Frédéric Girard – Philosophy in Japan Before and After Meiji
Channel: European Network of Japanese Philosophy
Date: 13/03/2020

Frédéric Girard – Philosophy in Japan Before and After Meiji

Keynote Speech delivered at the 1st ENOJP Conference in Barcelona 2015
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Prof. GIRARD received a philosophical and philological training in Paris under the supervision of Olivier Lacombe and Bernard Frank, and moved towards the Buddhist and Japanese studies in Japan by working with Kamata Shigeo, Hirakawa Akira and Tanaka Hisao. He participated in the investigation of manuscripts preserved in thetemples of Kyoto, i. e., Kozanji, Ishiyamadera, Toji and Daigoji, with Japanese research teams. Girard received a PhD at the University Paris-Diderot in 1981, the Diploma ofthe Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (History and Philology) in 1982, received the Shibusawa-Claudel Award in 1992 and the Habilitation Research at the University Paris-Diderot in 2001. He joined the ECOLE FRANCAISE D'EXTREME- ORIENT (EFEO) in 1982 as a temporary member, became a permanent member in 1991 and Director of Studies in 2002. He also worked as a researcher and visiting professor at Waseda, Keio, Gakushuin, Toyo University, Nichibunken as well as the Kegon Research Centre at Todaiji. He belongs to several scientific societies in France and Japan since 1986, is an associate member of Civilization Japanese research unit of CNRS (current CRCAO) since 1977 and a director of the Society of Philosophical Studies at the Toyo University in 2011. He taught Japanese Philosophy at the University of Geneva, INALCO and the University Paris-Diderot and is currently pursuing his seminar on philology Buddhist texts in Japan at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes with Charlotte Von Verschuer. He belongs to the editorial board of BEFEO, the comite scientifique des Cahiers d'Extreme-Asie and the European Journal of Japanese Philosophy.

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