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Buddhist Studies

The seminar discusses issues and ongoing research in Buddhist Studies, as well as the interface between Buddhist Studies and other humanistic and scientific disciplines. Buddhism has been a powerful cultural and intellectual, as well as religious, current in all of the Asian civilizations. Its manifestations engage the scholarly concern of members of a wide range of disciplines: religious studies (itself an interdisciplinary enterprise), philosophy, psychology, history, sociology, anthropology, comparative literature, art history, and political science, among others. The seminar is focused not on narrow range of issues concerning the Buddhist religions, but on a broad range of philosophical, cultural and social scientific subjects arising from the long and rich historical experience of the numerous Buddhist civilization.

Seminar: #629
Founded: 1990

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Buddhist Studies
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Co Chairs:
Wendi Adamek
wadamek@barnard.edu

Robert A F Thurman
tbt7@columbia.edu

Chun-Fang Yu
Columbia University, Department of Religion
cy2126@columbia.edu

Rapporteur:
Gregory Scott
Columbia University, Department of Religion
gas@2122@colubmia.edu

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