FOCUS ASIA
8-9 May

Programme

8 May

09.00-10.15

Compassion and Courage: Buddhist Leadership in the Wake of Tsunami
Prof. Hema Goonatilake, Social Sciences of the Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science, Sri Lanka

10.15-10.45

Coffee break

10.45-11.45

Charisma and Power in Burmese Buddhism: Three case studies of Buddhist monks.
Prof. Hiroko Kawanami, Department of Religious Studies, Lancaster University, U.K.

12.00-13.00

Lunch

13.15-14.15

In Quest for Moral Leaders – Buddhist notions of Charismatic Leadership
Prof. Mikael Gravers, Department of Social Anthropologist, Aarhus Univesity, Denmark .

14.15-14.45

Coffee break

14.45-16.00

A Buddhist Monk’s Experiences of Working with the Tsunami Catastrophe in Southern Thailand
Buddhist monk, Phrakhru Suwatthithammarat, the Abbot of Wat Samakkhitham, District Kuraburi, Phang-nga, Thailand

16.15–17.00

Documentaries about the Buddhist monk, Phrakhru Suwatthithammarat
The Monk and the Sea Gypsies
A Monk who has Developed his Heart

9 May

09.00-10.15

National Character, Prime Ministers, and Shadow Shoguns: Symbolic Leadership in Japan
Prof. Ofer Feldman, Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan.

10.15-10.45

Coffee break

10.45-11.45

Political Leadership and Generational Change in Japan
Prof. Verena Blechinger-Talcott, Department of Japanese Studies, Berlin Free University, Germany.

12.00-13.00

Lunch

13.15–14.30

Leadership in a culture context
Prof. Mats Alvesson, Department of Business Administration, Lund University, Sweden.

14.30–15.00

Coffee break

15.00–16.00

The Dalai Lama as a Buddhist Monk and a Tibetan National symbol
Katrin Goldstein–Kyaga, Department of Education, Stockholm University, Sweden.

16.15–17.00

Documentary about Tibet.

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