Prof. Dr. Jörg Plassen
Chair for Eastern Asian ReligionsProfessor 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).
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