The Colloquium Series consists of a number of lectures or forums or conference revolving around issues related to Asian and Oceanic cultures and/or faith traditions. These events will be open to the whole Graduate Theological Union (GTU) community and the general public to facilitate a richer conversation on the subject matter.
The following events are resources available within GTUand beyond, such as University of California, Berkeley (UCB), and are recommended for fulfilling the AOCFT colloquium requirements. （Note: All events organized by the two GTU centers of affiliation, i.e. the Center for Islamic Studies and the Institute of Buddhist Studies, are eligible for fulfilling the colloquium requirements of the Asian and Oceania Cultures and Faith Traditions Certificate.）
Fall 2011-Spring 2012
GTU
※ Mar 25, 2011, 7:00-9:00 pm
Hear Our Prayer: A Panel on the Importance of Interfaith Community
Ecumenical Center, 2401 Le Conte Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709
※ Apr 12, 2011, 7pm
The Surjit Singh Lecture in Comparative Religious Thought and Culture
Being Interfaith Now: New Directions in American Religious Pluralism
Chapel of the Great Commission, Pacific School of Religion
Speaker: Kate McCarthy (GTU Ph.D. '94), Professor, CSU Chicago, and author of Interfaith Encounters in America
※ Apr 15, 2011, 12noon
Secularism, Sexuality, and Religious Difference
MUDD 100, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Speaker: Saba Mahmood, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UCB
※ Apr 28, 2011, 6:30pm
Fourth Annual Boswell Lecture:
The Rainbow Connection: The Rainbow Connection: Bridging Asian American and Queer Theologies
Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Ave., Berkeley
Center for Islamic Studies
※ Feb 14, 2011, 5:30pm.
The Right to Religious Liberty and Minorities: A Geopolitical Problem?
Badè Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley
Speaker: Saba Mahmood, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UCB
※ Feb. 26, 2011, 6 pm
Islam and Authors Event: Stephan Salisbury "Mohamed's Ghosts"
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC), 1433 Madison Street (between 14th and 15th streets), Oakland, CA 94612
※ April 9, 2011, 9 - 6pm
Fourth UC Berkeley Islamic Finance Forum
Ethics & Regulation: Critical Approaches to Islamic Banking
Room 105, UCB School of Law
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April 12, 2011, 1 – 3pm
Islamic Reforms and the Arab Revolution: What are the
next steps?
105 Stanley Hall, UCB
Speakers: Professor Tariq Ramadan and Dr. Hatem Bazian
※ April 16, 2011, 6 - 7:30 pm
An Islam and Authors conversation with Jason van Boom
Jonathan AC Brown on "Hadith: Muhammad's Legacy
in the Medieval and Modern World"
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California
(ICCNC), 1433 Madison Street, Oakland
※ Apr 21, 10:00am - Apr 22, 2011, 5:00pm
Booth Auditorium, Boalt Law School, UC Berkeley
Panels include:
- Islamophobia: Media Production and Re-Production of Racism
- Islamophobia at the Ballot Box: Who Benefits?
- Islamophobia, Citizenship, Patriotism and the Security State
- Clash of Civilizations Discourses and Global Security
Conference: Religious
Norms in the Public Sphere: The Challenge
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May 6 - May 7, 2011
Great Hall, Bancroft Hotel, Berkeley
※ May 5, 2011, 5:45pm
Keynote: Norms in
the Madras-Sphere: Between Tradition, Scripture and the Public Good
Speaker: Ebrahim E.I. Moosa, Associate Professor of
Islamic Studies, Duke University
Institute of Buddhist Studies
Ryukoku Lecture Series: The Hongwanji
The History of the Shin Buddhist Tradition: significant persons, moments and issues
Jodo Shinshu Center, 2140 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94704
※ March 2, 2011, 2:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Lecture One: Buddhadharma and the feudal system
※ March 9, 2011, 2:10 pm to 5:00 pm
Lecture Two: The Sangō Wakuran incident and its impact
※ March 16, 2011, 2:10 pm to 5:00 pm.
