UCF Associate Professor of Philosophy Ann Gleig was a co-organizer of the Heartwood-Northwestern Symposium on Sexual Violence in Buddhism: Centering Survivor’s Voices at Northwestern University in Chicago in October 2024. This gathering brought together a diverse group of participants to address the sensitive subject of sexual abuse within Buddhist communities.
Gleig co-organized with Buddhist studies scholars Sarah Jacoby andAmy Paris Langenberg, and Heartwood Center founder Nancy Floy, all of whom share a vision to provide a safe and collaborative environment for survivors, scholars, monastics, and allies to engage in open dialogue on the complexities of the issue.
Publications about the event include:
- Mariana Restrepo, The Heartwood-Northwestern Symposium: A Groundbreaking Symposium Centering Survivors of Sexual Violence in Buddhism, Lion’s Roar: Buddhist Wisdom for Our Time
- Justin Whitaker, Symposium at Northwestern University Addresses Sexual Violence in Buddhism, Buddhistdoor Global, October 31, 2024
- Ann Gleig, Amy Langenberg, Sarah Jacoby, Reflection on Heartwood Symposium on Sexual Violence in Buddhism: Centering Survivor Voices, The Shiloh Project: Rape culture, religion and the Bible, November 4, 2024
Gleig has recently completed a co-authored book on sexual abuse in Buddhism under contract with Yale University Press. She teaches a number of classes in the Religion and Cultural Studies program at UCF including “Sex and the Sacred” and “Buddhism.”