Join History of Art for the next in the Research Seminar Series chaired by Dr Halle O’Neal.

This lecture will be hybrid. Please book your ticket for attendance in person or online. Further details on how to access the lecture will be sent to you following booking.

The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.

This talk explores the significance of excrement in medieval Japanese Buddhist literature, arguing it was a polyvalent symbol used in various pedagogical projects, evoking reactions from revulsion to compassion.

Rajyashree Pandey is Professor Emerita of Japanese Studies in the Politics and International Relations department of Goldsmiths, University of London.

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