“Language from the Land of Snows: A Beginner’s View of Tibetan”
Sept. 15 Asian Studies Colloquium – Wendell Garnett ’05
“Buddhism and Homosexuality”
Oct. 27 Asian Studies Colloquium – Vera Marinova ’06
“Stranger in a Strange Land: Hunting an Indian Goddess in Japan”
Nov. 17 Asian Studies Colloquium — Jarrod Brown ’04
“Living, Studying, and Traveling in the Lands of Temples and Techno-Toys: Adventures in China and Japan”
Dec.1 Asian Studies Colloquium –Dr. Robert Foster and Prof. Rebecca Bates
“If What the Buddha Taught Was True, How Can I Remember My Own Name?”
Dec. 10 Dr. Trina Jones (Transylvania University)
“Christianity in Thailand”
Feb. 9 Asian Studies Colloquium – Jaime Breckenridge ’04,
“Women and Power in Korean Christianity”
March 2 Asian Studies Colloquium — Shane Gregory ’05
“Studying in Thailand”
April 6 Asian Studies Colloquium —
Prof. Lisa Kriner, Chris Ellis ’05, Reuben Smith ’06, and Mai Yang ’06
Field trip to The Asia Institute (Louisville, Kentucky) and Ten Thousand Buddhas Summit Monastery (Corydon, Indiana)
April 16-17
“Buddhist Women in Contemporary Taiwan”
April 20 — Dr. Chun-fang Yu (Columbia University)