Peter N. Gregory

Peter N. Gregory joined the faculty at Smith College as Jill Ker Conway of Professor of Religion and East Asian Studies in 1999. After receiving his doctorate in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University in 1981, he taught in the Program for the Study of Religion at the University of Illinois for fifteen years.

He has published widely in the field of medieval Chinese Buddhist thought. His Tsung-mi and theSinification of Buddhism has been recently republished in a paper edition by the University of Hawaii Press. His current interests have expanded to include Buddhism in America. At Smith he teaches a range of courses on Buddhism. He is also President and Executive Director of the Kuroda Institute for the Study of Buddhism and Human Values.

Phone: 413-585-3304
Building: Wright Hall 127
E-mail:pgregory@email.smith.edu