Esteemed scholar and author bell hooks will engage in a conversation with Buddhist Studies professor Rae Erin Dachille on a range of topics related to Buddhism, feminism, and spirituality. The conversation will include reflections on questions of identity, community, interdependence, love, and social justice. The audience will have the opportunity to engage in this lively conversation.
bell hooks is an acclaimed intellectual, feminist theorist, cultural critic, artist, and writer. hooks has authored over three dozen books and has published works that span several genres, including cultural criticism, personal memoirs, poetry collections, and children’s books. Born Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, bell hooks adopted the pen name of her maternal great-grandmother, a woman known for speaking her mind. hooks received her B.A. from Stanford University, her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Rae Erin Dachille is an Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona. Dr. Dachille holds a Ph.D. in in Buddhist Studies from the University of California at Berkeley and specializes in Tibetan Buddhism. Her research examines the religious and artistic traditions of Himalayan Buddhism, with a focus on representations of the body in art, ritual, philosophy, and medicine in Tibetan and Sanskrit sources.
The event will be held on March 16 from 5:30-7:30PM in the Rubel Room of the UA Poetry Center (1508 East Helen Street).
SEATING IS LIMITED.
Please note that bell hooks also will be presenting at the Tucson Festival of Books on March 10 and March 11 in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Tent. You can see details here.
Sponsored by the UA Department of Religious Studies and Classics, the UA College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the UA Office for Diversity and Inclusive Excellence, the UA Department of Gender and Women's Studies, the UA Africana Studies Program, the UA Poetry Center, the UA Center for Buddhist Studies, the UA College of Humanities, the UA College of Education, Uphaya Sangha of Tucson, and the UA Department of English.
