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Centers, Resources & Projects Local
Centers
CAPPS CENTERThe Walter H. Capps Center
for the Study of Ethics, Religion and Public Life was established in
January, 2002 and seeks to advance discussion related to religion, values
and public life and to encourage non-partisan, non-sectarian civic participation.
It honors Walter Capps, a long-time professor in the department and
a member of the United States House of Representatives, who sought to
bring the academy and the community together in dialogue about democracy,
religious and ethical teachings, and civic life. CENTER FOR THE ANALYSIS OF SACRED SPACE The Center for the
Analysis of Sacred Space (CASS) is a multidisciplinary research center
that is dedicated to fostering the development of innovative technologies
concerned with the analysis of sacred space, with a particular focus
on the religions and cultures of Asia. The center's principal project
involves the construction of a georeferenced multimedia website for
the study of sacred sites in Asia that will provide a research and instructional
resource for scholars of Asian religions and cultures. CASS is concerned
with expanding the research and instructional applications of geographic
information systems (GIS) and technologies beyond the earth sciences
and social sciences into the human sciences. The Principal Investigators
of the CASS project are Profs. Barbara Holdrege, the Project Director;
William Powell; and Juan Campo. CENTER FOR MIDDLE EAST STUDIESThe Center for Middle East
Studies was established in May 2000 with federal funding from the Department
of Education. The Center joins eleven other universities with federally
funded comprehensive "national resource centers" in Middle
East Studies, including Berkeley and UCLA. Prof. Dwight Reynolds is
currently director of the Center, with Dr. Garay Menicucci as assistant
director and Ms. Jeannine Roson as administrative assistant. Buddhist Studies, one of
several areas of concentration within Religious Studies, was founded
by members of the UCSB faculty in 2004. It provides both undergraduates
and graduate students with the possibility of focusing their studies
on one of the world's great religions. While housed within Religious
Studies, the Buddhist Studies concentration is interdisciplinary and
cross cultural in its orientation, drawing from faculty expertise in
anthropology, area studies, cultural studies, global studies, linguistics,
and of course religious studies. The concentration also emphasizes the
study of Buddhism across cultures, covering most of Asia — from
Sri Lanka to Mongolia, and from India to Japan. Buddhist Studies maintains
a close affiliated with the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultural
Studies. Buddhist Studies at UCSB also stresses the importance of understanding
Buddhism's historical and contemporary interactions with other religions,
including Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Shamanism, Shinto, and Daoism.
This comparative and global element of the program is supported by faculty
strength in Religious Studies, one of the most academically diverse
departments in country. CATHOLIC STUDIESCatholic Studies at UCSB
aims to advance scholarship in Catholic Studies and serve the broader
community by providing opportunities for the study of Catholicism at
the graduate and undergraduate levels, as well as public lectures and
conferences open to faculty, students, and the wider community. Located
programmatically within the Department of Religious Studies, Catholic
Studies draws upon the resources of the university at a whole in order
to understand Catholicism as a global religious tradition that has taken
different cultural forms in various times and places. We encourage the
study of Catholicism as it has engaged with, shaped, and been shaped
by other traditions, cultures, and intellectual systems. Christian Traditions,
a new graduate area of study and an interrelated series of undergraduate
courses within the Religious Studies major, provides the foundation
for Catholic Studies at UCSB. The Department of Religious Studies offers
extensive opportunities for comparative work between Catholicism and
other branches of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Native American religions,
and the religious traditions of Asia. Many other fields of study including
Art History, Music, Literature, Areas Studies (e.g. Asian Studies, Latin
American Studies, African Studies), Ethnic and Native American Studies,
and History can also contribute to a greater understanding of Catholicism.
The EAC at UCSB includes
an unusually qualified group of scholars, graduate students, artists,
writers and other people interested in East Asian cultures. The role
of the EAC is to bring this diverse group of people together more often
and create a space for the exchange of ideas across disciplinary boundaries
and across the academy and the wider community. INTERDISCIPLINARY HUMANITIES CENTERThe Interdisciplinary
Humanities Center, located three floors above the Department of Religious
Studies, hosts numerous conferences, lectures, and forums. Many well-known
scholars in the humanities — including figures in Religious Studies
— are brought to the Center. Over a year’s time eighty or
more such events occur, many of them involving religious studies faculty
and students. NEW VISIONS OF NATURE, SCIENCE, AND RELIGIONThis three-year
program of lectures and seminars is funded by the Templeton Foundation
and focuses on a key unresolved issue central to both science and religion:
multiple visions of biophysical and human nature. The Templeton Research
Lectures bring many internationally-known scientists and religious scholars
to speak on topics bearing upon this general theme. Seminars for graduate
and undergraduate students address similar topics. For further information
on upcoming programs, speakers, and reading lists on science and religion,
check the program website. HINDU MYTH AND IMAGE WEBSITE The Hindu Myth and
Image Website is a multimedia resource recently established by Prof.
Barbara Holdrege. The long-term goal of the project is to provide an
interactive learning environment for students (1) to examine representative
images of Hindu deities; (2) analyze the complex relations between images
and myths; (3) explore the importance of variations in historical period,
region, pilgrimage site, and ritual context; and (4) examine the multivocal
interpretations of images that stem from differences in social status
among adherents. LEITNER
COLLECTION THE RELIGIOUS
CONTOURS OF CALIFORNIA UCSB
LIBRARY AMERICAN
RELIGIONS COLLECTION BUDDHIST
TEXTS IN TIBETAN VISITOR'S
CENTER HOUSING
& RESIDENTIAL SERVICES FINANCIAL
AID GRADUATE
DIVISION DIVISION
OF HUMANITIES & FINE ARTS COLLEGE
OF LETTERS & SCIENCE STUDY
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