Prof. Dr. Jörg Plassen

Professor

Universitätsstr. 134
44801 Bochum

Office AKAFÖ Haus, 2/23

Fon+49 234 32-22316

Professor for East Asian Religions
Center for Religious Studies / Section Religions of East Asia, Department of East Asian Studies

Office Hours

Mon 14–16 h (during term), or on appointment

Areas of Research

Early Korean Hwaŏm- und Samnon-Buddhism in East Asian Context, Literary and Pragmatic Dimensions of Buddhist Commentaries (especially Writing and Reading as Spiritual Practice), Religious Processes of Transfer (especially “Sinification of Buddhism”, Interdependencies between Buddhism and Taoism / Hsüan-hsüeh, Buddho-Confucian Interactions in Korea).

Publications

Projects and Responsibilities

Professor of Center for Religious Studies

Project Leader of Dynamics of Text Corpora and Image Programs and Patterns of Buddho-Confucian Interactions in Premodern Korea

Associate Lecturer of CERES Teaching

Member of Research Department of CERES RESEARCH DEPARTMENT