BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//EventXplore//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:e1eec00d-cb3c-437b-8cbf-50d6e25295ed@eventxplore
DTSTAMP:20260928T195808Z
DTSTART:20261113T013000Z
DTEND:20261113T033000Z
SUMMARY:Eitner Lecture with M. D. Usher\, "Journey to the West: Buddhists in Ancient Alexandria"
DESCRIPTION:Reception: Stanford Archaeology Center (500-106). Appetizers and drinks provided from 5:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Talk description: The recent discovery of a Buddha statue in Berenike---the first West of Afghanistan---confirms the presence of Buddhists in Hellenistic Egypt. This talk argues that the Therapeutae\, a monastic community of men and women described by Philo of Alexandria in On the Contemplative Life---long thought to be Jewish---were actually Buddhist. Short bio: M. D. Usher is the Lyman-Roberts Professor Classical Languages and Literature at the University of Vermont. He teaches and wri
LOCATION:Building 500
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR