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Professor Max Deeg is a leading scholar in Buddhist Studies at Cardiff University, holding a personal chair since 2009. With a career spanning institutions in Germany, Austria, and the UK, his research focuses on transcultural Buddhist history from India to East Asia, Chinese Buddhist travelogues, and interreligious encounters in medieval China. He has held visiting positions at universities in Japan, Nepal, the US, and Germany, and currently directs the Centre for the History of Religion in Asia (CHRA).
- PhD from University of Würzburg (1990)
- Dr. phil. habil. in Religious Studies (1998)
- Full Professor at University of Vienna (2002-2006)
His research explores Buddhist narratives as tools for constructing religious identity, foundation myths in trans-Himalayan contexts, and terminology evolution in Chinese Buddhist translations. Recent publications analyze Indian Buddhist monasticism through Chinese sources and religious concepts like xin (trust) across Buddhist, Manichaean, and Christian traditions.
Awarded the KHK Visiting Research Fellowship (2016) and a DAAD Scholarship (1986-87), Prof Deeg contributes to editorial boards of major journals. He supervises PhD students and teaches Buddhist Studies, Life of the Buddha, and Chinese Buddhist Texts.
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