Sep. 10, 2009
7:30 p.m.

College of Business Complex Room 232
University Park

Human Potential Redefined 

Rabbi Chay Amar

Co-sponsors: Judaic Studies Program, Chabad Student Center

Oct. 8, 2009
3:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Graham Center 140
University Park Campus

Spirituality and Entrepreneurship - "East Asian Perspectives"

Steven Heine

Co-sponsors: Pino Center for Global Entrepreneurship, Institute for Asian Studies

Oct. 23, 2009
7 p.m.

Wertheim Performing Arts Center
Modesto A. Maidique Campus

Free and open to the public 

"Why the Dalai Lama Matters"

Professor Robert A. F. Thurman

Columbia University 

Co-sponsor: Frost Art Museum

Oct. 30-31

Nov. 6-7

venue TBA
University Park Campus

John Paul II Film Festival

Sponsor: Archdiocese of Miami

Schedule and Details: http://www.jp2filmfestival.com

Nov. 4, 2009
6 p.m.

Frost Art Museum
University Park Campus

"Who is the Dalai Lama? And What is a Mandala?"

Nathan Katz

Construction of Sand Mandala

Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery

Co-sponsor: Target Wednesday After Hours event of FIU's Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

Nov. 7, 2009
3 p.m.

WPAC
University Park Campus

Consecration of Sand Mandala
3 p.m.
"Sacred Music, Sacred Dance"
4 p.m.

Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery

Co-sponsors: Frost Art Museum

Nov. 12, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Temple Emanu-El, 1701 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

"Secrets of Esoteric Tibetan Yoga"

Venerable Khemsar Rinpoche

Co-sponser: Temple Emanu-El and FIU Program in the Study of Spirituality

Nov. 17, 2009
12:30 - 1:45 p.m.

HLS 362
University Park

"The Faith and Practice of the Hare Krsna Movement"

Lon Solomon

Co-sponsor: Institute for Asian Studies

Nov. 22, 2009
4 - 6 p.m.

Temple Emanu-El, 1701 Washington Ave., Miami Beach

The Kabbalah Center "The Power to Change Everything"

Lecture and Book Signing

Rabbi Yehuda Berg

Co-sponsors: Temple Emanu-El, The Kabbalah Center

For more information: 305-538-2503
Tickets: www.tesobe.org/events/FIUSeries.html

Dec. 17-20, 2009


The Shul
9540 Collins Avenue.
Surfside

Eigth International Conference on Torah and Science

Dr. Avraham Steinberg, Nathan Aviezer, Rabbi Moshe Tendler, Isaac Elishakoff, Vera Schwarcz, Mordechai Olesky, Rabbi Sholom Lipskar, Nathan Katz, Minister Daniel Hershkowitz, Zion Zohar

Co-sponsors: The Shul, Shamir (Jerusalem), School for International and Public Affairs, Pres. Navon Program in Sephardic and Mizrahi Studies, Bar-Ilan University

Contact Information: 305-868-1411

Website: www.torahscienceconference.org 

Jan. 6, 2010
6 p.m.

Frost Art Museum
University Park

"Engaging Wisdom and Compassion"

Venerable Gelek Rinpoche

and

Mandala Closing Ceremony

Drepung Monks

Co-sponsor: Target Wednesday After Hours event of FIU's Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum

Jan. 20, 2010
12 - 2 p.m.

Graham Center Ballroom East
University Park

"Spirituality and Entrepreneurship - Indian Perspectives"

Dipak C. Jain
Dean, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University

Co-sponsor: Pino Center for Global Entrepreneurship, Institute for Asian Studies

"InterSpiritual Wisdom - Shared Thoughts of Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist Meditation"

Ed Bastian, Rabbi Rami Shapiro, Camille Helminksi, Kabir Helminsky, Swami Atmarupananda

Co-sponsor: Temple Emanu-El

interspiritualwisdom.org

Feb 10, 2010
7-9 p.m.

Graham Center room 140
University Park

"Rumi - Nigth of Sufi Music and Poetry"

Amir Vaheb & Peter Rogen

Feb. 22, 2010
7 - 9 p.m.

Graham Center Ballroom Middle
University Park

"The Spirituality of Indian Music"

Peter Lavezzoli

Co-Sponsor: Institute for Asian Studies

Feb. 24, 2010
4 - 6 p.m.

Graham Center room 140
University Park

"Spirituality and Entrepreneurship - Contemporary Perspectives"

Patricia Aburdene