Buddhism in Asia: Anthropology & Everyday Life

The study of Buddhism in everyday life is inherently interdisciplinary. Abstract ideas such as enlightenment, renunciation and karma are often interwoven into the complexities of daily realities.

Programme

09:00–09:20: Registration & Tea
09:20–09:25: Opening Remarks
09:25–10:45: Panel 1 – Wellbeing, Environment & Sociality
10:45–11:30: Keynote Speech (Morning), Prof Jo Cook, UCL Anthropology
11:30–12:00: Spiritual Interlude I, His Eminence Chogyal Rinpoche, Barom Kagyu, Chairman Nepal Buddhist Association
12:00–12:30: Spiritual Interlude II, Abbot Takehara, Director of the Noto Office of Religious Affairs, Jōdo Shinshū Ōtani-ha
12:30–13:00: Spiritual Interlude III, Phra Jeremy
13:00–13:30: Q&A with Spiritual Teachers
13:30–14:30: Lunch Break, Light lunch provided
14:30–15:45: Panel 2 – Tourism, Education & Visual Culture
15:45–16:00: Refreshment Break
16:00–16:45: Keynote Speech (Afternoon), Dr Thupten Kelsang, V&A Research Institute
16:45–16:50: Closing Remarks
16:50–18:00: Exhibition Viewing & Post-workshop Drinks. Guided walk-through of the exhibition by Delphine Mercier, curator of UCL Ethnography Collections

All welcome. Please register to attend: https://forms.office.com/e/jj1sJjEqBP
 

This event is supported by the UCL Department of Anthropology and the IAS Octagon Small Grant Fund.

Image Attribution: Edda Sörensen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons