The professorship brings scholars from around the world to teach courses on Buddhism.
Professor of religious studies Pamela D. Winfield is currently serving as the 2024 Numata / Bukkyō Dendō Kyōkai visiting professor of Buddhist studies at McGill University in Montréal, Canada.
As part of her semester-long appointment, she is teaching a graduate level seminar on Zen and visual/material culture and pursuing research for her next book. On Friday, Oct. 25, Winfield also delivered the keynote address for the annual Premodern Japanese Religions Conference at McGill University.
Her talk, “Materiality as Method: How to Do Things with Zen” launched the conference, where scholars from Harvard, McGill, University of Edinburgh, SUNY Albany and High Point University shared their latest research at the intersection of Buddhist studies and visual/material culture.