PERSONS
Jörg Plassen

Prof. Dr. Jörg Plassen
Professor for East Asian Religions,
Religions of East Asia, Department of East Asian
Studies / Center for Religious Studies
Address:
Prof. Dr. Jörg Plassen
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Fakultät für Ostasienwissenschaften
Religionen Ostasiens
Universitätsstr. 134, Raum 2/23
44801 Bochum
Germany
Phone:
+49 (0)234 32-22316
Email:
joerg.plassen[at]rub.de
Counseling Hours :
Mon 14-16 h (during term), or on appointment
Areas of Research:
Early Korean Hwaom- and Samnon-Buddhism in East Asian Context -- Authorship and intertextuality in Tang dynasty Huayan/Hwaom/Kegon texts (combining digital text mining and traditional philological methods) -- Literary and Pragmatic Dimensions of Buddhist Commentaries (especially Writing and Reading as Spiritual Practice) -- Religious Processes of Transfer (“Sinification of Buddhism”, Interdependencies between Buddhism and Taoism / Xuanxue, Buddho-Confucian Interactions in China and Korea).
Publications:
For a rather regularly updated list, please consult my Academia.edu
page.