Raoul Birnbaum headshot
Past Member

Raoul Birnbaum

Funding provided by the Patrons’ Endowment Fund

Affiliation

Historical Studies

Field of Study

Buddhist Studies
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Raoul Birnbaum is preparing a study of a significant cultural figure of modern China who became a Buddhist monk at mid-life. A granular study of Hongyi’s life (1880–1942) opens up views of intersecting ­cultural spheres within China’s modernity, and it considers how one individual chose to navigate his way through internal and external complexities.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Historical Studies
Fall

Degrees

Columbia University
Ph.D.
1976