Lecture Three: Hongwanji and the State: the two truth theory
Speaker: Professor Atsushi Hirata, Department of History, Ryūkoku University, Kyoto, Japan
※ April 1, 2011, 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
First Annual IBS Graduate Student Symposium
Institute of Buddhist Studies, 2140 Durant Avenue, Suite 30, Berkeley
Presenters:
Dianne Muller (DSPT): "The Concepts of White Buddhism and Double Belonging in Contemporary America"
Trent Thornley (IBS): "Coming Out Buddha"
Courtney Bruntz (GTU-PhD): "Nanhai Guanyin and Notions of the Colossus"
Anthony Rodgers (IBS): "Investigating Western Applications of Buddhadharma"
※ Apr 22, 2011 3:00 pm
Spring 2011 Numata Lecture
Jodo Shinshu Center, 2140 Durant Avenue, Berkeley
Speaker: Prof. Lori Meeks, University of Southern California
UCB Religion, Politics and Globalization Program
※ Feb 22, 2011 12:45 - 2 pm
Language as Enactment: Reflections Upon the Park 51 Mosque Debates Through Cultural and Ethnographic Explorations of the Muslim 'Other'
Boalt Hall 240, UC Berkeley
Speaker: Dr. Arshard Ali
※ Mar 28, 2011, 12:40 - 2 pm
The Idea of Constitutionalism in Islamic Legal Theory: The Iranian Example
Boalt Hall 145, UC Berkeley
Speaker: Dr. Amirhassan Boozari
UCB Asian Studies
※ Jan 18, 2011, 4pm
Weaving Local Stories into Epic Theatre: On The Village and the Preservation of Collective Memory
IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, Sixth Floor, Berkeley
Speaker: Stan Lai, Playwright, and an Alumnus of UC Berkeley
※ Jan 19, 2011 4pm.
Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate
IEAS Conference Room, 2223 Fulton Street, Sixth Floor, Berkeley
Speaker: Aihwa Ong, Professor of Anthropology, UC Berkeley
※ Jan 26, 2011 12:10-1 p.m.
Ethics and Literature: Chinese Experimental Fiction in the 1980s
Center for Chinese Studies, 3401 Dwinelle Hall
Speaker: Lin Zou, Visiting Scholar, Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures, Stanford University
※ Feb 2, 2011, 1 - 5 pm
Symposium: Religion and the Arts in Mongolia
Home Room, International House, UC Berkeley
Panel: Mongolian Buddhism
Speakers:
Vesna Wallace, Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Venerable Lama Damchaabazar Gurjav, Zanabazar Center of Buddhism
Matthew King, University of Toronto
Uranchimeg Tsultem, History of Art, UC Berkeley
Keynote Address:
Battulga Luvsan, General Consul from Mongolia to the United States
Panel: Traditional Arts of Mongolia
Speakers:
G. Mend-Ooyo, Poet and President of Mongolia Academy of Culture and Poetry
Byambasuren Sharav, Composer
Peter Marsh, Mongolian Music Specialist, California State University-East Bay
O. Enkhtaivan, Artist
※ Feb 10, 2011 5pm.
340 Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley
Speaker: Professor Moustafa Bayoumi, Department of English, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
※ March 9, 2011 4 – 6pm.
Center for Chinese Studies, Sixth floor, 2223 Fulton Street, Berkeley
Speaker: Andrew Plaks, Professor Emeritus, Chinese Literature, Princeton University
※ May 4, 2011 4pm.
Adopted Territory: Transnational Korean Adoptees and the Politics of Belonging
Institute of East Asian Studies, 2223 Fulton, 6th Floor, Berkeley
Speaker: Eleana Kim, Anthropology, University of Rochester
UCB Buddhist Studies
※ Feb 10, 2011 5-6:30 p.m.
