The 2023 Lehigh Asian Studies Program / Global Asia Spring Colloquium
Friday, April 28, 2023 - 9:00am
Linderman Library 200 (Scheler Humanities Forum)
Lehigh Asian Studies Program | Religion Studies Department | Lehigh University Art Galleries
Buddhism and Asian Cultural Connections: Bridging Local and Global
The 2023 Lehigh Asian Studies Program / Global Asia Spring Colloquium
Friday, April 28, 2023 - 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for a 1-day workshop on Buddhism, art, the Himalayan region, and Asian / global cultural connections. Featuring leading scholars of Asian Studies, Religion Studies, Art History, and Buddhist Studies, the workshop will explore themes of materiality, circulation, power, economy, aesthetics, caste, ethnicity, transnationalism, race, and Buddhism.
Includes Gateway to Himalayan Art Exhibition tour and closing reception.
Held in conjunction with the Rubin Museum of Art Traveling Exhibition “Gateway to Himalayan Art,” on view at the Lehigh University Art Galleries through May 26, 2023.
Pre-Registration is Encouraged: go.lehigh.edu/gascolloquium23
Image: Mandala of Chakrasamvara; Tibet; 14th-15th century; pigments on cloth; Rubin Museum of Art, gift of Shelley and Donald Rubin; C2006.66.138 (HAR 97);photograph by Bruce M. White, Rubin Museum of Art, 2009
