Publications
A Timely Message from the Cave: The Mahāmudrā and Intellectual Agenda of dGe-bshes Brag-phug-pa dGe-’dun-rin-chen (1926–1997), the Sixty-Ninth rJe-mkhan-po of Bhutan by Dagmar Schwerk (2020)
Publication title: A Timely Message from the Cave: The Mahāmudrā and Intellectual Agenda of dGe-bshes Brag-phug-pa dGe-’dun-rin-chen (1926–1997), the Sixty-Ninth rJe-mkhan-po of Bhutan Publication year: 2020 Author: Dagmar Schwerk About the book This book addresses the long-lasting debate about the Mahāmudrā doctrine and meditative system that was first elicited through Sakya Paṇḍita (1182–1252)’s systematic critique in […]
Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States, contributed by Bruce Fulton and Don Baker (2020)
Publication title: Peace Corps Volunteers and the Making of Korean Studies in the United States Publication year: 2020 Author: Contributions by Bruce Fulton and Don Baker About the book From 1966 through 1981 the Peace Corps sent more than two thousand volunteers to South Korea, to teach English and provide healthcare. A small yet significant number […]
One Left, co-translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-chan Fulton (2020)
Publication title: One Left Publication year: 2020 Author: Translated by Bruce and Ju-chan Fulton About the book During the Pacific War, more than 200,000 Korean girls were forced into sexual servitude for Japanese soldiers. They lived in horrific conditions in “comfort stations” across Japanese-occupied territories. Barely 10 percent survived to return to Korea, where they lived […]
Mind and Body in Early China by Edward Slingerland (2018)
Publication title: Mind and Body in Early China Publication year: 2018 Author: Edward Slingerland About the book Mind and Body in Early China critiques Orientalist accounts of early China as the radical, “holistic” other. The idea that the early Chinese held the “strong” holist view, seeing no qualitative difference between mind and body, has long been contradicted […]
Nusantara’s Indigenous Knowledge co-edited by Thomas Hunter (2020)
Publication title: Nusantara’s Indigenous Knowledge Publication year: 2020 Author: Co-edited by Thomas Hunter About the book The ten chapters in this volume represent a breakthrough in the study of the Social Sciences and Humanities crafted by the professors and graduate students of the Faculty of Cultural Studies of the University of Indonesia (Universitas Indonesia). Taken together, […]
Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949 by Christopher Rea (2021)
Publication title: Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949 Publication year: 2021 Author: Christopher Rea About the book Chinese Film Classics, 1922–1949 is an essential guide to the first golden age of Chinese cinema. Offering detailed introductions to fourteen films, this study highlights the creative achievements of Chinese filmmakers in the decades leading up to 1949, when the Communists won […]
