Welcome & Keynote Address

"Korean Buddhism in the East Asian Context"

Robert Buswell, AAS President, and Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies and Center for Korean Studies at the University of California at Los angeles

Panel: Diversity and Change in South and Southeast Asian Islam

"Tamil-speaking Sheikhs and Trans-oceanic Saints: Popular Sufism in Contemporary Sri Lanka"

Professor Dennis McGilvray, University of Colorado at Boulder

Panel: Conceptualizing Buddhism

"Imaging the Dalai Lama: The Nature of Art and the Notion of the Relic"

Sarah Getzelman, The Ohio State University

Panel: Ritual and Performance in South and Southeast Asia

"Revealed in Shadows: The Malaysian Shadow Puppet Theatre"

Professor Beth Osnes, University of Colorado at Boulder