Part-time Lecturer (Term 2)
BA (Buddhist College of China);
MA, M.Phil ( Kaleniya, Sri Lanka); PhD (Iowa)
學愚博士曾就學於中國佛學院、斯里蘭卡肯拉尼亞大學、日本東京大學、美國普林斯頓大學和愛荷華大學,並曾任職於美國格林內爾大學院;主要從事原始佛教、中國佛教及人間佛教思想和歷史方面的研究。自2004 年開始,學愚教授任職於香港中文大學,2006 年獲中文大學傑出青年學者獎;2007 年獲法國遠東學院訪問學者獎;2007至2008 年間,身任哈佛大學訪問學者;2008 年任人間佛教研究中心主任,主編《人間佛教研究叢書》。2009 年11 月,他前往德國歌德學院進行了為期一個月的學術演講。他最近出版的作品包括《佛教、暴力與民族主義:抗日戰爭時期的中國佛教》(中文版,2011)、《人間佛教︰星雲大師如是說、如是行》(2011 )、《人間佛教的社會和政治參與》(2005)等。
Xue Yu is Research Fellow at the Department of Cultural and Religious Studies. He received his doctoral degree in Buddhist Studies from The University of Iowa, USA. Before joining CUHK in 2004, he taught in Grinnell College, USA. His academic areas and interests include Mahayana Buddhism, Chinese Buddhism, and the theological and historical dimensions of Humanistic Buddhism. In 2006, he was awarded Young Researcher Award by CUHK. In 2007, he was a visiting scholar at French School of Asian Studies (Ecole Francaise D’extreme-Orient), and he was a visiting scholar at the Harvard-Yenching Institute in America in 2007-2008. He was invited by Geothe Institute in German to deliver series lectures on Buddhism and Buddhist studies in November and December 2009. Currently, he serves as Director of the Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism at CUHK. He is the chief editor of the Series of Study on Humanistic Buddhism. His recent publications include Buddhism, War, and Nationalism: Chinese Monks in the Struggle against Japanese Aggressions, 1931-1945 (New York: Routledge, 2005) and The Participation of Humanistic Buddhism in Society and Politics (Hong Kong, 2005).
Professional Qualifications:
1/1994 – 11/1995
Lecturer, College of Buddhist Studies, China
1/1994 – 11/1995
Assistant Researcher, Chinese Buddhist Cultural Research Institute, China
8/1998 - 7/1999
Research Assistant, University of Iowa, USA.
8/1998 - 6/2003
Teaching Assistant, University of Iowa.
8/2003 - 8/2004
Assistant Professor, Grinnell College, USA.
8/2004 - 4/2005
Instructor, CUHK
5/2005 - 7/2012
Assistant Professor, CUHK.
8/2012 - 7/2016
Resarch Assistant Professor, CUHK.
8/2016 - 7/2018
Professional Consultant, CUHK.
8/2018 - 8/2021
Research Fellow, CUHK.
9/2021 - 3/2022
Visiting Professor of Buddhism, Chicago University.
Research Specializations:
Buddhism and Contemporary Life
Comparative Studies of Buddhism and Christianity
Buddhism and Environment
Humanistic Buddhism and Engaged Buddhism
Research Grants:
Cleary International Dissertation Research Fellowships, USA, 2003.
Direct Grant for Research 2004-2005 (Project ID: 4450090)-(Buddhism and Contemporary Society in China)
Earmarked Research Grant (2006 RGC Ref. No. CUHK4697/05H)—(Heavenly Kingdom and Pure Land: Transformation of Their Interpretations in Republican China) (Co-I)
Direct Grant for Research 2005-2006 (Project ID: 4450131)—(Buddhism in China during the Korean War: 1950-1953).
Direct Grant for Research 2006-07 (Project ID: 4450177)—(Comparative Studies on Engaged Buddhism and Humanistic Buddhism).
Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (蔣經國國際學術交流基金會). For the Project “International Conference on Comparative Study of Ritual in Chinese Local Society.” Project number: CS001-P-07. December 28, 2007.
Direct Grant for Research 2007-08 (Project ID: 2010315) (Socialist Transformation of Buddhism in China: 1949-1966).
GRF 2010-2011 (Project ID: 457110) (Buddhism in Socialist China: 1949-2008) (PI)
Li Ka Shing Foundation, for Wisdom for the World: Buddhism and Hong Kong Society Lecture Series, 2011
Awards:
The Young Research Award, 2006, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
French School of Asian Studies (Exole Francaise D’extreme-Orient) visiting scholarship, May-July 2007.
Harvard-Yenching Institute Visiting Professor Award, 2007-2008.
Exemplary Research Achievement, the United College, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, December, 2007.
Scholars in Residence, Goethe-Institut, Munichen Germany, 2009.
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