Rot, Loss, and Reuse: Food Temporalities in Japanese Buddhist Temples

BUDDHIST STUDIES FORUM

SPEAKER: Paulina Kolata, Harvard University

Paulina Kolata is an Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. She is a scholar of religion in Japan, specialising in Buddhism, material and economic practices, and the environmental impacts of religious life in conditions of demographic change.

This event is co-sponsored by the Harvard Divinity School, the Department of South Asian Studies, and the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute.