John  Kieschnick, Director of Graduate Studies (DGS)

John Kieschnick

Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies

John Kieschnick is The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Professor of Buddhist Studies and co-director of the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford. John specializes in Chinese Buddhism, with particular emphasis on its cultural history. He is the author of the Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval China, The Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, and Buddhist Historiography in China. In connection with a regular graduate seminar, he has compiled a primer for reading Buddhist texts in Chinese.

John is currently writing a history of Chinese vegetarianism.

Ph.D., Stanford University (1996); B.A., University of California at Berkeley (1986).

Contact

Telephone
650.723.0465
Office
BLDG 70 RM 72F

Research Interests

Research Area(s)
RESEARCH SPECIALTY(IES):
CHINESE BUDDHISM, RELIGION AND MATERIAL CULTURE, RELIGIOUS HISTORIOGRAPHY