Dr. Li,Li’an
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University of the Northwest, China
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Dr. Li Li’an, born in 1961, now is the director of the Buddhism Research Institute, professor of World Religions and cultures, Ph.D. Supervisor at Northwest University and aCPPCC member of Xi’an, Shaanxi. He received his Bachelor, Master and Ph.D. of history from Northwest University. He is mainly engaged in the teaching and studies of the history and ideology of Buddhism, and is the author of many distinguished publications in the field of Chinese Buddhism.
MAIN RESEARCH FIELDS
The world religions & cultures; the history of Religious communication between China and Foreign countries; Buddhism history and culture.
MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC SOCIETIES
Member of Chinese Association of Religious Studies; Director of Xi’an Buddhism society; the vice chairman of Xi’an Research Society of Traditional Culture; the instructor of Lingshan Academy in Wuxi, etc,.
Chief editor of Chinese Buddhist Culture almanac (academic volume) the Sequel of Zhonghua Dazangjiang (Chinese Buddhist Canon), etc.and Chinese Buddhism Website; the associate editor of Buddhism of Hanshan Temple; the editorial committee member of
Specially invited research fellow in: Buddhism Studies Center of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences; Putuo Research Institute of Buddhist Culture; Huijishan Research Center for Maitreya Culture; Jiechuang Buddhism Research Institute; Research Center for the Culture of Wutai Mountain; Research Base of Ethenic Religious theories at United Front Theoretical Studies Association, etc.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCES
1987 – 1994 Shaanxi Religion Bureau
1994 – 1997 Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences
2000 – 2001 visiting scholar in East Asian and Pacific Studies Center at UIUC
1997 – present Northwest University, China
He used to conduct academic exchanges in United States, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc.
PUBLICATIONS
Main Books:
Single author: Biography of Guanyin (1994); Biography of Master Paramartha (1997); Biography of Master Vasubandhu (1998); Prajna in Diamond Sutra(2001); Notes of Vajracchedika Sutra (2002), Study of Guanyin Faith in Ancient India (2006); The Origin and Spread of Guanyin Faith (2008); Bodhisattva in Buddhism—Kindness, Pity, Joy and Self- sacrifice (2009).
Core author: Biography of Eminent Monks in China(1997); Buddha (1993); Famen Temple(2009),etc.
Articles : more than 100 referred articles.
CURRENT RESEARCH WORK
Used to hold and participate more than ten municipal, provincial and national Social Science research projects, and currently holding the Project from National Social Science Foundation of China(2007-): the promoting effects of Religions on the social harmony in the western area （07xzj001）.
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