New Speaker for 2011 Religion Conference

Please join us in welcoming Professor George Bond to the group of plenary speakers for the 2011 Religion Conference.

George Bond is a professor of Religious Studies at Northwestern University. He specializes in Buddhist studies and the history of religion. He works primarily on Theravada Buddhism studying the textual tradition and the practice of Buddhism in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia.  He has been a recipient of the Charles Deering McCormick Professorship of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University.

He is the author of numerous publications including: The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka,and Buddhism at Work: Community Development, Social Empowerment and the Sarvodaya Movement.

He has served as president of the Midwest region of the American Academy of Religion and as co-chair of the Buddhism Section of the national American Academy of Religion. He has been an officer and a board member of the American Institute for Sri Lanka Studies.