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Day 2: Saturday, October 15th

There are breakout sessions on each day of the Lotsawa Translation Workshop with thematic tracks running across the three days:

Theme A: The Politics of Translation
Theme B: Gender and Genre
Theme C: New Directions

You are welcome to stay with one theme or select across themes.


Schedule of Events

8:30-9:00am Bagels and coffee

9:00-10:30am Keynote Address: Louise von Flotow

10:30-11:00am Tea break

11:00-12:30pm Breakout groups, Day 2

A2: Inclusive/Feminist approaches to Buddhist translation

  • Janet Gyatso
  • Amy Langenberg 
  • Dawa Lokyitsang

B2: Literary & Liturgical Representations of Women & the Feminine

  • Anne Klein
  • Khamo Kyid
  • Padma ‘tsho 

C2: Yab Yum Symbolism, Heteronormativity, and Translating Sexual Yoga

  • Pema Khandro 
  • Julie Reagan
  • Willa Baker

12:30-2:00pm Lunch (at Norris food court)

2:00-3:30pm Workshops session #3

3:30-4:00pm Tea break

4:00-5:30pm Translating the Khandro Chödzö Chenmo: A Conversation

8:30pm Tibetan Buddhist Resource Share (Hyatt House Evanston, Upper Floor)