Faculty

Jung Lee

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Office: Holmes Hall 362
Phone: 617-373-2028
E-Mail: ju.lee@neu.edu

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

AB Amherst College
PhD Brown University

MAIN AREAS OF INTEREST

Professor Lee teaches in the areas of Chinese Religions, particularly early Daoism and Confucianism, East Asian Buddhism, the philosophy of religion, and comparative religious ethics. He has published articles in The Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Asian Philosophy, The Journal of Chinese Philosophy, The Journal of Religion, Philosophy East and West, Religious Studies, Religious Studies Review, and is currently finishing a book on inner cultivation and the virtues in early Daoism. In addition to research projects on early Daoism, he plans to engage in work on the Mengzi and the role of ritual in early Confucianism. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion, the Association for Asian Studies, and the Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy.