The catalog of EFEO Publications includes works on a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences (archaeology, history, anthropology, literature, philology, etc.), centered on Asia, from India to Japan.
These publications address both specialists, and a wider public interested in Asian civilizations and societies.
About - Robert H. SHARF
Robert H. Sharf
Assistant professor of East Asian Religions at McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario). Ph.D. (Buddhist Studies, University of Michigan, 1991): "The Treasure Store Treatise (Pao-tsang Lun ) and the Sinification of Buddhism in Eighth- Century China." Recent publications: "The Idolization of Enlightenment: On the Mummification of Ch'an Masters in Medieval China," History of Religions 32.1 (1992); and "The Zen of Japanese Nationalism," History of Religions 33.1 (1993). Currently engaged in a study of Hossô ritual at Kôfukuji, Nara.
