Academic Staff
Dr. WANG Xingyi
Assistant Professor
Chinese and Japanese Buddhism, Vinaya Studies and Monasticism, Buddhist Ethics, Pure Land Buddhism, Yogācāra, Gender Studies, Buddhist Art
- HJ611
- +852 3400 8950
- xingyi-xy.wang@polyu.edu.hk
Education and Academic Qualifications
- PhD in Buddhist Studies, Harvard University (2021)
- MTS in Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School (2015)
Academic and Professional Experience
- Research Fellow, Ryukoku University, Kyōto, Japan, 2022-present
- Postdoctoral Scholar, Sheng Yen Educational Foundation, the Center for Buddhist Studies, UC Berkeley. 2021-2023
- Visiting Professor, Wesleyan University, 2020
Research Interests
Research Output
- “Vinaya Thought Seen from Dunhuang Manuscript ‘Essentials of Four Vinayas and Commentaries’ and Others” 敦煌出土律典『四部律幷論要用抄』などに見られる戒律思想. Indogaku Bukkyōgaku Kenkyū (Journal of Indian and Buddhist studies), Vol. 71, 2023.
- “Buddhist Nether World in Contemporary Chinese BL Literature.” Chinese Literature Essays Articles Reviews, Special Issue, 2023.
- “Magic or Miracle? Rainmaking Ritual in Medieval Japanese Buddhism from a Comparative Perspective.” Journal of Interreligious Studies, Aug. 2022.
- “Observing Buddhist Precepts by Divination: Practices According to Zhanchajing.” In Living Folk Religions, ed. by Sravana Borkataky-Varma and Aaron Michael Ullrey, London: Routledge, Apr. 2023.