by UWEST | Nov 21, 2021 | Archived `News
UWest was represented in five panel discussions at this year’s American Academy of Religion annual conference, held in San Antonio, TX from November 20 to 23. Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Jane Iwamura, took part in three panels, including one that celebrated the...
by UWEST | Nov 15, 2021 | Archived Events
Ten years have passed since the publication of Jane Iwamura’s groundbreaking study, Virtual Orientalism: Asian Religions and American Popular Culture. The book traces stereotypical constructions of “the spiritual East” through the figure of the “oriental monk” in...
