D. Max Moerman
Professor, Chair of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College
Office: 303 MilbankOffice Hours: T 4:30-5:30, W 1:00-2:00 and by appointment.
Phone: (212) 854-5540
Email: dm438@columbia.edu
Educational Background
AB: Columbia College (’86)PhD: Stanford University (’99)
Classes Taught
AHUM UN1400 Colloquium on Major Texts: East AsiaRELI GU4611 The Lotus Sutra
Research Interests
East Asian Buddhism, Visual and Material Culture of Japanese ReligionsD. Max Moerman is Professor in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures. He is Co-Chair of the Columbia University Seminar in Buddhist Studies and an Associate Director of the Columbia Center for Buddhism and Asian Religions. He holds an A.B. from Columbia College and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. His research interests are in the visual and material culture of Japanese religions. His current book project,?Geographies of the Imagination: Buddhism and the Japanese World Map, is under contract with the Harvard University Asia Center.
Selected Publications
“The Buddha and the Bathwater: Defilement and Enlightenment in the Arima Engi,”Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (2015)
“Demonology and Eroticism: Islands of Women in the Japanese Buddhist Imagination,”?Japanese Journal of Religious Studies (2009)
Localizing Paradise: Kumano Pilgrimage and the Religious Landscape of Premodern Japan (Harvard University Asia Center, 2005)