The Institute for South Asia Studies, in collaboration with the Vedanta Society Berkeley (VSB), are proud to host a lecture series on religion in the modern world. Titled the ISAS-VSB Lectures on Religion in the Modern World, this series invites distinguished scholars of world religions to campus with the aim of improving and diversifying conversations about the role of religion in modern societies.
The ISAS-VSB Lectures
| April 5, 2024 | Philip Lutgendorf: Ending with a Crow: Bhushundi in the Rāmcaritmānas of Tulsidas |
| April 5, 2019 | Tony K. Stewart: Subjunctive Explorations - Fictive Sufi Tales of Early Modern Bengal |
| October 18, 2017 | Robert Thurman: Why does the Dalai Lama Say He is "Son of Nālandā"? |