Seminar 82 Sinhala Buddhism in the United States: Observations from a Sri Lankan Perspective
This talk shares ethnographic observations of how Sinhala Buddhist practices are lived and expressed in the United States today. Drawing on ongoing fieldwork across multiple sites, it highlights continuities and shifts in ritual life, monastic practice, and community engagement. The focus is on everyday religious experience as seen from the perspective of someone rooted in the Sri Lankan Buddhist context.
Speaker: Nuwan Herath PhD Candidate in Anthropology, University of Kentucky Senior Lecturer, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Saturday, August 29, 2026 6:00-7:30 am (Los Angeles) 9:00-10:30 am (NYC/Boston) 9:00-10:30 pm (Beijing)