"Just Sitting"? Dōgen's Take on Sūtra Reading and Other Conventional Buddhist Practices
Institute of East Asian Studies, 2223 Fulton Street, Sixth floor, Berkeley
Speaker: T. Griffith Foulk, Sarah Lawrence College
※ February 17, 2011, 5:00 pm
Buddhism and the Everyday World: Issues around Religion and Science in Tibetan Intellectual History
IEAS conference room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor, UCB
Speaker: Janet Gyatso, Harvard University
※ Mar 10, 2011, 5 – 6:30pm
Jizō's Many Japanese Faces: Two Apocryphal Sutras and Their Influence
Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor), Conference Room, Berkeley
Speaker: Sarah Horton, Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai
※ May 5, 2011, 5-6:30 p.m.
Chinese Buddhism in the Tangut State
Institute of East Asian Studies, 2223 Fulton, 6th Floor, Berkeley
Speaker: Kirill Solonin, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
UCB Center for Southeast Asian Studies
※ Jan 31, 2011 4pm.
The Sdok Kok Thom Inscription: Window into the Lost Angkorian Past
Institute of East Asian Studies, 2223 Fulton, 6th Floor, Berkeley
Speaker: John Burgess, Journalist
UCB Center for South Asia Studies
※ Jan 19, 2011 1-2 p.m.
India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking
North Gate Hall, Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism Library
Speaker: Anand Giridharadas, columnist and author, New York Times
Feb 18, 2011, 12-2 p.m.
A Matter of Honour: Britain, the 'Behzti' Affair, and the Question of Multiculturalism
306 Wheeler Hall, UC Berkeley
Speaker: Priyamvada Gopal, Lecturer, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge
※ Mar 3, 2011, 6-9 p.m.
Bãtchìt Around the Bay: Collaborative Conversations about South Asian Art and Culture
San Jose Museum of Art, 110 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113
※ Apr 4, 2011, 5-7 p.m.
Class, Gender and Dalit Politics: A conversation between Dr. Gopal Guru and Dr. Anupama Rao
Stephens Hall, UC Berkeley
Speakers:
Gopal Guru, Professor of Social and Political Theory, Centre for Political Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Anupama Rao, Associate Professor of History, Barnard College
Seventh Annual Tamil Conference
※ Apr 29, 2011, 4-6 p.m.
Tradition and Poetics in Tamil Literary History
370 Dwinelle Hall
Speaker: Chelva Kanaganayagam, Professor, Department of English; Director, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Toronto
※ April 30 – May 1, 2011, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Tamil Marapu
370 Dwinelle Hall
Speaker: Berkeley Tamil Chair
Fall2010
Asia Project
Story-telling: The Traditional Medium for Weaving Culture and Theology in Oceania
※ Public Lecture: Nov 3, 2010, 7:00 p.m., PSR Bade Museum
※ Colloquium: Nov 4, 2010, 2:00 – 5:00p.m., Dinner Board Room, GTU Library Bldg.
Speaker: Dr. Jenny Te Paa, Principal of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Auckland, New Zealand
Center for Islamic Studies
※ Oct. 12, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Ground Zero Mosque" or Zero Mosques in America: Islamophobia and Critical Race Theory
155 Dwinelle Hall UC Berkeley
Speakers:
Dina Ibrahim, San Francisco State University
Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi, San Francisco State University
Stefania Pandolfo, UC Berkeley
Imam Zaid Shakir, Zaytuna College
Hatem Bazian, UC Berkeley and Zaytuna College
Ramon Grosfoguel, UC Berkeley
※ October 15-16, 2010
Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology Galleria
2301 Vine Street, Berkeley, CA 94708
Speakers:
James Morris: "Whose Calling, Whose Response? Ibn 'Arabi on Divine and Human Responsiveness"
Todd Lawson: "Ibn Arabi's Joseph: Imagination as Holy Communion"
Jane Carroll: "The Eye's Response"
Giv Nassiri: "Response and Responsiveness in Night Vigils"
Institute of Buddhist Studies
※ October 2, 2010 to October 3, 2010
Homa Conference: Variations of Homa: from Vedic to Hindu and Buddhist
One Bow Street, 3rd Floor, Room 317, Cambridge, MA 02138
※ February 18, 2011 to February 20, 2011
First International Conference on Other-Centered Approaches: New Directions in Buddhist Psychology
Jodo Shinshu Center, Berkeley, California
UCB Asian Studies
※ October 3, 3:00 p.m.
