Posthumanism and Buddhism
Dekila Chungyalpa: Mother Wisdom: Learning to Embody Interdependence in the Anthropocene
March 24, 2022
** NEW TIME! 4::30 pm **
Over the last 14 years, Dekila Chungyalpa has worked with a diverse group of faith leaders around the world, building faith-led partnerships on environmental and climate efforts in the Amazon, East Africa, the Himalayas, the Mekong region, and the United States. In this session, Dekila will speak on what she has learned in the process and how she draws upon the lessons from her upbringing in Sikkim and the Karma Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism she belongs to in order to weave programs that connect inner, community and planetary resilience.
To prepare for this event, we encourage you to read this article.
 This event is co-sponsored by the Religion in the Public Sphere initiative of the Department for the Study of Religion in the University of Toronto. The series is organized by Rory Lindsay, Assistant Professor, and Frances Garrett, Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department for the Study of Religion at the University of Toronto.
You may register at any time to join a lecture. Your registration is valid for the whole series, and you may attend as many lectures as you like. You will automatically receive reminders for the lectures. Register on Zoom here. This event will also be live-streamed to our YouTube channel.
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New opportunity
Postdoctoral Fellowship Position: Department for the Study of Religion & The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies
Posting date: March 18, 2022
The Department for the Study of Religion (DSR) and the Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies (Ho Centre) at the University of Toronto invite applications from recent holders of a PhD (2018 and onward) in the Study of Religion (or cognate field) for a postdoctoral fellowship in the interdisciplinary field of the study of Buddhism. We welcome applications from scholars engaging in a diverse range of historical perspectives, including those working in the study of contemporary Buddhism and its intersections with race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and/or post-/decolonial studies. We also welcome candidates who are familiar with or willing to engage with various online, open-access content development and new media. The postdoctoral fellowship is a one-year full-time (1 FTE) position, from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2023, with the possibility of a one-year renewal.
In addition to conducting research in their area of expertise, the responsibilities of the postdoc include: teaching 1.0 FCE (2 courses) per year in the DSR; the fellow is also expected to contribute to some of the content-development projects of the Ho Centre (pedagogy or public outreach related, etc) and to organize and host a public event/program/conference of their design in keeping with the Ho Centre mission. The theme and format of this event will be determined at the beginning of the Fellow’s term.
The Fellow will be provided with workspace, library privileges, and full access to the university’s electronic resources. Postdoctoral fellows are expected to be in residence and to contribute to the intellectual life of the DSR and the Ho Centre through active participation in seminars, workshops and other events. The Postdoctoral Fellow will be jointly supervised by the Chair of the DSR, or a faculty member appointed by the Chair according to the fellow’s research area, and the Ho Centre Director.
Salary: $62,400 (plus benefits)
Application deadline: April 8, 2022
To apply, please send your application with the following information (in a single PDF document) to Tanya Proulx, Assistant to the Chair and Office Administrator, at tanya.proulx@utoronto.ca:
- Statement of interest describing your professional and academic experience and specifying your proposed research project
- List of DSR courses you are interested in teaching, and a sample syllabus
- Teaching statement of no more than 2 pages.
- One letter of recommendation (to be sent directly to tanya.proulx@utoronto.ca). If candidate is currently ABD, please make sure the letter specifies a projected dissertation completion date.
Employment as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto is covered by the terms of the CUPE 3902 Unit 5 Collective Agreement. The teaching portion of the contract will be covered by CUPE 9302 Unit 1 Collective Agreement. The normal hours of work are 40 hours per week for a full-time postdoctoral fellow recognizing that the needs of the employee’s research and training and the needs of the supervisor’s research program may require flexibility in the performance of the employee’s duties and hours of work. The award is open to both domestic and international candidates. Successful international candidates must meet all Canadian immigration requirements.
The Department for the Study of Religion and the Ho Centre for Buddhist Studies are located at the University of Toronto, one of the world’s leading research universities. We draw faculty and students from across the world and are situated in one of the most diverse metropolitan regions in North America, on the traditional lands of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit River.
Click here to download PDF of the complete call for applications
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Winter 2022 Colloquium Series in the Department for the Study of Religion
Thursdays from 1–3 pm
Join us on the dates below to hear about the exciting research being conducted by doctoral students, post-docs, and our visiting graduate student. Zoom links are listed below each date. All the talks will be on Thursday afternoons from 1-3pm.
Thursday April 7
First Presenter: Roxanne Korpan
Respondent: Alan Corbiere
Second Presenter: Annie Heckman
Title: Narratives about Nuns, by the Numbers: Bu ston Rin chen grub’s canonical accounting in the ’Dul ba dge slong ma’i gleng ’bum
Respondent: Rory Lindsay
https://utoronto.zoom.us/j/87537256640
Meeting ID: 875 3725 6640
Passcode: 464129
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New Resource
Windvane.life
Introducing Windvane.life: a collection of resources, videos, and reflections to help guide your path to wellbeing. This is the most recent project developed by our former director, Frances Garrett who is now the director of the Buddhism, Psychology & Mental Health program at New College.
This website is full of resources to help students, faculty, and everyone find a path forward through the chaos and crisis that we all face as a result of the global pandemic, climate change, systemic social injustices, and geo-political instability. Here are a few links to help you find your way into this project:
Read more about the project on the U of T Arts & Science News blog.
Thank you for creating this, Frances!
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