Concentration: Buddhism

Prerequisite: RELIG 354 (Buddhism) or its approved equivalent from another institution.

Primary Source Languages: Sanskrit or Pali. Depending on a student's focus other languages may be approved such as Japanese, Chinese, etc.

Requirements: (a) ASIAN 585 (Seminar on Buddhism), (b) RELIG 510 Religion Colloquium each quarter and, (c) At least three of the following:

HSTAS 462 Southeast Asian History to 1800
INDN 402 Pali
INDN 530 Readings in Pali Literature
PHIL 412 Indian Philosophy
PHIL 413 Studies in Indian Philosophy
PHIL 418 Indian and Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy
PHIL/SIS 486 Introduction to the Philosophical Systems of India
RELIG 490/590 Special Topics courses related to Buddhism
SISEA 445 Religion in China
SNKRT 560 Readings in Philosophical Sanskrit
SNKRT 581-582 Readings in Buddhist Texts
TIB 531-433 Buddhist Tibetan
TKIC 547 Old Uigher

Related Courses

HSTAS 348 Alternative Routes to Modernity
HSTAS 401 History of Ancient India
HSTAS 402 History of Medieval and Mughal India
HSTAS 403 History of Modern India to 1900
HSTAS 404 History of Twentieth-Century India
HSTAS 423 History of Modern Japan
HSTAS 424 The Emergence of Postwar Japan
HSTAS 441 Economic and Social History of Japan to 1900
HSTAS 451 Chinese History: Earliest Times to 221 BC
HSTAS 452 Chinese History from Earliest Times to 1276
HSTAS 453 Chinese History: AD 906 to 1840
HSTAS 454 History of Modern China
HSTAS 456 Topics in Chinese Social History
HSTAS 457 Women in China to 1800
HSTAS 459 Gender Histories of Modern China, 18th to 20th Centuries
HSTAS 460 Cities in China: Past and Present
HSTAS 462 Southeast Asian History to 1800
HSTAS 463 Southeast Asian History from 1800 to the Present
HSTAS 465 The Viet Nam Wars
HSTAS 466 Islam, Mysticism, Politics and Performance in Indonesian Culture
HSTAS 481 History of Traditional Korea: Earliest Times to the Nineteenth Century
HSTAS 482 History of Modern Korea: 1860 to the Present
HSTAS 490 Topics in Asian History
HSTAS 501 Indian History
Frank F Conlon HSTAS 502 Seminar: History of India
HSTAS 503 Seminar: History of India
HSTAS 520 Premodern Japanese History
HSTAS 521 Modern Japanese History
HSTAS 530 Field Course in Southeast Asian History
HSTAS 532 Seminar in Southeast Asian History
HSTAS 541 Economic and Social History of Japan to 1900
HSTAS 546 Gender and Colonialism in Eastern Asia
HSTAS 551 Field Course in Chinese History: Pre-Sung Period
HSTAS 552 Seminar in Chinese History: Earliest Times to 1276
HSTAS 553 Seminar in Chinese History: Earliest Times to 1276
HSTAS 554 Seminar in Chinese History: Earliest Times to 1276
HSTAS 560 Field Course in Chinese History: 1276-1895
HSTAS 561 Field Course in Chinese History: 1276-1895
HSTAS 562 Seminar in Chinese History: 1268-1895
HSTAS 563 Seminar in Chinese History: 1268-1895
HSTAS 564 Seminar in Chinese History: 1268-1895
HSTAS 571 Field Course in Modern Chinese History
HSTAS 572 Seminar in Twentieth Century Chinese History
HSTAS 573 Seminar in Twentieth Century Chinese History
HSTAS 574 Seminar in Twentieth Century Chinese History
HSTAS 575 Seminar in Chinese History: Modern Period
HSTAS 581 Modern Korean History
HSTAS 582 Seminar in Korean History
HSTAS 583 Seminar in Korean History
HSTAS 584 Seminar in Korean History
HSTAS 590 Topics in Asian History

Related Faculty

CYNTHEA BOGEL PhD Harvard (1995). Associate Professor, Art History. Buddhist arts, Japanese art and architecture.

COLLETT D. COX PhD Columbia (1983). Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Literature. Buddhism, Study of religion.

TER ELLINGSON PhD Wisconsin (1979). Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology. Buddhism, South Asian ritual, Shamanism, Tibet, Nepal, Sri Lanka.

STEVAN C. HARRELL PhD Stanford (1974). Professor, Anthropology and Jackson School of International Studies. Chinese folk religion, Anthropology of religion

LINDA L. ILTIS PhD Wisconsin-Madison (1985). Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies. Buddhism, Hinduism, Ritual Studies, Women and Religion.

CHARLES F. KEYES PhD Cornell (1967). Emeritus, Professor, Anthropology. Anthropology of religion, Buddhism.

HEIDI PAUWELS PhD Washington (1994). Associate Professor, Asian Languages and Literature. Hinduism, Hindi language and literature.

RICHARD G. SALOMON PhD Pennsylvania (1975). Professor, Asian Languages and Literature. Religion in India.

Related Units on Campus

Department of Asian Languages and Literature

Early Buddhist Manuscripts Project

School of Art

Selected Links

Electronic Buddhist Text Initiative

Schoyen Collection

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