Tessa J. Bartholomeusz Lecture Series

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On April 3, 2008, Janice Willis of Wesleyan University will deliver the next lecture in series at 4:30PM in Dodd Hall Auditorium.

The Tessa J. Bartholomeusz Lecture in Religion has been established by the faculty of the Department of Religion, Florida State University, in memory of our late colleague. Tessa Bartholomeusz (1958-2001) came to Florida State as assistant professor in 1993, following an appointment at Indiana University/Purdue University at Indianapolis and the completion of a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1991. She was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 1997, and to full professor in 2001.

While at Florida State, Professor Bartholomeusz established a reputation as a leading interpreter of Buddhism through such works as Women Under the Bo Tree (Cambridge, 1994), Buddhist Fundamentalisms and Minority Identities in Sri Lanka (State University of New York, 1998), and numerous articles in scholarly journals. Her book In Defense of Dharma has recently been published by Curzon Press. Professor Bartholomeusz also received a number of awards for teaching at Florida State University, served as treasurer for the American Institute of Sri Lanka Studies and as the book review editor for the Journal of Asian Studies.

The Tessa J. Bartholomeusz Lecture is supported by the Department of Religion through its account at the Florida State University Foundation. Anyone wishing to join in supporting this project is invited to contact the Department of Religion at 850-644-1020, or to speak with one of the faculty.

Future Lectures

        April 3, 2008

                Janice Willis, Wesleyan University

Past Lectures

April 2nd, 2007

Jacqueline Stone, Princeton University

"Right Thoughts at the Last Moment: Deathbed Practices in Early Medieval Japan"

January 13, 2006

Phyllis Granoff, Yale University

"Just Follow the Cow Tracks: Concerns of a Medieval Jain Monastic Group"

March 3, 2005

Anne M. Blackburn, Cornell University

“Cosmopolitan Buddhism & Colonialism: A View From Colombo”
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October 27, 2003

Donald Swearer, Swarthmore College

"Religion and Globalization: A View from Thailand"

April 1, 2003

Charles Hallisey, Amherst College

"The Problem of Justice for All: Buddhism, Civil Society, and the State in Contemporary Sri Lanka"

March 4, 2002

Chandra de Silva, Old Dominion University

"Crossing Boundaries: The Indo-Portuguese Religious and Cultural Encounter"

 

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