Saturday
December 8, 2013

CJRC Japanese American Religion and Society Project
NEW APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF JAPANESE AMERICAN BUDDHISM
A Workshop

Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Location: East Asian Seminar Room (110C), Doheny Memorial Library, USC



PRESENTERS:
Michihiro Ama, University of Alaska Anchorage
Michael K. Masatsugu, Towson University
Duncan Wiliams, University of Southern California

DESCRIPTION:
Three scholars of Japanese American Buddhism take on established narratives of Buddhism in the West, Japanese American religiosity, and the significance of Japanese American Buddhism to American life.

PLEASE NOTE:
This workshop requires registration and the prior reading of the three research papers. The three papers will cover the prewar period, Buddhism in the wartime period, and the emergence of a Japanese American Buddhism in the postwar period.

For copies of the papers and to register, please contact Kana Yoshida at cjrc@dornsife.usc.edu.

(Source: dornsife.usc.edu)