This event will be hosted in hybrid format. RSVP to attend in person. Register for the Zoom meeting. It is generally accepted that the early history of Buddhist modernism is largely connected with the regions of Asia that experienced prolonged European colonization (Ceylon) or earlier than others embarked on the path of reforms along the European model (Japan). In his presentation, Nikolay Tsyrempilov will demonstrate how the late 19th-century Mongol-speaking Buddhists of the Russian Empire began to develop modernist ideas in response to vigorous…