Please join us for a virtual talk by Charles Hallisey, Yehan Numata Senior Lecturer on Buddhist Literatures at Harvard Divinity School. Professor Hallisey's research centers on Theravada Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, Pali language and literature, Buddhist ethics, and literature in Buddhist culture. His most recent book is Therigatha: Poems of the First Buddhist Women (Harvard University Press, 2015). He is currently working on a book project entitled "Flowers on the Tree of Poetry: The Moral Economy of Literature in Buddhist Sri Lanka." This event is funded by the GPSA and generously co-sponsored by the Department of Asian Studies, the Department of Religious Studies and the South Asia Program. All are welcome to attend. Please contact Bruno at bms297@cornell.edu for any special arrangements you may require in order to attend this event.