Membership
Membership of the Centre is open to all academic staff and students at SOAS, and to individuals outside SOAS who share an academic interest in Buddhist Studies and wish to participate in the Centre's activities.
The Centre's Management Committee Members:
- Lucia Dolce, Department of Religions
- Tom Tomlinson, Department of History
- Ulrich Pagel, Department of the Study of Religions
- Philip Denwood, Department of Art and Archaeology
- Andrew Huxley, School of Law
- Benedetta Lomi, Department of Religions
- Antonello Palumbo, Department of Religions
- Phungtsok Wangyal, Tibet Foundation
- Desmond Biddulph, Buddhist Society
- Gianpaolo Vetturini, SOAS Student Representative
Philip Denwood
Committee Member, Centre of Buddhist Studies
- Tel: 020 7898 4215
- Email: pd2@soas.ac.uk
- Room: B408
- Office Hours: Mondays 2-3pm
Lucia Dolce
Committee Member, Centre of Buddhist Studies
Japanese religious history, especially the medieval period; Japanese Tantric Buddhism and the esotericisation of religious practice; Millenarian writings and prophecy; Kami-Buddhas associations - Tel: 020 7898 4217
- Email: ld16@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 342
- Office Hours: Term 1 - Wednesdays 3-4pm
- On Sabbatical:Term 2 - Research Leave
Andrew Huxley
Committee Member, Centre of Buddhist Studies
South East Asian law, particularly Burma and Thailand; Buddhism and law; comparative legal theory; trusts and law of torts - Tel: 020 7898 4668
- Email: ah6@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 238
- Office Hours: Thursday 2:15 to 4:15pm
- On Sabbatical:Term 1 2012-13
Ulrich Pagel
Committee Member, Centre of Buddhist Studies
History of Buddhism in Tibet, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Kanjur Studies, Vinaya, Religions of Central Asia, Tibetan, Sanskrit.
- Tel: 020 7898 4782
- Email: up1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: Room 338
- Office Hours: Term 2 - Mondays 3-5pm
Tadeusz Skorupski
Committee Member, Centre of Buddhist Studies
Buddhist Studies; philosophical and religious doctrines; literature; iconography Buddhist iconography; Buddhist rituals; Buddhist doctrines; Buddhist history - Tel: 020 7898 4775
- Email: ts1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 337
Benedetta Lomi
Committee Member, Centre of Buddhist Studies
- Email: bl21@soas.ac.uk
- Office Hours: 343
Antonello Palumbo
Committee Member, Centre of Buddhist Studies
Ideological history of pre-modern China; Chinese religions, notably Taoism and Buddhism; history of the Buddhist canon in China; Manichaeism and Iranian influences in medieval China; Chinese cultural relations with Central Asia
- Tel: 020 7898 4768
- Email: ap47@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 345
- Office Hours: Term 2 - Wednesdays 2-4pm
