Mark Blum, PhD.

Professor of Japanese Studies

 

• Office: Humanities 254E
• Telephone: 518-442-4183
• E-mail: mblum@albany.edu
• Fall 2012 Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 1:15- 2:15 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:

• EAS 140 Introduction to East Asian Cinema
• EAS 170 Japan: Its Heritage and Culture
• EAS 261 Introduction to the Religions of Japan
• EAS 265 Introduction to Indian Buddhism
• EAS 266 Buddhism in China and Japan
• EAS 345 Ethical Issues in East Asian Thought
• EAS 357 Zen Buddhism
• EAC 389 Chinese Buddhist Texts
• EAJ 389 Pure Land Buddhism
• EAJ 389 The Language of Buddhist Texts
• EAS 450 (= A REL 450; formerly A EAS/A REL 393) Readings in Buddhist Texts
• EAJ 460 (= A REL 460; formerly A EAS/A REL 394) Readings in Japanese Religious Studies
• EAS 478 (formerly A EAS 397) The Silk Road

Last updated August 24, 2012