The Circled Square: Buddhist Studies in Higher Education is a new podcast series produced at the University of Toronto’s Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies. We interview professors from academic institutions around North America, creating conversations about innovative teaching. Buddhism is now taught in many disciplines beyond religion, including anthropology, art history, and cognitive science. The series explores the diversity of approaches to teaching and learning with Buddhism taking place right now.
Episode 16 – Janet Gyatso, Teaching Posthumanism and Animal Ethics in Buddhist Studies
Episode 15 – Marcus Evans, Teaching Hip Hop and Buddhist Studies
Episode 14 – Rima Vesely-Flad, Learning about Black Buddhist Dharma Teachers and Healing Justice
Episode 13 – Embodied Learning on Interdependence
Episode 12 – Teaching a Zen Buddhism Course Online with Student Preferences in Mind with Daigengna Duoer
Episode 11 – Teaching Asian Art as Storytelling with Kerry Brown
Episode 10 – Constructing Buddhist Theories of the Body from Ancient Texts with Luther Obrock
Episode 9 – Living Religion in the Classroom with Rongdao Lai
Episode 8 – Teaching Empathy and Collaboration with Frances Garrett
Episode 7 – Embodied Experience: Living from the Heart with Ellen Katz
Episode 6 – Buddhism and Contemplative Science, with Norman Farb
Episode 5 – Teaching Buddhist Art Using Museum and Gallery Collections, with Wen-shing Chou
Episode 4 – Negotiating the Layers: Material History in our Teaching, with Abhishek Amar
Episode 3 – Anti-Colonial Teaching and Buddhism, with Natalie Avalos
Episode 2 – Engaging Students in the Big Picture, with Matt King
Episode 1 – Inhabiting the Stories: Buddhism from the Inside, with Vanessa Sasson
Who We Are
Sarah Richardson (pictured below) hosts the podcast, interviewing guests from institutions around North America. Sarah is a historian of Buddhist visual and material practice, especially Himalayan painting. Betsy Moss (pictured below) is the podcast’s Creative Director and an art historian who teaches at several institutions in the Toronto area; she is also the program coordinator for the Centre for Buddhist Studies.
Host and Interviewer: Dr. Sarah Richardson
Creative Director: Dr. Betsy Moss
Director of the Ho Centre for Buddhist Studies and Consulting Producer: Dr. Frances Garrett
Consulting Producers: Anna-Liza Kozma and Jelena Jurak
Show Notes: Molly Mignault
Transcripts: Sam Keravica
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Dr. Betsy Moss
Credits
Music: David Gradual Sunrise by David Hilowitz. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license. Accessed through the Free Music Archive
Supported by The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Centre for Buddhist Studies.
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