
BUDDHISM IN ASIA:
ANTHROPOLOGY & EVERYDAY LIFE
(Hybrid Event)
Programme
FRIDAY 05.06.2025
DARYLL FORDE SEMINAR ROOM, ROOM 230, SECOND FLOOR, DEPT. OF ANTHROPOLOGY, UCL,
TAVITON ST 14-16, WC1H 0BW
09:00–09:20 Registration and tea
09:20–09:25 Opening Remarks
09:25–10:45 Panel I – Wellbeing, Environment and Sociality, Speakers: Paula Bronson, Bo Yang, Alastair Parsons,
10:45–11:30 Keynote Speech I, Professor Jo Cook, UCL
11:30–12:00 Spiritual Interlude I, His Eminence Chogyal Rinpoche, Barom Kagyu, Chairman Nepal Buddhist Association (Online)
12:00–12:30 Spiritual Interlude II, Abbot Takehara, Director Of The Noto Office Of Religious Affairs, Jōdo Shinshū Ōtani-Ha (Online)
12:30–13:00 Spiritual Interlude III, Phra Jeremy, Bhikkhu, Monk, Wat Thamkrabok, Thailand (Online)
13:00–13:30 Q&A with Spiritual Teachers
13:30–14:30 Lunch Break (Light lunch provided)
14:30–15:45 Panel II – Tourism, Education & Visual Culture, Speakers: Anando Ghosh, Yuqi Wang
15:45–16:00 Refreshment Break
16:00–16:45 Keynote Speech II, Dr Thupten Kelsang, Victoria & Albert Museum Research Institute
16:45–16:50 Closing Remarks
16:50–18:00 Exhibition Viewing & Post-Workshop Drinks, Guided Walk-Through Of The Exhibition By Delphine Mercier, Curator Of Ucl Ethnography Collection