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Saturday, October 1, 2022
Philip Jenkins (Baylor University) will discuss his book Climate, Catastrophe, and Faith: How Changes in Climate Drive Religious Upheaval…
Sunday, October 2, 2022
Ansari Institute Nasr Book Prize Symposium
Monday, October 3, 2022
Ansari Institute Nasr Book Prize Symposium
Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Searching for Human Dignity Amid Conflict: Insights from Ukraine
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Monday, October 24, 2022
The Irish Buddhist: Transnational Buddhism and Opposition to Empire
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From 1900 to 1914 U Dhammaloka, a working-class Irish sailor who ordained as a Buddhist monk in Burma, organized missions across Southeast Asia to promote Buddhism and rail against British colonialism. As remarkable as his exploits were, study of Dhammaloka’s career reveals an even more fascinating network of Asian Buddhists organizers and a broader movement of plebian cosmopolitanism which constructed its own conceptions of what Buddhism, belonging and reform might mean. This talk will provide a glimpse into these networks in Rangoon, Bangkok, Singapore and Penang and discuss how paying attention to the religious connections of working class people in colonial areas across Asia can work to reorient the study of religion.…
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Tuesday, October 25, 2022
'Completing Partition: Lahore and the aftermath of the Babri Mosque demolition' lecture by Yaqoob Bangash '04
Notre Dame alumnus Yaqoob Bangash '04 a Fulbright fellow at the Mittal Institute at Harvard University, will discuss his research on the emergence of Pakistan as a post-colonial state.
His lecture is sponsored by the Liu Institute's South Asia Group.…
Book Launch: Who Are My People?
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Religion and Migration: A Multifaith Conversation on People and Policy
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