online symposium - Sunday 16th Feb 2025

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Dear Friends and Colleagues,

We are honoured to invite you to an online symposium held in tribute to our late President, Dr. Peter Fenwick. This event will explore The Art of Dying through a dialogue between Eastern and Western traditions. If you are interested in the destiny of the human soul from these perspectives, we warmly welcome your participation.

Please refer to the attached program for details.
We look forward to your presence at this special event.

With kind regards
Young-hae Chi
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Dr Young-hae Chi
University Lecturer
Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
University of Oxford

Sunday 16th February 2025 (all times UTC+00:00 - London)

Morning Session

09.45 - 10.00  (UTC) - Opening by Prof Bernard Carr (Queen Mary, University of London)
A Tribute to Dr Peter Fenwick
10.00 – 11.00 (UTC) - Prof Carl Becker (Kyoto Univeristy)
How NDEs Grounded the Japanese Art of Dying
11.00 – 12.00 (UTC) - Prof Ewa Paśnik-Tułowiecka (Warsaw University)
The Moment of Death and What Comes Next: Selected Issues About the Chinese Afterworld

12.00-13.00 (UTC) Lunch

Afternoon Session

13.00 – 14.00 (UTC) Dr Pim van Lommel (formerly The Rijnstate Hospital, Netherlands)
Consciousness Beyond Life (An Interview)
14.00 – 15.00 (UTC) Prof Marieta Pehlivanova (University of Virginia)
The Scientific Study Of Past-life Memory Claims Among Children

15.00 – 15.15 (UTC) Coffee Break

15.15 – 16.15 (UTC) Dr Melvin Morse M.D. (Institute for the Scientific Study of Consciousness)
East Meets West: The Science And Spirituality Of Dying
16.15 – 17.15 (UTC) Panel Discussion
17.15 – 17.30 (UTC) Closing Remarks

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2140714062?pwd...dWaGhDdz09
Meeting ID: 214 071 4062
Passcode: 1008

YouTube Live Streaming Link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7BqnQc...gDSwDJvEng
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring 
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
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