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James Robson (Numata Visiting {{Wiki|Professor}} of [[Buddhist Studies]], Fall 2008) | James Robson (Numata Visiting {{Wiki|Professor}} of [[Buddhist Studies]], Fall 2008) | ||
| − | James Robson is an Associate {{Wiki|Professor}} in the Department of {{Wiki|East Asian}} [[Languages]] and {{Wiki|Civilizations}} at {{Wiki|Harvard University}}. He specializes in the history of {{Wiki|Medieval}} [[Chinese Buddhism]] and {{Wiki|Daoism}} and is particularly [[interested]] in issues of [[sacred]] {{Wiki|geography}}, local [[religious]] history, talismans, and the historical development of Chan/Zen [[Buddhism]]. He is the author of "[[Buddhism]] and the {{Wiki|Chinese}} Marchmount System [{{Wiki|Wuyue}}]: A Case Study of the Southern Marchmount (Mt. [[Nanyue]])" in John Lagerwey, ed. [[Religion]] and {{Wiki|Chinese}} {{Wiki|Society}}: {{Wiki|Ancient}} and {{Wiki|Medieval}} [[China]] ([[Hong Kong]]: The {{Wiki|Chinese}} UP and École Française d'Extrême-Orient, 2004) and "A {{Wiki|Tang Dynasty}} [[Chan]] Mummy [roushen] and a {{Wiki|Modern}} Case of Furta Sacra? Investigating the Contested Bones of [[Shitou Xiqian]]," in Bernard Faure, ed. [[Chan Buddhism]] in [[Ritual]] Context ({{Wiki|London}}: Routledge Curzon, 2003). He is presently completing a [[book]] {{Wiki|manuscript}} entitled Power of Place: The [[Religious]] Landscape of the Southern [[Sacred]] Peak | + | James Robson is an Associate {{Wiki|Professor}} in the Department of {{Wiki|East Asian}} [[Languages]] and {{Wiki|Civilizations}} at {{Wiki|Harvard University}}. He specializes in the history of {{Wiki|Medieval}} [[Chinese Buddhism]] and {{Wiki|Daoism}} and is particularly [[interested]] in issues of [[sacred]] {{Wiki|geography}}, local [[religious]] history, talismans, and the historical development of Chan/Zen [[Buddhism]]. He is the author of "[[Buddhism]] and the {{Wiki|Chinese}} Marchmount System [{{Wiki|Wuyue}}]: A Case Study of the Southern Marchmount (Mt. [[Nanyue]])" in John Lagerwey, ed. [[Religion]] and {{Wiki|Chinese}} {{Wiki|Society}}: {{Wiki|Ancient}} and {{Wiki|Medieval}} [[China]] ([[Hong Kong]]: The {{Wiki|Chinese}} UP and École Française d'Extrême-Orient, 2004) and "A {{Wiki|Tang Dynasty}} [[Chan]] Mummy [roushen] and a {{Wiki|Modern}} Case of Furta Sacra? Investigating the Contested Bones of [[Shitou Xiqian]]," in Bernard Faure, ed. [[Chan Buddhism]] in [[Ritual]] Context ({{Wiki|London}}: Routledge Curzon, 2003). He is presently completing a [[book]] {{Wiki|manuscript}} entitled Power of Place: The [[Religious]] Landscape of the Southern [[Sacred]] Peak [[Nanyue]] [[南]] 嶽] in {{Wiki|Medieval}} [[China]] (forthcoming, Harvard {{Wiki|Asia}} Center). He has also been engaged in a long-term collaborative research project with the École Française d'Extrême-Orient studying local [[religious]] statuary from Hunan province and what they can tell us about the local [[religious]] history of that region. |
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Latest revision as of 09:48, 25 December 2013
James Robson (Numata Visiting Professor of Buddhist Studies, Fall 2008) James Robson is an Associate Professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. He specializes in the history of Medieval Chinese Buddhism and Daoism and is particularly interested in issues of sacred geography, local religious history, talismans, and the historical development of Chan/Zen Buddhism. He is the author of "Buddhism and the Chinese Marchmount System [[[Wikipedia:Wuyue|Wuyue]]]: A Case Study of the Southern Marchmount (Mt. Nanyue)" in John Lagerwey, ed. Religion and Chinese Society: Ancient and Medieval China (Hong Kong: The Chinese UP and École Française d'Extrême-Orient, 2004) and "A Tang Dynasty Chan Mummy [roushen] and a Modern Case of Furta Sacra? Investigating the Contested Bones of Shitou Xiqian," in Bernard Faure, ed. Chan Buddhism in Ritual Context (London: Routledge Curzon, 2003). He is presently completing a book manuscript entitled Power of Place: The Religious Landscape of the Southern Sacred Peak Nanyue 南 嶽] in Medieval China (forthcoming, Harvard Asia Center). He has also been engaged in a long-term collaborative research project with the École Française d'Extrême-Orient studying local religious statuary from Hunan province and what they can tell us about the local religious history of that region.
