International Symposium
BRIDGES BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE: BUDDHISM IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES
University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Arts, Blue Room
March 12th – 14th 2015
Thursday 12.03. | |
15:40 | MUSICAL PROLOGUE:
Florence Gacoin Marks and Nagisa Škof Moritoki, University of Ljubljana |
16:00-17:00 | OPENING KEYNOTE SPEECH:
Tamara Ditrich, Nan Tien Institute, Australia: The Birth of Modern Buddhism: Historical Conditions and their Implications |
17:00-17:20 | Coffee/Tea break |
17:20–18.50 | PANEL 1: BUDDHISM AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ASIAN DISCOURSES (Chair: Andrej Ule, University of Ljubljana)
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Friday, 13.03. | |
9:00–10:30 | PANEL 2: SOCIAL PRACTICES AND APPLICATIONS
(Chair: Jana S. Rošker, University of Ljubljana)
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10:30-11:00 | Coffee/Tea break |
11:00-12:30 | PANEL 3: PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACHES
(Chair: Tamara Ditrich, University of Ljubljana)
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12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-15:30 | PANEL 4: CONTEMPLATION AND BUDDHIST PSCHOLOGY
(Chair: Sebastjan Vöröš, University of Ljubljana)
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15:30-16:00 | Coffee/Tea break |
16:00-18:30 | ROUND TABLE:
“Challenges, Problems and Possibilities of Establishing the East and Southeast European Centre for Buddhist Studies in Ljubljana” Conveners:
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19:00 | DINNER FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS |
Saturday, 14.03. | |
10:00-12:00 | PANEL 5: BODY AND MIND
(Chair: Helena Motoh, University of Primorska)
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12:00-13:00 | CLOSING KEYNOTE SPEECH:
Sebastjan Vöröš, University of Ljubljana: Buddhism and Cognitive Science: An Uneasy Liaison? |
13:00-14:00 | Lunch |
14:00-16:00 | WORKSHOP:
Planning an application for the research project “Buddhist Epistemology: the Concept of Mindfulness and its Applications in Contemporary Societies” |