Buddhist Art and Faith Lecture Series

2021-06-25

 

Date: July - September, 2021

Time: 09:30am - 11:30am

Everyone is welcome to attend the lectures.

Booklet of the lecture series: Download

On-site registration: click here

Remarks:

* Lecture Reschedule Announcement

The online lecture “Early Representations of Buddha Shakyamuni and His Veneration at Mathura and Sanchi, India” by Dr. Corinna Wessels-Mevissen on August 21, 2021 will be rescheduled to September 25. Thank you for your kind attention!

 

   July    

10/7  The Thus-come and Thus-gone of the Tian Tan Big Buddha

Ven. Sik Hin Hung | Senior Fellow & Former Director of CBS at HKU

Language: Cantonese

Course link:  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82218810195

 

17/7  Seven “Mountain Monasteries” (sansa 山寺) of South Korea: A Virtual Journey into UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Dr. Minku Kim | Assistant Professor of Fine Arts at CUHK

Language: English

Course link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89898180459

Password: 430545

 

24/7  Origin of the Guanyin Festivals in Hong Kong

Dr. Irene Lok | Associate Researcher of Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism at CUHK

Language: Cantonese

Course link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84195446723

Password: 845766

 

31/7  The Murals of Guanyin Sutra in Dunhuang

Dr. Irene Lok | Associate Researcher of Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism at CUHK

Language: Cantonese

Course link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87967694982

Password: 185444

 

August

14/8  Art and Devotion in Ancient Gandhara

Dr. Pia Brancaccio | Professor of Department of Art and Art History of Drexel University

Language: English

Course link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87105749238

Password: 774860

 

September

4/9   Seeing Buddhist Sculptures as They Are: Japanese Buddhist Art and Its Conservation

Dr. Lee Pin Yi

Language: Putonghua

Course link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84404749025

Password: 603010

 

11/9  Spiritual Remedy: The Religious Culture of the Medicine Buddha and the Sutra Illustration

Dr. Tsui Chung Hui | Assistant Professor of Centre of Buddhist Studies at HKU

Language: Putonghua

Course link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81963398714

Password: 994932

 

18/9  Chinese Buddhist Architecture in Historical Perspective

Dr. Yang Xu | Associate curator of Hong Kong Palace Museum

Language: Putonghua

Course link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82891836444

Password: 978397

 

25/9  Early Representations of Buddha Shakyamuni and His Veneration at Mathura and Sanchi, India

Dr. Corinna Wessels-Mevissen

Language: English

Course link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87119414539

Password: 904184