Local Invited Speakers

Wei-yi Cheng

Professional title
Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Hsuan Chuang University

Brief introduction
Education
Ph.D. from School of Oriental and African Studies (LON.)
Current Position:
assistant professor at the Department of Religious Studies, Hsuan Chuang University.
Main research interests
women in Buddhism, cross-tradition Buddhist exchange and Buddhist ethics.
Main Academic Publications

journals
Theravādizing Ghost Festival in Taiwan, Contemporary Buddhism: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol 13: No2, p. 281-299, 2012. 10
A Cross-Tradition Exchange Between Taiwan and Sri Lanka, Journal of Buddhist Ethics, Vol 18, p. 247-267,2011
比丘尼僧團在斯里蘭卡 ─ 以丹普拉比丘尼僧團為例 ,玄奘佛學研究,第十三期, 2010.3

Academic Book
Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka: a critique of feminist perspective Routledge,2007, London & New York



 
Organizers

Department of Religious Studies, Hsuan Chuang University

Life Conservationist Association

HongShi Buddhist Cultural and Educational Foundation

Sponsors

Ministry of Science and Technology,Republic of China

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, R.O.C.

Ministry of Education, R.O.C.

Hsuan Chuang University

Co-Organizers

Hsuan Chuang University Research Center For Applied Ethics

Buddhist HongShi College