Barbara R. Ambros (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) will give a talk, "Animals Absorb the Teachings through Their Pores: Life Releases and Liturgical Infusion in Early Modern Japan". 

Barbara R. Ambros is a professor in East Asian Religions in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research on Japanese Religions has focused on gender studies, human-animal relationships, and place and space.

Lunch will be provided.