Stephen F. Teiser is the D. T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies and professor of religion. His research interests include the transformations of Buddhism throughout Asia, and his scholarship traces the interaction between cultures along the Silk Road using textual, artistic, and material remains. Teiser’s project as Old Dominion Professor in the Humanities Council is to develop his book, “Curing with Karma: Healing Liturgies in Chinese Buddhism,” which will engage with moral issues of healing rituals in premodern Buddhist cultures, the poetics of prayer, and the materiality of liturgical manuscripts.

Old Dominion Research Professors contribute to the Council’s programs and events and engage the campus community in sustained discussions about their research. This cohort of senior faculty join a yearlong program designed to provide additional research time and to enhance the humanities community more broadly. They also serve as faculty fellows in the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts. Old Dominion Professors are full professors in the humanities and humanistic social sciences.

* Text and Images Courtesy of the Humanities Council