TV Station

Talking about tantra in popular culture leads to different associations: Massages, enlightenment, sexuality, spirituality, consciousness, physical awareness, eroticism. The latest …

Online Guest Lecture on Stein 3 Painting from Dunhuang

On February 26, 2021, Cambrige University scholar Imre Galambos will present an online lecture on "Moving out of the Tibetan …

CERES Researchers present Lectures at the University of California Berkely

One of the key research areas conducted at the Center for Religious Studies (CERES) is the study of the early …