UT: Nov 4: Lecture on “Buddhism Under Pol Pot”

In case you are interested:

Date: Friday, November 4, 2011

Time: 7:00 – 9:00pm

Location: Arts & Administration Building, Room AA 112 (map)

University of Toronto Scarborough

1265 Military Trail

Scarborough, ON M1C 1A4

The Department of Humanities at the University of Toronto Scarborough, in partnership with Tung Lin Kok Yuen will host a free public lecture by Dr. Ian Harris entitled “Buddhism Under Pol Pot” as part of the Tung Lin Kok Yuen Perspectives on Buddhist Thought and Culture series.

The public lecture given by Dr. Harris will examine a modern experience of Buddhism encountering political conflict. Dr. Harris will look at the struggles of Buddhist monks in the face of a violent and repressive regime in Cambodia in the 1970s. He will consider the regional variations in the Khmer Rouge’s treatment of religion, the number of monks that perished, monastic survivors, the re-establishment of Cambodian Buddhism, and the development of Cambodia’s violent communist movement after the fall of Pol Pot.

Dr. Ian Harris is Professor Emeritus at the University of Cumbria. His current research interests focus on the modern and contemporary history of Cambodia, Buddhism and politics in Southeast Asia, Buddhist environmentalism, and landscape aesthetics. Dr. Harris has held previous visiting professor positions at the University of Oxford, the University of British Columbia, the National University of Singapore, and the Documentary Center of Cambodia in Phnom Penh. His most recent books are Cambodian Buddhism: History and Practice and Buddhism Under Pol Pot.

Admission to the lecture is FREE. To reserve your spot, please contact Arts & Events Programming at aep-rsvp@utsc.utoronto.caor at 416 208 4769. Please note that for those travelling from downtown Toronto, a free shuttle bus will depart from Hart House Circle at 5:30pm and will return once the lecture is over at 9:00pm. To RSVP for the bus, please email aep-rsvp@utsc.utoronto.ca.

For more information on Arts & Events Programming, including a calendar with our upcoming events, please visit our website.

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Cheers!

The AEP Team

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