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Professor
Damien
Vincent
KEOWN

Present
Position

September 2010-Emeritus Professor of Buddhist Ethics,
Department of History, Goldsmiths College, University of

London
2004-2010 Professor of Buddhist Ethics, Department of History, Goldsmiths

College
1998-Reader in Buddhism, Department of Historical & Cultural Studies,
Goldsmiths College

1996-Senior Lecturer in Indian Religion, Department of Historical & Cultural
Studies, Goldsmiths College

1981-Lecturer in Indian Religion, Department of Historical & Cultural Studies,
Goldsmiths College

Education
1977-1981 University of Oxford, Faculty of Oriental Studies
1974-1977 University of Lancaster, Department of Religious Studies

Professional
activities

Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society
Founding co-editor of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics

Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Law and Religion
Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary Buddhism
Co-editor of the Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Series

Member, Pali Text Society
Member of UK Association of Buddhist Studies

Member of American Academy of Religion

Research
and
Publications

15
Books
Published
such
as
1. Buddhism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 1996).
Single author introductory text. Reissued February 2000. ISBN 0192853295.
Foreign language editions: Polish, Chinese (standard), Chinese (simplified),
Portuguese, Russian, Italian, German, Dutch, Korean. Hebrew, Tamil,
Bulgarian. Turkish, Spanish, Arabic and Indonesian. Second edition February
2013. Biographical
Information