Columbia: Buddhist Practice as Creative Practice - Q&A With Professor Dominique Townsend
July 16, 2026
July 16, 2026
NEW YORK, July 16 -- Columbia University issued the following Q&A on July 14, 2026, involving Dominique Townsend, associate professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism:
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A Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism Focuses on Buddhist Cultural Production
Dominique Townsend recounts how, as a high school senior, a 12th-century wooden statue of a Buddha in a museum helped set her on her path.
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During an event that she moderated at the Lenfe . . .
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A Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhism Focuses on Buddhist Cultural Production
Dominique Townsend recounts how, as a high school senior, a 12th-century wooden statue of a Buddha in a museum helped set her on her path.
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During an event that she moderated at the Lenfe . . .