will be giving the Numata Lecture at U Toronto and McMaster University in early March '12.

Pennsylvania State University

Faculty Member, Abington College, Division of Humanities

Abington

Thesis Title: Buddhism and Medicine in Medieval China: Disease, Healing, and the Body in Crosscultural Translation (2nd to 8th Centuries C.E.)

Marta Hanson
William Rowe
Stephen Teiser
Tobie Meyer-Fong
Mary Fissell

About

The major theme in my scholarship is the investigation of Buddhism's role in the intercultural exchange of ideas about the body, disease, and healing. I am interested in looking at historical and contemporary Buddhist medicine through a crosscultural lens, emphasizing both the transmission and local reception of knowledge. I am also fascinated by the theoretical issues raised by the interdisciplinary study of the intersection between religion, medicine, and the body more generally.

(See more details at my website, www.piercesalguero.com)

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http://www.piercesalguero.com

 

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