Matthew McMullen completed his Ph.D. in 2016. He is an Assistant Professor of Humanities and Permanent Fellow at the Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture (http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/(link is external)) at Nanzan University in Nagoya, Japan, where he serves as the editor of the Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (http://nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp/en/publications/jjrs/(link is external)). His other academic positions include Network Editor for the H-Buddhism Network (https://networks.h-net.org/h-buddhism(link is external)) and Assistant Editor for the Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (http://www.buddhism-dict.net/ddb/(link is external)). Matthew specializes in medieval Japanese esoteric Buddhism, particularly the esoteric Tendai tradition. He is currently preparing to publish a book focusing on Tendai critiques of Kūkai's doctrinal writings.
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Dissertation: The Development of Esoteric Buddhist Scholasticism in Early Medieval Japan[electronic resource](link is external). 2016. 354 p.