Asian Studies Seminar Series: Florence Galmiche In brief Date - 5 November 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Professor Florence Galmiche (Université Paris Cité)Title - Human and Animal Destinies Intertwined: Buddhist Rituals for Animal Rebirth in Contemporary South Korea About the speakerFlorence Galmiche is an anthropologist, an Associate Professor at Université Paris Cité, and a member of the ‘China, Korea, Japan’ laboratory and the Institut universitaire de France.Her research focuses on religion and ritual in Korea, with a particular interest in the relations between lay and monastic Buddhism, religious practices that seek to intervene in the world and effect change, and the relationship between the living and the dead. She also investigates the treatment of the remains of Korean forced labourers in Japan, and the ways civic and religious groups engage with memory and ritual care.This talk is supported by the Academy of Korean Studies.How to attendThis event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required, simply turn up on the day.Are you interested in studying with us?We are the only university in Scotland to offer full undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in both Chinese and Japanese, as well as postgraduate programmes in Korean Studies and East Asian Studies. Find out more about Asian Studies at Edinburgh Tags Asian Studies Nov 05 2025 16.15 - 18.00 Asian Studies Seminar Series: Florence Galmiche An in-person seminar by Professor Florence Galmiche (Université Paris Cité), titled 'Human and Animal Destinies Intertwined: Buddhist Rituals for Animal Rebirth in Contemporary South Korea'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Asian Studies Seminar Series: Florence Galmiche In brief Date - 5 November 2025Venue - Project Room 1.06, 50 George SquareSpeaker - Professor Florence Galmiche (Université Paris Cité)Title - Human and Animal Destinies Intertwined: Buddhist Rituals for Animal Rebirth in Contemporary South Korea About the speakerFlorence Galmiche is an anthropologist, an Associate Professor at Université Paris Cité, and a member of the ‘China, Korea, Japan’ laboratory and the Institut universitaire de France.Her research focuses on religion and ritual in Korea, with a particular interest in the relations between lay and monastic Buddhism, religious practices that seek to intervene in the world and effect change, and the relationship between the living and the dead. She also investigates the treatment of the remains of Korean forced labourers in Japan, and the ways civic and religious groups engage with memory and ritual care.This talk is supported by the Academy of Korean Studies.How to attendThis event is free to attend and open to all. No registration is required, simply turn up on the day.Are you interested in studying with us?We are the only university in Scotland to offer full undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in both Chinese and Japanese, as well as postgraduate programmes in Korean Studies and East Asian Studies. Find out more about Asian Studies at Edinburgh Tags Asian Studies Nov 05 2025 16.15 - 18.00 Asian Studies Seminar Series: Florence Galmiche An in-person seminar by Professor Florence Galmiche (Université Paris Cité), titled 'Human and Animal Destinies Intertwined: Buddhist Rituals for Animal Rebirth in Contemporary South Korea'. Project Room 1.06 50 George Square University of Edinburgh EH8 9LH Find the venue: 50 George Square
Nov 05 2025 16.15 - 18.00 Asian Studies Seminar Series: Florence Galmiche An in-person seminar by Professor Florence Galmiche (Université Paris Cité), titled 'Human and Animal Destinies Intertwined: Buddhist Rituals for Animal Rebirth in Contemporary South Korea'.
