Archive

Visions and Prophecies in Tibetan Buddhism: An Evening with Khenpo Sodargye

Tuesday, April 23 at 7pm, Wolf Law 304 This event is a rescheduling of the canceled April 2 event. A lecture by Khenpo Sodargye, a prominent Nyingma teacher. The revelation of terma (literally "treasures") is a longstanding practice in the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. In this public lecture, Khenpo Sodargye shares his knowledge about what terma signifies, how it is revealed, and what kinds of dreams, visions and prophecies emerge in the mind-stream of a tertönor "treasure revealer." This event is free and open to the public.

Imagining China in Medieval Japan: The Case of Fujiwara no Teika

Thursday, April 25 at 5 p.m., Humanities 250 For writers, clerics, officials, and others living in Japan around the turn of the 13th century, China functioned simultaneously as the matrix of a shared regional culture and as a contrastive background against which patterns of Japanese cultural formation could be discerned. This lecture will discuss the imagining of contemporary and ancient China in various works written by the influential Japanese poet and courtier Fujiwara no Teika including the Tale of Matsura.

Ecumenism in Tibet: Public panel with Ringu Tulku

Thursday, April 18 at 7 p.m., British Studies Room, 5th Floor of Norlin Library In 19th century in Tibet, a circle of Buddhist luminaries compiled eclectic collections of texts from a wide range of traditions in order to preserve their distinctive lineages. These collections have been crucial to preserving Tibet's unique tantric heritage in the diaspora. Our keynote speaker for the panel and conference is Ringu Tulku, an expert in ecumenism in nineteenth-century Tibet.

“Listening to Asia: When China talks, does anybody listen?”

Wednesday, April 10, at 9 a.m., Atlas Black Box Theater Tim Weston, associate director of the Center for Asian Studies and associate professor of history, will serve as our panel moderator, which will include the following panelists: Zulfiqar Ahmad, independent researcher and writer, New Delhi; Peter Lighte, vice chairman, corporate and investment bank, China, J. P. Morgan, New York; Jim Walsh, research associate, MIT Security Studies Program, Cambridge; Tom Gold, professor of sociology, University of California, Berkeley.

Asian Language Night 2013

Thursday, April 11, 5:30 p.m., Humanities 1B50| Come join us for our annual, fun cultural event, featuring six Asian languages—Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Hindi-Urdu, Japanese and Korean. Students of these languages will perform skits, songs, dances, etc. Free and open to the public— everyone is welcome! Sponsored by the Department of Asian Languages and Civilizations and the Center for Asian Studies.

Sinners, Saints and Gamers: Religion and Video Games

Join us Monday April 15, 5:30 p.m. in Humanities 250 This interactive presentation brings together two scholars of religion and media to talk about the history of religion and gaming, games as religious practice, and how today's game technologies might intersect with new understandings of religion and spirituality. Speaker James Anthony is senior editor at Time Inc. and a game designer who works at the intersection of games and ritual. Rachel Wagner is an associate professor in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Ithaca.

Sex In The Modern Era: Expanding The Definition of The Orgasm

Come join the CU Women’s Resource Center, Lianna Lifson, and Morgan Aguilar for a casual workshop about how to experience sex positively by loving yourself. Learn how to say yes to sex when you want to, while understanding how to explore and define sex for yourself. This program is a comfortable space for women of all identities who want to learn how to connect to their desires. Join us April 23 from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in UMC 425.

Roberta Morosini presents Goddesses and Penelopis traveling in the Medieval Mediterranean

April 11, 2013, to celebrate the 700th anniversary of Boccaccio's birth, the French and Italian Department is proud to present Dr. Roberta Morosini from Wake Forest University. Dr. Morosini will talk about "Goddesses and Penelopis traveling in the Medieval Mediterranean: Bodies (and words) in Movement in the Decameron and De Mulieribus." What does it mean for women and men to travel alone in the Mediterranean? How do women experience the domestic and foreign space? Do they long for a nostos, the return? 4/11, HUMN 250, 5pm. Reception to follow.

Paid research study for social anxiety

CU-Boulder is testing a mini-intervention for people experiencing social anxiety. This is a paid research study that includes two laboratory sessions and involves practice in-between. Payment will be $10 per hour and the study should last approximately three hours total. Eligibility criteria: Between ages 18 and 25. Never been in behavioral therapy Experience discomfort in social situations English must be your first language Will be emailed brief screening questionnaire to assess eligibility