On April 6th, 2023, Ruth Ozeki read from her novels and discussed the healing power of listening, story-telling, and bearing witness (in community). The Buddhist idea of dependent co-arising or radical interdependence was also discussed. Please see below for a recording of the talk.

Recording link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/uconn-cmr/ldr.php?RCID=9343d9f90694d3ab766fe90c6f3a199f

Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest, whose books have garnered international acclaim for their ability to integrate issues of science, technology, religion, environmental politics, and global pop culture into unique, hybrid, narrative forms. Her novels, My Year of Meats (1998), All Over Creation (2003), A Tale for the Time Being (2013) and The Book of Form and Emptiness (2022) have been translated and published in over thirty countries.

Sponsored by the Mahavir Ahimsa and Peaceful Living Experience (MAPLE) Fund, CLAS, the UConn Foundation, American Studies, UConn Humanities Institute, and Asian and Asian American Studies