Readings in Buddhist Studies

Graduate / Professional

This seminar introduces students to Buddhist studies. Exploring scholarship on the Buddhist world, from India to Japan, ranging from the premodern to the modern, the course offers an overview of a thriving scholarly field of study, emphasizing the history of the field, disciplinary expectations and practices that have shaped it, and keystone concerns and emerging questions which animate it. Each week, students read a monograph, write a short review, and engage in seminar discussions with their peers. Primarily designed for graduate students, this course may be used to develop familiarity with a new field of study or to acquire a solid foundation for those preparing for qualifying exams in this this area. Prior familiarity with Buddhism is welcome but not required. T 1:30pm-3:25pm