Questions should be addressed to:


phone: 804-924-7908
fax: 804-924-1467
email: nobel@virginia.edu

  • Conference & Educational Series Organizer and Director

      P. Jeffrey Hopkins
      Professor of Tibetan & Buddhist Studies, University of Virginia and President, Institute for Asian Democracy
      A Message from the Organizer



  • Political Liaison to the Laureates

      Michele Bohana
      Director, Institute for Asian Democracy



  • Moderator of the Conference

      Julian Bond
      Professor of History, University of Virginia and Chairman of the Board of Directors, NAACP



  • Chair, Page-Barbour and Richard Lecture Series at the University of Virginia

      Daniel J. Ehnbom
      Associate Professor of South Asian Art History, University of Virginia



  • Conference & Educational Series Coordinator

      Bryan Phillips
      Department of Religious Studies, University of Virginia




Educational Series Organizers

  • Herbert "Tico" Braun, Dept. of History [MENCHU TUM]

  • James Childress, Dept. of Religious Studies [J. WILLIAMS/ICBL]

  • Robert Fatton, Dept. of Government and Foreign Affairs [RAMOS-HORTA]

  • David Germano, Dept. of Religious Studies [DALAI LAMA]

  • David Martin, School of Law [ARIAS/RECONCILIATION]

  • John Mason, Dept. of History [TUTU]

  • William Quandt, Dept. of Government and Foreign Affairs [CONFLICT]

  • Kim Roberts, Women's Center [B. WILLIAMS]

  • George Rutherglen, School of Law [ARIAS/RECONCILIATION]

  • John Setear, School of Law [ARIAS/RECONCILIATION]

  • Michael Smith, Dept. of Government and Foreign Affairs [HUMAN RIGHTS]