“American Sutra: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Incarceration” Lecture. Sponsored by the Religion Department, History Department, Humanities 411: Senior Symposium, Office for Institutional Diversity, and the Dean of the College.

“American Sutra: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Incarceration” Lecture. Co-sponsored by the Dharma Rain Zen Center.

“Recovering Pasts, Imagining Futures: A Roundtable Conversation about New Books on Buddhism in the West” with Duncan Ryuken Williams (author of “American Sutra”, Harvard University Press), Ann Gleig (author of “American Dharma,” Yale University Press) and Wakoh Shannon Hickey (author of “Mind Cure,” Oxford University Press), with respondents Jane Iwamura (University of the West) and Erik Braun (University of Virginia).

“American Sutra: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Incarceration” Lecture. Introduced by Henry Rietz (Professor of Religious Studies); co-sponsored by the Center for Humanities and Department of Religious Studies.

"Buddhist Leaders at Crystal City and other DOJ Camps”

Dharma Talk at Eitaikyo Service followed by “American Sutra” lecture. Book signing will follow.

"American Sutra: A Story of Faith and Freedom in the Second World War” Lecture. Co-sponsored by Campus Christian Center

“American Sutra: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Incarceration” lecture followed by a book signing. Co-sponsored by the Enmanji Buddhist Temple, Sonoma County JACL, Sonoma County Matsuri, and Sebastopol World Friends. Supporting educational institutions are Sonoma State University and Santa Rosa Junior College.

“American Sutra: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Incarceration” lecture

“American Sutra: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Incarceration” Lecture. Book sales and signing to follow.

NOTE: A Japanese-language talk about the book will take place at 10am.

Dharma Talk on “American Sutra”; Introduced by Gaelyn Godwin (Abbot, Houston Zen Center); followed by book signing

Dharma Talk about American Sutra, followed by discussion and book signing.

“American Sutra: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Incarceration” Lecture. Sponsored by the Thich Nhat Hanh Program for Engaged Buddhism, Union Theological Seminary.

Please RSVP if you will be attending.

Please join us for a discussion on this recently published book, with its author Duncan Ryūken Williams​. This groundbreaking history tells the little-known story of how, in one of our country’s darkest hours, Japanese Americans fought to defend their faith and preserve religious freedom.

In the face of discrimination, dislocation, dispossession, and confinement, Japanese Americans turned to their faith to sustain them, whether they were behind barbed wire in camps or serving in one of the most decorated combat units in the European theater. Using newly translated sources and extensive interviews with survivors of the camps and veterans of the war, American Sutra reveals how the Japanese American community broadened our country’s conception of religious freedom and forged a new American Buddhism.

“There are many works on Japanese-American incarceration in World War Two—especially those that recount the government and the media’s perspective on this history—but American Sutra is the first to highlight the role that Buddhism played in this history, telling the story from the inside out.” Duncan Ryūken Williams​

This program is sponsored by the Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Buddhism

“American Sutra: Buddhism and the WWII Japanese American Incarceration” Lecture. Sponsored by the Religion, Race and Democracy Lab (Department of Religious Studies), the Virginia Center for the Study of Religions, and the Religion & Democracy Project in Mormon Studies.

Nagano, Japan - Nojiri Lake Association

“Authors on Incarceration” Panel with Duncan Ryuken Williams, Shirley Ann Higuchi, Andrea Warren, and Bradford Pearson.

Time and Venue TBD

Space is limited.

This event is by registration only.

Please note there are TWO talks this day.

Introduced by Rev. Kenji Akahoshi (Buddhist Temple of San Diego);

10AM-11AM Dharma Talk at morning service

1PM-2:30PM “American Sutra” talk in afternoon, followed by a book signing

Mountain View Buddhist Temple – Dharma message by Duncan Ryuken Williams based on “American Sutra.” Book signing will follow.

Book Talk sponsored by the Interpretation Center (National Park Service), Manzanar National Historic Site on day after the annual Manzanar Pilgrimage. Book sales/signing will follow.

A Conversation on “American Sutra” with Robert Citino (Executive Director, Institute for the Study of War and Democracy and Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian)

Aren’t We American? Race, Class, Immigration, and Citizenship – Moderator: Jody Aguis Vallego (Burbs to Barrios); Panel Discussion with Duncan Ryuken Williams (American Sutra), Sam Erman (USC Gould School of Law), Juan De Lara (Inland Shift), Elda Maria Roman (Race and Upward Mobility).

Writing the Epic American History – Moderated by Elizabeth Taylor (Chicago Tribune; past president National Books Critics Circle); Panel Discussion with Duncan Ryuken Williams (American Sutra), Anna-Lisa Cox (The Bone and Sinew of the Land), and James Donovan (Shoot for the Moon).