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Richard Jaffe, Professor and Bass Fellow

Richard Jaffe
Contact Info:
Office Location:  115 Gray Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:  (919) 660-3502
Email Address:   send me a message
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Please note, I will be on research leave from July 1st, 2023, through December 31st, 2024.
Education:

Ph.D.Yale University1995
M.Phil.Yale University1993
M.A.Yale University1986
B.A.San Francisco State University1979
Specialties:

Buddhism
East Asian Religions
Research Interests: Japanese Buddhism, Buddhism and Modernity, and Classical Texts

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

  • Rebecca Mendelson
  • Michael Y. Quick
  • Uri Kaplan
  • Jeffrey Schroeder
  • Matthew Mitchell
Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Jaffe, RM. Seeking Sakyamuni South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism.  Buddhism and Modernity, May, 2019: 320 pages.  [abs]
  2. Jaffe, R. "PURE LAND, REAL WORLD: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination." Pacific Affairs  vol. 92 no. 1 (March, 2019): 131-133.
  3. Jaffe, R. "D. T. Suzuki and the Two Cranes: American Philanthropy and Suzuki’s Global Agenda." Matsugaoka Bunko kenkyū nenpō  vol. 32 (2018): 29-58.
  4. Jaffe, RM. "Neither Monk nor Layman: Conclusions." Budda no henbo: kosaku suru kindai Bukkyo Ed. Fumihiko, S. Hozokan, February, 2014. (Translated into Japanese by Maekawa Ken'ichi.)
  5. Jaffe, R. Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki, Zen Works.  edited by Jaffe, RM Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki University of California Press, Fall, 2014.

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