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Aesthetic Authority: Gender and Monastic Practice in Thailand

Date: October 1, 2026

Time: 12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Location: Gibson 341

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Solitude not Loneliness: A secularized True Pure Land Buddhist Approach to Connection

Date: October 9, 2026

Time: 3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Location: Monroe 118

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Date: October 15, 2026

Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Location: Campbell 160

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Reportage in the Chinese Speaking World

Charles Laughlin

University of Michigan Press (2026)

Torikaebaya Monogatari: A Japanese Tale of Gender-Swapped Siblings

Torikaebaya Monogatari: A Japanese Tale of Gender-Swapped Siblings

Gustav Heldt

Stanford University Press (2026)

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Literature for Little Bodhisattvas: Making Buddhist Families in Modern Taiwan

Natasha Heller

University of Hawaii Press (2025)