Charles DiSimone is Associate Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Languages and Cultures at Ghent University. His research interests include the applications of philological, codicological, and critical analysis of Buddhist sūtra manuscripts and literature, both Mahāyāna and Mainstream.

Projects

Projects as supervisor

Corpora in Greater Gandhāra. Tracing the development of Buddhist textuality and Gilgit/Bamiyan manuscript networks in the first millennium of the common era (2024 - 2029)
Dynamics of buddhist Sūtra literature. Text, translation, and transmission (2024 - 2028)

Projects as postdoc

From Akṣara to Corpora: Tracing the Development of Buddhist Textuality and Manuscript Networks in Greater Gandhāra (2022 - 2023)
The life of a Buddhist manuscript. The Mūlasarvastivadin Dīrghāgama manuscript, its influence on Buddhist textual production, and the development of canonical Buddhist material in the first millennium of the common era (2019 - 2022)

Publications

Most recent publications

DiSimone, Charles. “[불경의 발견] 아프가니스탄 메스 아이낙에서 발견된 불교 경전 사본.” 불광미디어 (Bulkwang Media), 불광미디어 (Bulkwang Media) https://www.bulkwang.co.kr/, 2024.
DiSimone, Charles. “An Illuminated Palm-Leaf Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Manuscript Folio Circa 1130–60 CE.” Buddhakṣetrapariśodhana: A Festschrift for Paul Harrison, First Edition, vol. 63, Indica et Tibetica Verlag, 2024, pp. 159–72.
DiSimone, Charles, and Jin Kyoung Choi. “The Sūtra on Impermanence (2).” 84000 : Translating the Words of the Buddha, 2023, pp. 1–62.
DiSimone, Charles. “Manuscript Discoveries at Mes Aynak.” JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BUDDHIST STUDIES, vol. 46, 2023, pp. 121–76, doi:10.2143/JIABS.46.0.3293161.
DiSimone, Charles. “A Brief Introduction to the Mūlasarvāstivāda Dīrghāgama Manuscript from Gilgit.” ACADEMIA LETTERS, 2020, doi:10.20935/al30.

Full bibliography

Teaching

Sanskrit III
Sanskrit IV