Jan Vihan. Vimalakírtiho sútra. Učení o nepředstavitelném vysvobození. S komentáři. Praha: Dharmagaia, 2023.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Mahāyāna Buddhism in India and China
- Medieval translation techniques
- Classical Chinese philology, Shuowen Jiezi, Qing evidential scholarship 考證
- Exegesis on the Book of Changes
EDUCATION
- 2004-2012 Harvard University, Ph.D. East Asian Languages and Civilizations
- 2001-2002 Cambridge University, M.Phil. Classical Indian Studies
- 1999-2000 Pune University, Sanskrit and Hindi
- 1994-1999 Harvard University, B.A. East Asian Studies
- 1996-1997 南京大學, Nanjing University, čínský jazyk a literatura
ACADEMIC CAREER
- 2022- Department of Asian Studies, Charles University, Buddhism in East Asia
- 2015-2020 Lecturer in Chinese writing, film, and history, Faculty of Humanities, Charles University
- 2014-2015 Visiting Scholar at the Consortium Fate, Freedom and Prognostication, Fridrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen, Germany
- 2013-2014 Post-doctoral researcher at the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Sinological Center at Charles University
- 2010-2011 Courses on Chinese religion, Department of Religion, Masaryk University, Brno
- 2009-2013 Lecturer on Chinese Art and the Art of Buddhism at the Asian Art Collection, National Gallery in Prague
- 2000-2004 Instructor in modern and classical Chinese, Far East Institute, Charles University
- 2000-2001 Introduction into Chinese and Indian cultures, American Literature, Gymnázium Jana Keplera
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT
- “Remembrance of things past: justice and forgiveness in Auschwitz” inthefray.org, 2019.
- “Havel: An authentic life” inthefray.org, 2012.
- “Burning the stones” inthefray.org, 2001.
