SCBS Research Fellows

• Gil Fronsdal (Sati Center for Buddhist Studies), affiliate scholar, S & SE Asian Buddhism
• Lisa Grumbach (Religious Studies), doctoral fellow, Japanese Buddhism
• Lori Meeks (SSFJS postdoctoral fellow), visiting fellow, Japanese Buddhism
• Kumada Naoko (Cambridge), visiting fellow, Burmese Buddhism
• Michelle Li (Religious Studies), visiting fellow, Japanese religions
• Richard Payne (Institute of Buddhist Studies), affiliate scholar, Japanese Buddhism
• Noa Ronkin (Oxford), visiting fellow, S & SE Asian Buddhism
• Meir Shahar (Tel Aviv), visiting fellow, Chinese religions
• Shao Dongfang (East Asian Library), research fellow, Chinese documents
• Tenzin Tethong (Dalai Lama Foundation), research fellow, Tibetan studies (winter & spring)

SZTP Website
http://www.stanford.edu/group/scbs/sztp3
Developed and maintained for the Soto Zen Text Project, under the direction of Carl Bielefeldt, with Sarah Fremerman.

Daoist Illustrations Database
An electronic resource for the study of the Daoist canon, under the direction of Fabrizio Pregadio, with George Clonos. In preparation.

SCBS Computing Workshop
Faculty-student series on information technology in Buddhist studies; Bernard Faure in charge. Run in conjunction with RS 312. Buddhist Studies Proseminar.

James P. McDermott Collection

Berkeley-Stanford Buddhist Studies Colloquium

Buddhist Studies Graduate Colloquium

SCBS/ARC Fellows Colloquium

Buddhism in the Modern World

SCBS Faculty-Graduate Seminar
Noa Ronkin (SCBS fellow), "Philosophy and Psychology in Early Theravada." (winter, spring)

SCBS/ARC Graduate Research Workshop
Sacred Geographies: Space, Place, and Network in Asian Religions and Cultures. (With Stanford Humanities Center)

SCBS Proseminar
Research in Buddhist Studies. Bielefeldt in charge (autumn), Pregadio in charge (winter), Faure in charge (spring)

SCBS Reading Groups
Readings in Japanese Buddhist Studies. Kumada in charge (autumn, winter, spring)
Medieval Daoist Texts. Pregadio in charge (autumn)
T'ien-t'ai Texts. Brose in charge (winter)
Chinese Buddhist Texts. Epstein in charge (spring)
Japanese Buddhist Texts. Meeks in charge (spring)

SCBS Conferences
"The Politics of Religion in China." (April 30-May 1, with CEAS & Religious Studies)
"Buddhism and the Medicinal Arts in Japanese History." (May 7, with SSFJS)
"Burmese Buddhism and the Spirit Cult Revisited." (May 22-23, sponsored by the Toyota Foundation)

SCBS Lectures
Michael Friedrich (Hamburg). "Perceptions of Chinese Buddhism in the East and West." (March 8, Evans-Wentz Lecture, with Religious Studies).
Brian Victoria (Hawaii). "'Soldier Zen" in WWII Japan: A Classic Case Study on 'Holy War.'" (April 12, with SSFJS)

ARC Lecture Series
Tibet at Stanford 2004 (winter, spring)

ARC Museum Tour
Sherman and Ruth Lee Institute of Japanese Art, Hanford, California (April 3-4)