Professors Tansen Sen and Yihong Liu will lead a panel discussion on religion in China, with a focus on the contributions of Buddhism and Islam. As decorated scholars, their discussion will help illuminate the cultural cross-currents that have and will continue to influence the complicated cultural milieu of this increasingly important region.
Discussion moderated by Faisal Devji, Associate Professor of History, The New School for Social Research
Yihong Liu is a researcher and scholar on Islamic and Chinese philosophy. An official member of the Columbia Society of Comparative philosophy, she is a supervisor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a Professor at the Institute of Philosophy.
Tansen Sen is an Associate Professor of Asian History and Religions at Baruch College, The City University of New York. Currently he is a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. He is the author of Buddhism, Diplomacy, and Trade: The Realignment of Sino-Indian Relations, 600-1400. He has also guest edited a special issue of the journal China Report entitled Kolkata and China.