Anne M. Blackburn

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	United States of America
Title	Assistant Professor of South Asia
Affiliation	Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Email	amb242@cornell.edu
Mailing Address	Department of Asian Studies Cornell University 388 Rockefeller Hall, Ithaca NY 14853-2502 USA
Phone/Fax Number(s)	phones: 607-254-6501 607-255.5095 fax: 607-255-1345
Countries of Specialization	Sri Lanka
Research Interests	My teaching focuses on the religious traditions of Southern Asia and Southeast Asia, with particular attention to the Buddhist traditions of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. Research interests include: Buddhism and/under colonialism; problems of modernity/modernization/multiple modernities; monasticism/monastic institutions; Buddhist education; Buddhist textual practice (including print use); commentarial texts and preaching guides; Buddhist literature in Sinhala and Pali.
Publications	2001 Buddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-century Lankan Monastic Culture. Princeton University Press. 1999 "Looking for the Vinaya: Monastic Discipline in the Practical Canons of the Theravada." Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. Vol. 22, No. 2: 281-309. "Magic in the Monastery: Textual Practice and Monastic Identity in Sri Lanka." History of Religions. Vol. 38, No. 4, 354-372. Book Review. Old Wisdom in the New World. Paul Numrich. Crossroads. Vol. 12. 1997 "Sutra Sannayas and Saranamkara: Changes In Eighteenth- Century Buddhist Education." The Sri Lanka Journal of the Humanities. Vol. 23, Nos. 1-2, 76-99. 1993 "Religion, Kinship and Buddhism: Ambedkar's Vision of a Moral Community." Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies. Vol. 16, No. 1, 1-23. Forthcoming. Approaching the Dhamma: Essays on Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia in Honor of Godwin Samararatne, ed. Anne M. Blackburn and Jeffrey Samuels. BPS Pariyatti Editions. "Notes on Sri Lankan Temple Manuscript Collections." Journal of the Pali Text Society. Vol. 27. "Localizing Lineage: Importing Higher Ordination in Theravadin South and Southeast Asia." In Constituting Communities: Theravada Buddhism and the Religious Cultures of South and Southeast Asia, ed. John Holt, Jonathan Walters and Jacob Kinnard. State University of New York Press. "Buddhism, Colonialism and Modernism: A View From Sri Lanka." Netra. Colombo: International Centre for Ethnic Studies. "Serendipity and Sadness." In Excursions and Explorations: Cultural Encounters Between the United States and Sri Lanka, ed. Tissa Jayatilleke. Print Pack Limited (Colombo).
Keywords	Buddhism ; colonialism ; modernity ; monasticism ; education ; textual practice ; Sinhala ; Pali ; .