Stephen C. Berkwitz

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Professor
Affiliation	Missouri State University
Email	sberkwitz@missouristate.edu
Mailing Address	Department of Religious Studies Missouri State University 901 S. National Ave. Springfield, MO 65804 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phone: 417-836-4147 fax: 417-836-4757
Countries of Specialization	Sri Lanka
Research Interests	Research interests in Pali and Sinhala Literature, Buddhist historiography, Sri Lankan Buddhist Culture, Globalization and Buddhist Reform in Sri Lanka
Teaching Interests	Courses taught include undergraduate and Masters level courses in Buddhism, Method and Theory in Religious Studies, Religion and Cultural Studies, and World Religions.
Publications	Buddhist History in the Vernacular: The Power of the Past in Late Medieval Sri Lanka (Brill, 2004). South Asian Buddhism: A Survey (Routledge, 2010). Buddhist Poetry and Colonialism: Alagiyavanna and the Portuguese in Sri Lanka
Keywords	Pali ; Sinhala ; literature ; buddhist historiography ; Buddhist culture ; globalization ; reform ;