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… at all costs.” Instead of holding the island, the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces suffered catastrophic defeats in the … Islands were in U.S. hands. This presentation explores the Japanese government’s strategies for civil air defense after …

… identity of a seemingly paradoxical figure: the Burmese Buddhist saint, who departs for the forest to combine harsh … Rozenberg contradicts representations of Theravada Buddhist saints as single-minded pursuers of nirvana. On the … in Toulouse, France. His research focuses on figures of Buddhist sainthood and related cults in contemporary Burma. …

… the British Imagination.” The book examines how the new medium of photography influenced the British experience, …

… of the Ephemeral” to the volume  Apparitions: The (Im)materiality of Modern Surface  (Bloomsbury Press, 2019) and a … Cultures of Central and Eastern Europe ,  “ The Haunted Medium: Moving Image in the Russian Empire,” Spring …

… helped bring Chinese troops and let them fight against the Japanese while decisively thwarting Japan’s war goals in the … relations in premodern East Asia, premodern Korean/Japanese history, and East Asian Buddhism. He is currently …

… helped bring Chinese troops and let them fight against the Japanese while decisively thwarting Japan’s war goals in the … relations in premodern East Asia, premodern Korean/Japanese history, and East Asian Buddhism. He is currently …

… films, “The Cup” (1999), about the cultural clash between Buddhist monastic austerity and World Cup enthusiasm, and … He is also the author of the book What Makes You Not a Buddhist (Shambhala, 2007). From a young age Dzongsar … Rinpoche has been active studying and promulgating Tibetan Buddhist teaching. He supervises his traditional seat of …

…   On September 21 the project will host its first major event titled, “The Arc of Post-World War II Japanese Diplomacy: A Conversation.” Professors Paul Kennedy, … of Japanese diplomacy during the last seven decades. The event will be held in the auditorium of Henry R. Luce Hall, …

… stories to English readers for the first time. This event will feature translator Kalpana Raina in conversation … South Asian philosophy and literature, with an emphasis on Buddhist philosophy. He is also active in translating the …