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Benjamin (Ben) Brose
Professor of Chinese Buddhism, Asian Languages & Cultures, University of Michigan
PhD, Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University
Graduation Year
2009
Dissertation Title
"Buddhist Empires: Saṃgha-State Relations in Tenth-Century China"
Ben specializes in the history and culture of medieval Chinese Buddhism with a focus on the development of Chan during the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. His recent publications include “Crossing Ten-Thousand Li of Waves: The Return of China's Lost Tiantai Texts,” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, vol. 29:1 (2006/2008), and Xuanzang: China's Legendary Pilgrim and Translator (2021). He is currently preparing a project on the conservative Buddhist movements of the late Qing and Republican periods.
