UA’s ‘Motion’ to Explore Aspects of Buddhism

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The program “Buddhism in Motion: Perspectives on the Cultural History of a Major World Philosophy” will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 1, in 205 Gorgas Library on The University of Alabama campus.

The event is free and open to the public.

The program, organized by Dr. Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa, assistant professor of history, and Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia, instructor of history, will offer discussions of Buddhism in popular culture, art, gender, literature and philosophy. In the seminar, “participants will be exposed to a set of major themes in the history of Buddhist culture and will discuss the social, economic and political changes Buddhism has undertaken in its 2,500-year history,” Holmes-Tagchungdarpa says.

Among the speakers are Dr. Ian Chapman, assistant professor of history; Paul Brownell and Ruth Gamble, lecturers and doctoral candidates at Australian National University; Australian bhikkhu monk Bhante Suhjato; and Australian artist Meredith Hughes.

Sponsors of the program are the Honors College, Housing and Residential Communities and UA’s Asian studies program.

For details, contact Holmes-Tagchungdarpa at aholmes12@bama.ua.edu or 205/348-7100.

UA’s Asian studies program is part of the College of Arts and Sciences, the University’s largest division and the largest liberal arts college in the state. Students from the College have won numerous national awards including Rhodes Scholarships, Goldwater Scholarships and memberships on the USA Today Academic All American Team.