Professor Duncan Ryuken Williams, USC Director of Religious Studies, will speak on “Camp Dharma: Buddhism and the Japanese American Incarceration During WWII.”  Dr. Williams provides an intimate look at how internees found refuge in their Buddhist faith behind barbed wire; and how these experiences continue to shape American Buddhism today.

Press Release “Camp Dharma: Buddhism Behind the Wires – Lessons for American Buddhist.”

Camp Dharma Flyer

This lecture is part of the annual Futaba Lecture Series.  Dr. Alfred Bloom endows the Futaba Lecture Series in honor of his mentor, the late Professor Kenko Futaba, former president of Ryukoku University in Kyoto, Japan.  Dr. Bloom hopes that this lecture series will be a continuing inspiration for the nurturing of American Buddhism.