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McTyeire Fireside Chat

Posted by on Monday, March 10, 2014 in Archives, News.

McTyeire Fireside Chat: “The Universe in a Fingernail? Connecting Pop Culture with Buddhist Relics”
Presented by:  Halle O-€™Neal, Mellon Assistant Professor of History of Art

You might be surprised to find out that the principles underlying Buddhist relics and reliquaries and issues of commemoration that seem so distant from us are in fact ubiquitous in our contemporary society. Come discover unexpected connections to medieval pilgrims, seventeenth-century Japanese nuns, and mummies.

When: Thursday, March 13, at 7 p.m.
Where: McTyeire International House, Fireside Lounge