Past Events

2011

The Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education (ACMHE) Third Annual Conference:
The Contemplative Campus
November 11 - 13, 2011
Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts

Writing and the Contemplative Mind Conference
October 21-22, 2011
Organized by The Center for Consciousness and Transformation at George Mason University and co-sponsored by the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education
The Center for George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Webinar: "Cultivating the Executive Mind: Is Mindfulness the Key to 21st Century Economic Survival?"
presented by Jeremy Hunter, Assistant Professor, The Peter F. Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

7th Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
August 7-12, 2011
Smith College, Northampton, MA

Western Regional ACMHE Conference
Whidbey Institute at Chinook, Clinton, WA
July 1-3, 2011

Webinar: Integrating Trial Advocacy and Mindfulness Theory & Practice
presented by David Zlotnick, Professor of Law, Roger Williams University School of Law
Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Webinar: The Contemplative Spirituality of Toni Morrison
presented by Linda-Susan Beard, Associate Professor of English, Bryn Mawr College
Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Throughout the Curriculum: Contemplative Practices in Higher Education
Amherst College, Amherst, MA
March 24-25, 2011

Webinar: Contemplative Activism: Meditations Adapted From Tibet to Empower Service and Action
presented by John Makransky, Associate Professor of Buddhism and Comparative Theology, Boston College
Wednesday, February 23, 2011

 

2010

Webinar: Architecti et usus meditatio: Vitruvian Echoes in Contemplative Practice
presented by Peter Schneider, Professor of Architecture and Chancellor's Scholar, College of Architecture and Planning, University of Colorado Denver
Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Retreat for Academics
The Garrison Institute, Garrison, NY
November 11 – 14, 2010

Webinar: Contemplative Pedagogy and Deep Listening
presented by David Haskell, Professor of Biology
University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Wednesday, October 27, 2010

The Contemplative Academy
The Second Annual Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education Conference
September 24-26, 2010
Amherst College, Amherst, MA

6th Annnual Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
Smith College, Northampton, MA
August 8 - 13, 2010

Webinar: Contemplative Neuroscience
presented by Richard Davidson, Vilas Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Webinar: No Time to Think: The American University and its (Anti-) Contemplative Roots
presented by David Levy, Professor, The Information School, University of Washington
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Webinar: Contemplative Arts and Society
presented by Anne Beffel, Associate Professor of Art, Syracuse University
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

PBS Teachers Webinar: The Buddha: Teaching Mindfulness
with David Grubin, Mirabai Bush, Amy Saltzman and Peter Brown
Thursday, March 25, 2010

Webinar: Consciousness In Action
presented by Raúl Quiñones-Rosado, Ph.D. and Rose Sackey-Milligan, Ph.D., Co-Directors, c-Integral
Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Webinar: Contemplative Environmental Studies: Pedagogy for Self and Planet 
presented by Paul Wapner
Wednesday, February 24, 2010

2009

Webinar: Visualizing Contemplation
presented by Joel Upton
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Retreat for Academics 
Marconi Conference Center, Marshall, CA
November 12 - 15, 2009

Webinar: Contemplative Practice in the Science Classroom
presented by Michelle Francl
Thursday, October 22, 2009

Webinar: Mindful Shopping: How Smart Consumption Can Benefit Beings
presented by Daniel Goleman
Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Webinar: Developments in the Field of Contemplative Studies
Presented by Hal Roth
May 27th, 2009

The Contemplative Heart of Higher Education
The First Annual Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education Conference
Amherst College, Amherst MA
April 24 – 26, 2009

Mindful Learner's Conference
CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. NYC
April 3, 2009

Webinar: The Science of Meditation
Presented by Arthur Zajonc and Al Kaszniak
March 11, 2009

Webinar: An Introduction to Contemplative Pedagogy
Presented by Mirabai Bush and Arthur Zajonc
February 18, 2009

 

2008

Retreat for Academics
Menla Mountain Retreat Center, Phoenicia, NY, November 13-16, 2008

4th Annual Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
Smith College, August 3-8, 2008

Retreat for Academics
Menla Mountain Retreat Center, Phoenicia, NY, March 6-9, 2008

Mindfulness as a Foundation for Teaching and Learning
Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC, Fabruary 9, 2008

 

2007

Retreat for Academics
Trinity Conference Center, West Cornwall, CT, November 1-4, 2007

Contemplative Practice Fellowship Meeting
Seasons, The Fetzer Institute, Kalamazoo, MI, October 5-7, 2007

3rd Annual Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
Smith College, August 12-17, 2007

Uncovering the Heart of Higher Education: Integrative Learning for Compassionate Action in an Interconnected World
Hotel Nikko, San Francisco, February 22-25, 2007

 

2006

Creativity, Consciousness, and the Academy
University of Michigan School of Music, September 30, 2006

2nd Annual Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
Smith College, August 13-18, 2006

Mindful Learners: Uses of Contemplative Practice in the Classroom
CUNY Graduate Center, April 7, 2006

Contemplative Practice in Arts Education
Boulder, CO, February 9-12, 2006
Read a report (.pdf) on this meeting

 

2005

Conference on Contemplative Practices and Education
Teachers College, Columbia University, February 11-13, 2005
Jon Kabat-Zinn delivered the keynote address, Education as if It Really Mattered: The Unification of Knowing through Contemplative.  Arthur Zajonc gave a talk on contemplative ways of knowing, An Epistemology of Love.

Summer Session on Contemplative Curriculum Development
Smith College, August 19-24, 2005
The summer session prepared participants to return to their classrooms with a deeper understanding of the practice of contemplative teaching. 32 professors from colleges and universities throughout the US and Canada attended the week-long session at Smith College.

Contemplative Practice in Higher Education
a one-day meeting at Mary Washington College, December, 2005

 

2004

Executive Director Mirabai Bush moderated Contemplation and Community, a symposium for college and university chaplains at the Garrison Institute, February 2004.

 

2003

Regional Symposium on Contemplative Practice and Higher Education
Amherst College, May 9-11, 2003
Over 120 people attend, including several of our Contemplative Practice Fellows.