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Lori Meeks
Lori Meeks is an American academic. She is an associate professor of religion and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Southern California.[1]
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| Awards | John Whitney Hall Book Prize (2012) |
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| Discipline | Buddhism in Japan |
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Biography edit
Meeks received her BA from Columbia University and PhD from Princeton University.[2] Her research has focused on the social, cultural, and intellectual histories of Buddhism in Japan, with a special focus on the roles of women in the religious worlds of premodern East Asia. She is currently on the faculty of the University of Southern California.
Meeks received the 2012 John Whitney Hall Book Prize from the Association for Asian Studies for her book Hokkeji and the Reemergence of Female Monastic Orders in Premodern Japan (2011).[3] She is also a two-time ACLS Fellow.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Faculty Profile > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences". dornsife.usc.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Bookshelf | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Hokkeiji Wins the John Whitney Hall Prize". News from University of Hawai‘i Press. 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
- ^ "Lori R. Meeks". ACLS. Retrieved 2022-11-25.