Buddhist chant group will perform ritual song and dance

By Staff on Oct. 9, 2009, 11:45 a.m.

Buddhist monks and nuns from Korea will perform an evening of ritual song and dance, "The Sound of Ecstasy and the Nectar of Enlightenment: Buddhist Ritual Song & Dance from Korea," at 8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 12, in the University Chapel.

The recent opening of Tibet, long inaccessible to scholars, offers unprecedented opportunities for researchers to explore its treasures and expand the study of Buddhism and Tibetan culture. To pursue these possibilities, a Princeton faculty member is leading an effort to create a novel on-site seminar for doctoral candidates in Tibet for the summer of 2007.

Learning about the cultural heritage of a monastic community at Mount Menoikeion, Greece .

This past summer marked the 15th year of the Mount Menoikeion seminar, which brings together Princeton students for a week of fieldwork study and discussion at an ancient monastic community in Greece.

Dalai Lama to visit Princeton Oct. 28; get details .

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama is participating in two events at Princeton University Tuesday, Oct. 28, and both will be streamed live online.

'Boris Godunov' premiere takes center stage .

After months of inspired collaborations between Princeton scholars, students and artists, the curtain will rise on the University's world premiere production of "Boris Godunov" Thursday through Saturday, April 12-14, at the Berlind Theatre.

Chapel concert to aid Katrina efforts, Oct. 7 .

Singing groups from the University and area schools will perform "Songs of Support: A Community Concert for Hurricane Relief" at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7, in the University Chapel.

Ceremony honoring James Johnson arch invokes 'ancestors who can galvanize community' .

An ancestral remembrance ceremony — featuring students in the course "The American Dance Experience and Africanist Dance Practices" — was held Oct. 22 in the easternmost arch of East Pyne Hall, named for James Collins Johnson, a former enslaved man who worked on campus for more than 60 years before his death in 1902.

Alumni will return to campus for Reunions 2014 .

Nearly 25,000 Princeton University alumni, family and friends are expected on campus Thursday through Sunday, May 29-June 1, for Reunions 2014.