- Seminars and Symposiums
Between Error and Intention: Scribal Variants in Dunhuang Buddhist Manuscripts
2026/08/06
14:00–16:00
| Date and Time | 2026/08/06 14:00–16:00 |
|---|---|
| Title | 『Between Error and Intention: Scribal Variants in Dunhuang Buddhist Manuscripts』 |
| Lecturer | Prof. Costantino Moretti (École française d'Extrême-Orient, Tokyo) |
| Entrance Fee | Free |
| Venue | Toyo Bunko (2F lecture room)/Online |
| Moderator | Seo Tatsuhiko (Research Fellow, Toyo Bunko) |
| In collaboration with | Central Asian Studies Group, Toyo Bunko |
| Language | English |
| Speaker Bio | Costantino Moretti is Associate Professor in Chinese Medieval Buddhism and Dunhuang Studies at the École Française d’Extrême-Orient (EFEO, Paris), and member of the Centre de Recherche sur les Civilisations de l’Asie Orientale (CRCAO). His main fields of interest are Dunhuang manuscripts and mural paintings. He teaches courses on Chinese manuscript culture, and history and philology of Chinese medieval Buddhism at the École Pratique des Hautes Études-Université - PSL. He is the author of Genèse d’un apocryphe bouddhique (2016) and co-editor of La Fabrique du Lisible (dir. Jean-Pierre Drège, 2014). He is also subeditor for the Encyclopaedia of Manuscript Cultures in Asia and Africa (Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures-Universität Hamburg). In 2017–2021, Costantino Moretti was appointed Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation Professor in Chinese Medieval Buddhism. He was a visiting professor at Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures-Universität Hamburg (summer 2022), and at the Institute for Research in the Humanities (Jinbun Kagaku Kenkyūjo) of Kyoto University (fall 2023). Costantino Moretti is head of the EFEO Tokyo Centre since September 2024. |
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