Join us in Berkeley for the 17th Biennial meeting of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies, the largest international professional organization devoted to studies of Pure Land Buddhism. Our theme this year explores the concept of subjectivity. How has subjectivity — who “I” am or who “we” are — been understood across Buddhist cultures and histories? How does subjectivity come into being? How is it known? How is it experienced?

The 17th Biennial Conference of the International Association of Shin Buddhist Studies

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August 7–9, 2015Jodo Shinshu Center 2140 Durant Avenue Berkeley, CA 94704

To register, please visit: https://iasbs2015.wordpress.comThis event is generouly supported by the Institute of Buddhist Studies and BDK America.

Thursday, August 6 Shinran and the Sutra of Immeasurable Life Pre-conference symposium hosted by the Center for Contemporary Shin Buddhist Studies For more information, visit: http://goo.gl/GhyfP8

Friday, August 7 - 5:00 pm IBS President’s Award Presentation and Reception 2nd Annual IBS President’s Award will be presented to Dr. Lewis Lancaster, Emeritus Professor, Department of East Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley.

Saturday, August 8 - 5:00 pm Keynote Address: Professor Luis Gómez Professor Gómez is founder of the Buddhist Studies Program at University of Michigan and the author of The Land of Bliss: The Paradise of the Buddha of Measureless Light (1996), a translation of the Sukhavat vyuha Sutras Reception to follow.

Sunday, August 9 - 3:00 pm Special Film Screening – Buddhism After the Tsunami: The Souls of Zen This documentary presents perspectives on Buddhism in the midst of Japan’s recovery from the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters.

Other Presenters: Wendi Adamek, Galen Amstutz, Toshikazu Arai, Melissa Anne-Marie Curely, Takami Inoue, Kazuhiro Ishida, Stephen Jenkins, Charles Jones, Takashi Miyaji, Jessica Starling, Kenneth Tanaka, among others.