Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies

The OCBS, a Recognised Independent Centre of the University of Oxford, promotes the academic study of Buddhist texts, societies, theories and practices.

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A tragic loss for Pāli and Buddhist Studies.

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[UT Buddhist Studies @uoftcbs]

“I want students to see how people live their Buddhism.” Rongdao Lai
https://t.co/oQOdMgJofX #Buddhism #podcast #highered #religiousstudies #teaching

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PhD Research position open for applications! Who wants to join the LMU in Munich, Germany?
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[Bernat Font Clos @bernatfontpiano]

@AlisonMelnick Richard Gombrich this coming Friday at 10am BST, for example! https://t.co/6bwnuRvb1m The @OxfordOCBS may want to spread the word too

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An interesting teaching position at SOAS!
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[David Monteserin Narayana @montes_narayana]

The Life of the Buddha project analyzes for the first time monumental Tibetan murals depicting the Buddha’s life, their related literature, and their architectural and historical settings. Directed by Buddhist scholars Andrew Quintman and Kurtis Schaeffer https://t.co/v9XCu0KmEh

[Jack Meng-Tat Chia 謝明達 @jackmtchia]

Fascinating piece on the influence of Buddhism on containing Covid-19 in Southeast Asia
https://t.co/EndNpgBmg0

[Royal Asiatic Society @RAS_Soc]

Drawing of details of the south gate at Sanchi, c.1835, with annotations, attributed to Capt. William Murray (1801-42)

[David Monteserin Narayana @montes_narayana]

A Timeline of Tantra through images via the @britishmuseum https://t.co/YIEHQDRkjI

[ACLS @ACLS1919]

In response to the disproportionate effect the current economic downturn has had on independent scholars & those w/o tenured positions, ACLS will redirect the focus of the ACLS Fellowship Program to support early career, non-tenured scholars exclusively: https://t.co/YVXZn5gPQH

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@_matthewhayes_ Hoping you'll get some!

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A great online lecture series on Theravada Buddhism, including traditional Pali grammar.

https://t.co/gMWzynGrKQ

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[Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies @canbuddhist]

[Recording] #Buddhism in the #Pandemic: https://t.co/8ptygl6XK0

Links to speakers' power point slides and additional readings are also available on the site.

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A position for Departmental Lecturer at Oxford University is open!
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... However, students often benefit even more if at least some of the modules can be understood without knowing another module.

If you have video lessons to go with the modules, PLEASE break them up to 10-15 mins videos!

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Online Learning Tip No. 3

Modularize!

Try to break up your online course into sections/modules. They can build on each other, so that one needs to have grasped Modules 1-3 to understand Module 4.

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[Jack Meng-Tat Chia 謝明達 @jackmtchia]

July 8: Free webinar on #Buddhist responses to #COVID-19

[Halle O’Neal @halle_oneal]

Please circulate widely: History of Art at Uni of Edinburgh is hiring a Teaching Fellow (0.7) in Buddhist Art for 2.5 years. Lovely dept. Closing date 14 July
@U_K_A_B_S @StudiesBuddhist @eca_edinburgh
Job Link: https://t.co/ePlwia4xsy