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Professor Kieschnick specializes in Chinese Buddhism, with particular emphasis on its cultural history. He is the author of the Eminent Monk: Buddhist Ideals in Medieval China and the Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture. He is currently working on a book on Buddhist interpretations of the past in China, and a primer for reading Buddhist texts in Chinese.John is chair of the Department of Religious Studies and director of the Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford.Ph.D., Stanford University (1996); B.A., University of California at Berkeley (1986).