Thursday, March 21 at 12:30pm
*New Location* Denison Arts & Sciences Building
1080 Broadway, room C146
In this presentation, Professor Padma 鈥檛sho explores writings on women鈥檚 education, health and equality in the journal听Gangkar Lhamo,听highlighting the voices of Buddhist nuns in an emergent feminism on the Tibetan plateau.听Gangkar Lhamo听颈蝉听the first women鈥檚 journal edited by Tibetan nuns, founded in 2011 by the Khenmos听(female cleric scholars) at Larung Gar and issued annually since that time.听听What Tibetan nuns articulate in this journal is not the aspiration for full ordination, the most visible form of Buddhist feminism听internationally. Instead, they advocate uplifting the status of women, both nuns and laity, through different forms of empowerment. As examples of this, Professor Padma鈥檛sho discusses a selection of essays and poems on the topic of women鈥檚 education, health, and equality from听Gangkar Lhamo.
Padma 'tsho (Baimacuo)听is听Professor in the Philosophy Department of Southwest University for Nationalities in Chengdu, China. She holds a Ph.D. from Sichuan University in Chengdu and M.A. from Central Nationalities University in Beijing. She was an Instructor at Front Range Community in 2016-2017. She has published about 50 articles in several languages and two books. Her areas of research and teaching include Tibetan Buddhism, ritual, and culture, as well as the education of Buddhist nuns in Tibetan areas. Her articles have appeared in edited volumes, such as听Eminent Buddhist Women, edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo;听Voices from Larung Gar,听edited by Holly Gayley; and numerous journals, including听Religions,Contemporary Buddhism,听China Tibetology, Journal of Ethnology, Sichuan Tibetan Studies,听and听Asian Highlands Perspective.听In the last decade, Professor Padma 'tsho has spent time at several North American universities as a Visiting Research Scholar, including Harvard, Columbia, University of Virginia, and CU Boulder.