About Me

Job Title:
Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Studies, College of Humanities
The University of Arizona

Major Fields:
 Chinese religions, Chinese Buddhism, Chinese intellectual history

Teaching Responsibilities:
Worlds of Buddhism
Chinese Civilization
Buddhist Meditation
History of East Asian Buddhism
Research Methods and Historical Sources of Chinese Buddhism




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Recent Activities

“Shilun Yongzhengdi de Chanxue jiqi xiangguan zhuzuo” 試論雍正帝的禪學及其相關著作(On Yongzheng’s Chan Buddhism and his related works). The First International Symposium organized by Palace Museums across the Strait: “The Complexities and Challenges of Rulership:
Emperor Yongzheng and His Accomplishments in His Time” 為君難—雍正其人其事及其時代. Taibei, National Palace Museum, Nov. 3, 2009. (Delivered in Chinese)

 “Chanwu yu sengzheng: Shiqi shiji Zhongguo Chanzong de
fuxing” 禅悟与僧诤：十七世纪中禅宗的复兴 (Enlightenment in dispute: the reinvention of Chan Buddhism in seventeenth-century China). Institute of History of Philology, Academia Sinica, Taibei, Nov. 12, 2009. (Delivered in Chinese)

“The Electronic Workshop on a Unified Catalog for the Buddhist Canons” (for invitation only),  International Conference on the United Nations Day of Vesak 2009, “Buddhist Approach to Global Crisis,” Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, main campus, May 5, 2009. Bangkok, Thailand.
 
“Human Rights in Light of Chinese Rationality (li): The Fundamental Conflict of World Views.” Workshop on “Exploring Diversity: Human Rights and Human Rights Related Issues in China,” The University of Winnipeg, April 3-4, 2009. Winnipeg, Canada.

Review of Ruth Fuller Sasaki’s  translation and commentary  The Record of Linji . Edited by Thomas Yōhō Kirchner. Journal of Chinese Religion,  vol.37 (2009), forthcoming.

 “School, Lineage, or Monastery: Paradigm Shift in the Study of Chinese Buddhism.” CAA (Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology) 2009 37th Annual Conference, “Making History Interactive,” March 22-26, 2009. Williamsburg, Virginia.

July 8, 2008- July 8, 2009, principal Investigator, “Buddha’s Words in Print: the Formation of the Jiaxing Buddhist Canon in Late Imperial China,” from the Chiang-ching Kuo Foundation, Taiwan, $30,000 

Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-century China. 480 pages. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.


Contact Information

E-mail address: jiangwu@email.arizona.edu

Office phone: 520-626-0171

Mailing Address: Department of East Asian Studies, The University of Arizona, P. O. Box 210105, 1512 First Street, Tucson, AZ 85721.