Bryan Lowe is an assistant professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. He specializes in Buddhism in ancient Japan (seventh through ninth centuries) and has broader research interests in ritual, manuscript studies, historiography, canons, and the religion of non-elites.Continue reading
Cynthea J. Bogel has been Professor of Japanese Art History and East Asian Buddhist Visual Cultures at Kyushu University since 2012. Most of her research and writing focusses on premodern Japanese Buddhist icons, especially statues, and specific aspects of their history.Continue reading
Dr. NGUYEN, Thi Hien is an Associate Professor at the Vietnam National University in Hanoi. She is interested in doing research on religious practices, cultural heritage and transnationalism.Continue reading
Rongdao is Assistant Professor of Religion at McGill University. She received her PhD in Religious Studies from McGill University in 2013, and was based at the University of Southern California before returning to Montreal. She specializes in modern Chinese Religions, focusing especially on the changing landscape in modern Chinese Buddhism and identity productionContinue reading
Stephanie Balkwill is an Assistant Professor of Chinese Buddhism and Assistant Director of the Center for Buddhist Studies, UCLA.Continue reading
Megan Bryson is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Her research focuses on Buddhism and local religion in the Dali region of southwest China as well as the themes of gender and ethnicity in Chinese religions.Continue reading
Michelle C. Wang is Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Georgetown University. As a specialist in medieval Chinese art, her publications have addressed Buddhist maṇḍalas, Dunhuang painting, and Silk Road material culture. Continue reading
Natasha Heller studies Chinese Buddhism in the context of cultural and intellectual history. Her research includes both the pre-modern period (10th through 14th c.) and the contemporary era.Continue reading
JI Zhe is currently a professor of sociology at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales-Université Sorbonne Paris Cité in France.Continue reading
Richard D. McBride II is Associate Professor of Korean Studies and Buddhist Studies at Brigham Young University. He earned a PhD. in East Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA (2001), specializing in Korean and Chinese Buddhism and early Korean history. Continue reading
Zhan Ru is a Professor in Peking University’s School of Foreign Languages. His areas of research include: Buddhist and Buddhist literature, the Indian Ministry of Buddhism, Dunhuang Buddhism, and the Buddhist system.Continue reading
Wendi Adamek is an Associate Professor and the Numata Chair in Buddhist Studies in the Department of Classics and Religion.Continue reading