Berkeley Art Museum, Museum Theater
Speakers:
Willa Tanabe, Professor Emerita, Dept of Art and Art History, University of Hawaii
George Tanabe, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Religion, University of Hawaii
※ October 15, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Conference: The Second U.S.- China Cultural Forum: A Binational Conversation on Bridging Cultures
UCB Faculty Club, Heyns Room
※ November 15, 9:00 a.m.
Crystal of Collected Wisdom: The Arabic Chinese Calligraphy of Haji Noor Deen
Exhibit/Talk: Center for Chinese Studies, Institute of East Asian Studies
Speaker: Haji Noor Deen, Master Calligrapher
UCB Buddhist Studies
※ October 5, 5:00 -6:30 p.m.
Oedipal God: The Legend and Cult of Nezha (Nalakūbara)
Institute of East Asian Studies, Conference Room, sixth floor, 2223 Fulton Street
Speaker/Performer: Meir Shahar, Professor, Tel Aviv University, Israel
※ November 4, 5:00 p.m.
The Emperor's Misaie as the Rite of Legitimation and Resistance
IEAS conference room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor, UCB
Speaker: Asuka Sango, Carleton College
※ November 12, 2010, 5:00 pm
Myth and Counter Myth in Early Modern Japan
3335 Dwinelle Hall, UCB
Speaker: William M. Bodiford, University of California, Los Angeles
※ November 18, 2010, 5:00 pm
Traditional Tibetan Art: Moving Beyond Iconography & Religion
UC Berkeley Art Museum, Museum Theater, 2625 Durant Avenue (between Bowditch and College)
Speaker: Jeff Watt, Director and Chief Curator, Himalayan Art Resources
※ February 17, 2011, 5:00 pm
Buddhism and the Everyday World: Issues around Religion and Science in Tibetan Intellectual History
IEAS conference room, 2223 Fulton Street, 6th floor, UCB
Speaker: Janet Gyatso, Harvard University
UCB Center for Southeast Asian Studies
※ October 6, 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor), 6F Conference Room
Speaker: Dr. Olivier Cunin, independent scholar
※ October 21, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
Institute of East Asian Studies (2223 Fulton, 6th Floor), 6F Conference Room
Speaker: Tamara Ho, Assistant Professor, Women's Studies, UC Riverside
※ October 22
Performing Arts: Gamelan Çudamani
Zellerbach Hall, UCB
Performers: Bali’s musicians and dancers
UCB Center for South Asia Studies
※ October 12, 5:00 –7:00 p.m.
Interiors and Interiority in Nineteenth Century India
10 (CSAS Conference Room), Stephens Hall, UCB
Speaker: Supriya Chaudhuri, Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India
※ October 19, 5:00 -7:30 p.m.
The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma
The Bancroft Hotel, 2680 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94704
Speaker: Gurcharan Das
National Conferences or Seminars
- Asian Pacific Americans and Religion Research Initiative (APARRI) – each August
- Asian Theological Summer Institute at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia – each June
- Pacific, Asian, and North American Asian Women in Theology and Ministry (PANAAWTM) – each March
March 24-26, 2011:
Immigration, Borders, Boundaries
Simpsonwood Conference Center, 4511 Jones Bridge Circle, NW,
Norcoss, GA 30092
- Council for Pacific Asian Theology (CPAT)
Oct 2, 2010:
Pacific Northwest Conference --
Growing Interfaith Conference with Religions Working Together To Make Global Peace and "Heaven on Earth"
Community Event in San Francisco Bay Area
※ September 25, 2010
Pilgrimage to Angel Island: From the Whispers of the Past to the Cries for Justice Today