The Buddha's Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia | Johan Elverskog & William Dalrymple

The Buddha's Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia | Johan Elverskog in conversation with William Dalrymple
Writer Johan Elverskog’s book, The Buddha's Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia, takes a critical look at the interconnections between the rise of Buddhism and its impact on the environment. He examines the ways in which the contemporary image of Buddhism needs to be understood to see the true nature of Dharma, and also addresses the realities of its expansive religious and political systems. In conversation with historian and festival co-director William Dalrymple.
Johan Elverskog is Dedman Family Distinguished Professor at Southern Methodist University. He is editor of Modern Asian Studies and the author and editor of eleven books including The Precious Summary: A History of the Mongols from Chinggis Khan to the Qing Dynasty, and the forthcoming A History of Uyghur Buddhism.
William Dalrymple is the author of the Wolfson Prize-winning White Mughals, Duff Cooper Prize-winning The Last Mughal, and the Hemingway and Kapuscinski Prize-winning Return of a King. His book, The Anarchy, was shortlisted for the Duke of Wellington medal, the Tata Book of the Year, and the Historical Writers Association Award, and won the 2020 Arthur Ross Medal from the US Council on Foreign Relations. Dalrymple has been awarded five honorary doctorates, is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, the Royal Asiatic Society, and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and has held visiting lectureships at Princeton, Brown, and Oxford, where he is currently an Honorary Bodleian fellow and Visiting Fellow at All Souls. He was presented with the President’s Medal by the British Academy and was named one of the world’s top 50 thinkers for 2020 by Prospect Magazine. He is a founder and co-director of the Jaipur Literature Festival.
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