The Evolving Place of Women in the Buddhist World: Interreligious Connections

Thursday, March 10, 4 p.m., Zoom
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Join ICTC for this first Interreligious Dialogue Initiative (IDI) conversation of the year with Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo, a Buddhist scholar and activist with an international reputation and outreach and founder of the Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women.

Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo has taught at the University of San Diego since 2000. She integrates scholarship and social activism through the Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women and Jamyang Foundation, an innovative education project for women in developing countries, with 15 schools in the Indian Himalayas, Bangladesh and Laos.

Respondents to Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo's presentation: Dr. Sharon Callahan, professor emerita, School of Theology and Ministry, and Dr. Sharon Suh, professor, Theology and Religious Studies and current president of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women.