12:00 PM onwards REGISTRATION

1:30 – 3:00 PM PANEL 1 Concepts of Health and Wellbeing
Stephen Harris (Leiden University)
Eyal Aviv (George Washington University)
Giuliano Giustarini (Mahidol University)

3:30 – 5:00 PM PANEL 2a Taking Medicine into Ancient Buddhism
Hin-Tak Sik (University of Hong Kong)
Ming Chen (Peking University)
M. A. Mujeeb Khan (University of Cambridge)

3:30 – 5:00 PM PANEL 2b Bringing Tradition into the Secular
Cody Bahir (Leiden University)
Celine Coderey (National University of Singapore)
Tyler Phan (University College London)

Friday, May 29:
9:30 – 12:00 PM PANEL 3a Premodern Chinese Buddhism
Jinhua Chen (University of British Columbia)
Susan Andrews (Mount Allison University)
Antje Richter (University of Colorado at Boulder)
Robban Toleno (University of British Columbia)
Hsin Yi Lin (Columbia University)

10:00 – 12:00 PM PANEL 3b Contemporary Engagements with Mental Health
Chikako Ozawa-de Silva (Emory University)
Brendan R. Ozawa-de Silva (Life University)
Bryan Phillips (University of Virginia)
Ann Gleig (University of Central Florida)

2:00 – 4:00 PM PANEL 4a Enhancing Health in Tibetan Buddhism
Douglas Duckworth (Temple University)
Geoffrey Samuel (Cardiff University)
Charles Oliphant (University of Oxford)
Frances Garrett (University of Toronto)

2:00 – 4:00 PM PANEL 4b Social and Public Dimensions of Movements for Health
Jessica L. Main (University of British Columbia)
Melissa Anne-Marie Curley (University of Iowa)
Wakoh Shannon Hickey (Notre Dame of Maryland University)

7:00 – 8:30 PM KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Pierce Salguero (Penn State University’s Abington College)

Saturday, May 30:
10:30 – 12:00 PM PANEL 5a Anthropological Approaches to Healing
Gurmet Dorjey (Gautam Buddha University)
Susannah Deane (Cardiff University)
Pemarathana Soorakkulame (University of Pittsburgh)

10:00 –12:00 PM PANEL 5b Targeted Care: Addiction, Compulsion, End of Life
Clark Chilson (University of Pittsburgh)
Kenta Kasai (Center for Information on Religion)
Sara Lytle (Rush University Medical Center)
Upali Sraman (Harvard University)

12:00 PM CLOSING

If you plan to be in the Vancouver area and would like to attend the conference, please contact bcsprogram@gmail.com for registration details.