Conference on Buddhism and Daoism, October 8-10, Princeton University, 202 Jones Hall. Co-organized with Franciscus Verellen. Sponsored by the Mercer Trust, the David A. Gardner Fund, École française d’Extrême-Orient.

“Curing with Karma: Buddhist Healing Rituals in Medieval Chinese Liturgical Manuscripts,” lecture series at the Collège de France. Lecture 1: Logic and Language, June 3, 5:00 pm. Lecture 2: Codicology and Sociology, June 10, 5:00 pm.

“Social History, Buddhist Studies, and Art History" Lectures series at Institute of History, Capital Normal University, Beijing, December 2008. For a review in Chinese, click here

“Buddhist Cosmology and Tibetan Painting.” Newark Museum Annual Tibetan Collection Lecture, May 2008.

Public conference: “Art History, Buddhist Studies, Tibet: New Perspectives,” papers by graduate students from the Tibet Site Seminar and keynote address by Deborah Klimburg-Salter. March 2008, Princeton University.

“The Construction of Paradise in Chinese Buddhist Liturgies.” 48th Annual Edward H. Hume Memorial Lecture, Yale University, February 2008. For a videotape of the lecture, click here

“La roue de la vie dans les temples bouddhiques.” Lecture in series “Les conférences Iéna: Art, archéologie et anthropologie de l’Asie,” Musée Guimet and Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient, January 2008. For a videotape and French translation of the lecture, click here

Public symposium: “Dunhuang Manuscripts and Paintings: A Symposium Honoring James and Lucy Lo,” presentations by leading international scholars on the art and history of northwest China. September 2007, Princeton University.

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