Richard Jaffe, Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the Asian | Pacific Studies Institute and Bass Fellow

Contact Info:

Office Location:	115 Gray Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 660-3502
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Teaching (Fall 2021):

• Religion 320s.01, Modern buddhism Synopsis

  Gray 228, Tu 12:00 PM-02:30 PM

  (also cross-listed as AMES 323S.01)

• Eas 700.01, East asian studies core course Synopsis

  Gray 228, W 08:30 AM-11:00 AM

  (also cross-listed as HISTORY 707.01, RELIGION 700.01)

Education:

Ph.D.	Yale University	1995
M.Phil.	Yale University	1993
M.A.	Yale University	1986
B.A.	San Francisco State University	1979

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.