“Our Lady of Lavang: The Ethnicization of the Virgin Mary in the Vietnamese Diaspora”
by Prof. Thien-Huong Ninh, with a response by Prof. Thao Nguyen, S.J.

Friday, April 12, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Room 21, Benson Center
Santa Clara University

Free and Open to the public

Thien-Huong Ninh is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento, CA. Her teaching and publications are in the areas of Asian Religious Diasporas; Religion, Race and Gender; and Interfaith and Interreligious Movements.  More information about her can be found at thninh.wordpress.com.

Thao Nguyen, S.J. is an Assistant Professor in the Religious Studies Department at Santa Clara.  His teaching and publications are in the areas of interreligious dialogue, inculturation, missiology, and ecclesiology.

This event is sponsored by SCU’s Religious Studies Department, the Ethnic Studies Department, and the Living Religions Collaborative.
In compliance with ADA/504, please direct accommodation requests to the Religious Studies Department at 408-554-4547 or by e-mail to vgonzalez@scu.edu.

Please direct questions about the event to Prof. Riley, priley@scu.edu