Approaching Buddhism in Modern and Contemporary China
Key information
- Date
- Time
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9:00 am to 1:00 pm
- Venue
- Paul Webley Wing (Senate House)
- Room
- SG32
About this event
Prof. Zhe Ji (INALCO, Paris)
Bio
Ji Zhe is professor of sociology at the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO) and director of the Centre d’Etudes Interdisciplinaires sur le Bouddhisme (CEIB). His main study areas are Buddhism and the relationship between religion and politics in modern and contemporary China. His recent publications include Religion, modernité et temporalité : une sociologie du bouddhisme chan contemporain (CNRS Editions, 2016) and Making Saints in Modern China (co-edited with David Ownby and Vincent Goossaert, Oxford University Press, 2017).