2024-2025

World-making in Times of Planetary Crisis

Urszula Lisowska

4:30 pm |  Baker-Nord Center, Clark Hall Room 206

Critiques and Germiniations in Maryse Conde's Thinking

Jean Godefroy Bidima

4:30 pm | Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

Proudhon's Conceptions and Contradictions Regarding the Notion of Revolution

Jean Godefroy Bidima

4:30 pm | Clark Hall Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road

Poetry in the Garden

Ada Limón

2:00 - 4:00 pm | Cleveland Botanical Garden, 11030 East Boulevard

Film Screening and Discussion: Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

Pawo Choyning Dorji

7:00pm | Strosacker Auditorium, 2125 Adelbert Road

Screening of Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, followed by a short Q&A with renowned film director, screenwriter, producer, photographer Pawo Choyning Dorji.

This event is presented in partnership with the Case Western Reserve University Film Society and is free and open to the public.

Pawo Choyning Dorji is a 2025 Hildegarde and Elbert Baker Visiting Scholar in the Humanities. 

About the Speaker:

Untying Knots of Light and Sculpting Time: Storytelling in Bhutan

Pawo Choyning Dorji

4:00 pm | Eldred Hall Room 203, 2070 Adelbert Road

This talk will focus on the themes of interdependence, impermanence, and the motivation behind storytelling. Drawing from personal experiences along with spiritual and cultural insights, filmmaker, screenwriter, and director Pawo Choyning Dorji explores how Bhutanese stories are deeply interwoven with Buddhist principles, reflecting Bhutan's unique perspective on creativity, existence, and happiness.

Film Screening and Discussion: The Monk and the Gun

Pawo Choyning Dorji

7:00 pm | Cinematheque at Cleveland Institute of Art, 16610 Euclid Avenue

Screening of The Monk and the Gun, which was nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 94th and the 96th Academy Awards. Screening will be followed by a short Q&A with renowned film director, screenwriter, producer, photographer Pawo Choyning Dorji.

This event is presented in partnership with Cinematheque at the Cleveland Institute of Art.