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Montreal Zen Poetry Festival

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The third biennial Montreal Zen Poetry Festival runs March 10-13, 2011. This year’s theme: silence always speaks Twitter page: MtlZENpoetry Facebook page

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Harvard Prof @ U of T/McMaster Numata Series

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The University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata Program in Buddhist Studies Presents Professor Anne Monius, Harvard Divinity School, Harvard University On Thursday, February 3, 2011, 4-6 pm. Professor Anne Monius’ Lecture, “With No One to Bind Action and Agent: The Fate of Buddhists as Religious ‘Other’ in Tamil Śaiva Literature”, will be held at McMaster... Read more »

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U Winnipeg Prof @ U of T/McMaster Numata Series

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The University of Toronto/McMaster University Yehan Numata Program in Buddhist Studies Presents Professor Albert Welter, University of Winnipeg On Thursday, February 17, 2011, 4-6 pm, Professor Welter will join the Numata Reading Group at U of T, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George St., Room 318. Our guest, faculty, and students, will discuss the readings from... Read more »

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U of T Film & Workshop Series: Doc Film in Tibet & Burma

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New Voices, New Visions: Film & Workshop Series on Documentary Film in Tibet and Burma On February 18-20, 2011, the University of Toronto’s Department for the Study of Religion has organized a showcase of films by emerging Tibetan and Burmese filmmakers. Filmmakers will be in attendance to discuss their films and discuss their work with Canadian... Read more »

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UBC Prof @ UCLA for Korea lecture

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The Politics of Food and Diplomacy in the Imjin War (1592-98) By Nam-lin Hur, The University of British Columbia / Korea Colloquium Series Monday, January 31, 2011, 3:00 PM 11377 Bunche Hall, UCLA What dictated the 1592-98 war in Korea? In this talk, Hur suggests that the contours of this war and the historical change that followed... Read more »

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