Events | Black Buddhist Studies

Harvard Book Store Discussion with Dr. Tracey Hucks

🗓️ March 6th, 2026 @ 7:00pm ET

📍In-person

🗺️ 1256 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA

Harvard Book Store welcomes Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad—Founding Director of the Initiative for Black Buddhist Studies and a Visiting Affiliate Fellow at Princeton University’s Center for Culture, Society, and Religion—for a discussion of her new book, The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde. She will be joined in conversation by Dr. Tracey Hucks—Suzanne Young Murray Professor at Harvard Radcliffe Institute and the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Africana Religious Studies at Harvard Divinity School.

Zen Mountain Monastery Book Discussion with Shugen Roshi

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🗓️ Feb 26, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm ET

📍Online

Suggested donation – $10.00 – $75.00

What do James Baldwin and Audre Lorde teach us about how to meet this political moment? This public conversation between Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad and Shugen Roshi will illuminate the wisdom of two Black, queer luminaries through a dharmic lens, examining how Baldwin and Lorde fostered skillful approaches to suffering as they sought to dismantle harmful conditions.

Firestorm Collective Discussion and Book Signing

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🗓️ Feb 21, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm ET

📍In-person

🗺️ Firestorm Collective, 1022 Haywood Rd, Asheville NC

To celebrate the release of The Fire Inside, our co-op hosts author and scholar Rima Vesely-Flad for a discussion of the radical literary legacies of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde.

Dr. Vesely-Flad will read from the book, take questions from the audience, and sign copies of The Fire Inside.

Malaprop’s Bookstore Discussion

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🗓️ Feb 11, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm ET

📍In-person

🗺️ Malaprop’s Bookstore/Cafe, 55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC

Join us in-store when local scholar and author Dr. Rima Vesely-Flad presents her newest book, The Fire Inside: The Dharma of James Baldwin and Audre Lorde.