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Buddhist Manuscript Studies in Southeast Asia: The case of Luang Prabang, Laos

Rm 201, May Hall, The University of Hong Kong (Map), or Via Zoom

This lecture explores Buddhist manuscript cultures in mainland Southeast Asia through the case of the old royal Lao capital of Luang Prabang, drawing on more than fifteen years of research conducted in collaboration with the Buddhist Archives of Luang Prabang. While over ninety percent of surviving Lao manuscripts are written on palm leaves using the […]

How Daoism Became American: A Tale of Translation, Conservation, Immigration, Appropriation and Impersonation

Hybrid - Room 201, May Hall, HKU and via Zoom (registration required)

How Daoism Became American: A Tale of Translation, Conservation, Immigration, Appropriation and Impersonation   Date/Time: November 17, 2025, 15:00 - 17:00 (HK time) Language: English Venue: Rm 201, May Hall, HKU & Via ZOOM (Registration is required.) Register for In-person and online participation: https://hku.zoom.us/meeting/register/MQ_Y4LmhRX6DcgkxNGRCNg ABSTRACTDaoism is the indigenous organized religion of China, with a two-thousand-year […]

The Revelatory Imagination: Thought Experiments and the Pluralist Turn

Hybrid - Room 201, May Hall, HKU and via Zoom (registration required)

The Revelatory Imagination:Thought Experiments and the Pluralist Turn   Date/Time: Thursday, May 15, 2025, 15:00 – 16:30 (HK time) Language: English Venue: Rm 201, May Hall, HKU & Via ZOOM (Registration is required.) ABSTRACTThis talk explores the imagination as a mode of divine revelation and argues that thought experiments – commonly associated with the natural sciences – […]