Khyentse Lecture in Buddhist Studies – 'Animals in Daily Monastic Life: Between India and China'

Organised by the Edinburgh Buddhist Studies Network, this year's Khyentse Lecture in Buddhist Studies is delivered by Professor Ann Heirman from Ghent University. Her lecture will be titled 'Animals in Daily Monastic Life: Between India and China'.

In this lecture Professor Heirman will explore the role of animals in Buddhist monasticism.

This event will be taking place in person and Online via Zoom. Registration is not required to attend in-person, please only register if you are joining online to receive the joining instructions.

Ann Heirman is Professor of Chinese Language and Culture and Head of the Ghent Centre for Buddhist Studies. She is an expert on Chinese Buddhist monasticism, and has published extensively on this topic.

Edinburgh Buddhist Studies is a network of research scholars convened at the University of Edinburgh and with members from across the north of the UK.

There are two distinctive unifying features to the network:

1. a truly multi-disciplinary range of expertise and interests; and
2. a focus on Buddhism in a range of contexts and encounters with other aspects of culture and society.

Both are reflected in the events and projects that they undertake.

These include academic symposia, lectures, workshops, and publication, as well as media and public engagement.