When:
Monday, February 8, 2016
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Where: John Evans Center, 1800 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Rossitza Guenkova-Fernandez
(847) 491-3611
Group: Religious Studies Department
Category: Academic
By Kim Gutschow, lecturer, Department of Anthropology/Sociaology and Religion, Williams College
A talk juxtaposing Buddhist narratives of the birth of the Buddha wtih contemporary obstetrical practices and conceptions of impurity associated with childbirth in Ladakh, Western Himalayas.
Sponsors: Buddhist Women and Teh Western Himalayas, Supported by a Mellon Cluster Programming Grant, The Department of Religious Studies, and The Department of Asian Languages and Cultures.