Mark Blum, PhD.

Professor of Japanese Studies

 

• Office: Humanities 254E
• Telephone: 518-442-4183
• E-mail: mblum@albany.edu
• Spring 2012 Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 1:00- 2:00 p.m. and by appointment

Professor Blum’s research focuses on: the changes in Buddhist thought and culture as it moved from India to China and Japan, particularly notions of karma, the afterlife, and the Buddhist doctrine of tathâgatagarbha; Japan’s initial acceptance of Buddhism, the rise and spread of the Pure Land School in Japan; medieval Japanese Buddhism; the response of Buddhism to modernity in Japan, particularly regarding ethics. Click here for his curriculum vitae.

Courses Offered:

• EAS140 Introduction to East Asian Cinema
• EAS170 Japan: Its Heritage and Culture
• EAS261 Introduction to the Religions of Japan
• EAS265 Introduction to Indian Buddhism
• EAS266 Buddhism in China and Japan
• EAS345 Ethical Issues in East Asian Thought
• EAS357 Zen Buddhism
• EAC389 Chinese Buddhist Texts
• EAJ389 Pure Land Buddhism
• EAJ389 The Language of Buddhist Texts
• EAS393 Readings in Buddhist Texts
• EAS394 Readings in Japanese Religious Studies
• EAS397 The Silk Road

Last updated January 18, 2012