Panel on:
Diasporic Religion: Buddhism between Asia and the Americas


Date:

2 May 2007

Location:

Research Cluster Meeting Room A, AS7-06-04, Shaw Foundation Building, FASS.

 

  • Principal Investigator: Assoc. Prof. John Whalen-Bridge

Speakers and Papers:   

  • John Whalen-Bridge (Department of English Language and Literature, NUS) ' The Emergence of Buddhist American Literature'.  
  • Marcus Boon (Department of English, York University, Toronto, Canada) 'Alternative Modernities: Asian Religions and Twentieth Century Literature'.
  • Regina Yoshie Matsue ( Department of Japanese Studies, NUS) ' Religious Practices and Identity among "Japanese-Brazilian" migrants in Japan.

The Panel members will discuss some aspects of the "diaspora" of Buddhism after it has left Asia.

 

 
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