Professor and Shinjo Ito Distinguished Chair in Japanese Studies
East Asian Languages and Culture
Mark Blum, Professor and Shinjo Ito Distinguished Chair in Japanese Studies, received his M.A. in Japanese Literature from UCLA and his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley. He specializes in Pure Land Buddhism throughout East Asia, with a focus on...Read more about Mark Blum
Khyentse Foundation Distinguished Professor in Tibetan Buddhism
Group in Buddhist Studies
South & Southeast Asian Studies
Jacob Dalton works on tantric ritual, Nyingma religious history, and the Dunhuang manuscripts. He is co-author of Tibetan Tantric Manuscripts from Dunhuang: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Stein Collection at the British Library (Brill, 2006) and author of The Taming of the Demons:...Read more about Jacob Dalton
Penelope Edwards teaches in the Department of South and Southeast Asian Studies and works on Burma, Cambodia, Chinese diaspora and is broadly interested in culture, people and literature in translation across time and space.Read more about Penelope Edwards
A historian of the art and architecture of Japan and Buddhist visual cultures, Gregory Levine is at work on a trilogy that examines modern-contemporary Buddhist visual cultures: ...Read more about Gregory Levine
Chair, The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies; Head Graduate Advisor, Group in Buddhist Studies; D. H. Chen Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies
East Asian Languages and Cultures
The Numata Center for Buddhist Studies
Professor Robert Sharf received his B.A. (Religious Studies) and M.A. (Chinese Studies) from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. (Buddhist Studies) from the University of Michigan. He taught at McMaster University (1989-95) and the University of Michigan (1995-2003) before...Read more about Robert Sharf
Program Director, Group in Buddhist Studies; Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Buddhist and South Asian Studies
South and Southeast Asian Studies
Alexander von Rospatt is Professor for Buddhist and South Asian Studies, and Director of the Group in Buddhist Studies. He specializes in the doctrinal history of Indian Buddhism, and in Newar Buddhism, the only Indic Mahayana tradition that continues to persist in its original South Asian...Read more about Alexander Von Rospatt
