Jimmy Yu

Assistant Professor of Religion   Departmental Area: History and Ethnography of Religions Research Areas : Buddhism and Chinese Religions; Monasticism; Asceticism; Gender and Religion Address: 303 University Way P.O. Box 6061520 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 32306 Office: 107B Dodd Hall Email: jyu2@fsu.edu Office Hours: Mondays, 2-3pm & by appointment Curriculum Vitae Website

Background

Jimmy Yu (Ph.D. ’08, Princeton University, Department of Religion) teaches courses in East Asian religious traditions, specializing in Chinese Buddhism and late imperial Chinese cultural history. His research interests include the history of the body, Buddhist monasticism, Chan/Zen Buddhism, and popular religions within the broader context of fifteenth to seventeenth centuries China. Dr. Yu is a grant committee advisor of the Sheng Yen Education Foundation Grant for Ph.D. Dissertation Research on Modern Chinese Buddhism, and is currently revising his doctoral dissertation for publication.

Research and Teaching Interests

• Asceticism and religious violence
• Death rituals in East Asia
• Doctrinal developments in Chinese Buddhism
• Systems of Buddhist meditation practice
• Chan/Zen Buddhism

Recent Courses

Fall 2009
REL 3340: Buddhist Tradition
REL 4303/5305: Pure Land Buddhism

Spring 2010
REL 2350 / HUM 2937: Religions of East Asia
REL 4359/5354: Special Topics in Chinese Religions
REL 5319r: Tutorial in Classical Chinese Religious Texts