Academic Endowments News & Media
2012 Khyentse Lecture
Feb 20th, 2012Prof. Matthew T. Kapstein, Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, University of Chicago Divinity School, delivered the Fourth Annual Khyentse Lecture at UC Berkeley, “Tibet in the Age of Manuscripts: Reflections on Recent Textural Discoveries.”
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2012 Khyentse Lecture, Feb 16th at UC Berkeley: Tibet in the Age of Manuscripts
Feb 7th, 2012Matthew T. Kapstein, Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies from The University of Chicago Divinity School, will be giving the 2012 Khyentse Lecture
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Rinpoche Teaches at Oxford University, Khyentse Visitorship Established
Dec 5th, 2010Rinpoche taught at Oxford University’s Oxford Center for Buddhist Studies for three weeks in November, to inaugurate the Khyentse Visitorship program. The program, unique in the world’s universities, will bring together Buddhist monks and nuns from all traditions to give lectures and tutor degree candidates at Oxford. Most of Rinpoche’s tutorials and academic meetings were…
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KF Establishes New Award for Academic Excellence
Four students at three different universities are the first recipients of the annual KF Award for Excellence in Buddhist Studies. The award, initiated by KF advisor Professor Peter Skilling, recognizes distinction in Buddhist studies, especially expertise in the classical languages of Buddhist traditions.
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KF Global University Study Identifies Preliminary Findings
Dec 3rd, 2009Special Board Meeting Report on University Study by Sydney Jay, Research Director. The Global University Study research project is a Khyentse Foundation initiative to identify the best ways to support the academic study of Buddhism worldwide. Just one third of the way through the study, our advisory committee and research team have already identified four…
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Inaugural Khyentse Foundation Lecture In Tibetan Buddhism
Nov 20th, 2008A Four-Year Collaboration Comes to Fruition On October 21, an enthusiastic audience of about 70 Buddhist scholars and practitioners welcomed Jacob Dalton to his new appointment as assistant professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures and the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies. This position was made possible through the establishment…
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The Search Is On—Again!
Nov 20th, 2008Status of Buddhist Studies in Universities Worldwide Survey A Khyentse Foundation team of data collectors, experts in Buddhist higher education, and their advisors is hard at work to identify centers of excellence in Buddhist education all over the world, with a three-fold goal: • To assess the status of Buddhist studies in universities around the…
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Berkeley Appoints Jacob Dalton
Sep 18th, 2008Fruition of many years of collaboration, a major step towards filling the Khyentse Chair in Tibetan Buddhism. Khyentse Foundation and the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California at Berkeley are delighted to announce that Jacob Dalton, a specialist in Tibetan Buddhism and Buddhist Tantra, has accepted an Assistant Professor position at UC…
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Khyentse Foundation Long-term Policy On Endowed Chairs
Jan 21st, 2008In October, 2007, on the recommendation of KF advisors Gene Smith, Steven Goodman, and Richard Dixey, the Foundation adopted a five-point long-term policy on promoting endowed chairs: 1) A major aim of Khyentse Foundation is to promote the development of Buddhist Studies in major academic institutions. 2) For such an initiative to bear fruit, it…
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