Steffen Döll

is Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhism at Hamburg University

Steffen Döll is Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhism at the University of Hamburg and co-director of the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies. He trained in Japanese Studies, Chinese Studies, and Religious Studies at Munich and Kyoto Universities. His research focuses on Buddhist philosophy and history, the processes of cultural transfer in East Asia, and Japanese intellectual and literary traditions. His publications include a 2005 monograph on the Kyōto school philosopher Ueda Shizuteru (1926–2019), a 2010 monograph on Chinese emigrant monks and their involvement in the institutional, dogmatic, and praxeological development of Japanese Zen Buddhism, as well as a number of contributions on issues related to history of ideas and religions in East Asia.