Zimmermann, Michael

Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann is a professor for Indian Buddhism at Hamburg University in Germany and co-directs the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies, an institutional forum promoting teaching, research, dialogue, academic exchange, and public outreach in Buddhist Studies (www.buddhismuskunde.uni-hamburg.de/en.html). His research focuses on Indian Mahāyāna Buddhism in all its forms of expression, but in particular, its textual history based on the
canonical traditions in India, Tibet, and China. He also deals with questions of Buddhist ethics and the developments regarding contemporary Buddhism in East and Wet.