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Recent Buddhist Studies in Europe and America
1973-1983
J. W. DE JONG
Ten years ago, in October and November 1973, I sketched the history of Buddhist studies in Europe and America in a series of lectures delivered at the University of Tokyo.' It seems appropriate on this occasion to give a brief account of Buddhist studies in the ten years which have elapsed. since 1973.
In the first place it is our sad duty to mention the names of the scholars who have passed away during this period. Frank-Richard Hamm (19201973) died in 1973, Erich Frauwallner (1898-1974) the following year. Ludwig Alsdorf (1904-1978) passed away in 1978. 1979 witnessed the death of Paul Demiéville (1894-1979), Edward Conze (1904-1979),"
1 'A Brief History of Buddhist Studies in Europe and America', Eastern Buddhist, vol. VII, 1 (1974), pp. 49-82; vol. VII, 2 (1974), pp. 55–106. Published as a book with an index in 1976 in Varanasi. Japanese translation by Hirakawa Akira: Bukkyō kenkyü no rekishi. Tōkyō, 1975. x, 208 pp. A Chinese translation by Fok Tou-hui appeared in the monthly periodical Nei ming 80-93 (Hong Kong, Nov. 1978-Dec. 1979). It appeared in book-form in Hong Kong in 1983: Ou-mei fo-hsüeh yen-chiu hsiao-shih. 2 Michael Hahn, 'Frank-Richard Hamm (1920-1973)', ZDMG 125 (1975), pp. 6-10. 3 Gerhard Oberhammer, 'Erich Frauwallner (28.12.1898-5.7.1974)', WZKS 20 (1976), pp. 5-17; 'Verzeichnis der Schriften Erich Frauwallners', ibid., pp. 19-36.
Klaus Bruhn, 'Ludwig Alsdorf (1904-1978)', ZDMG 129 (1979), pp. 1-7. Gerhard Oberhammer, 'Ludwig Alsdorf', Almanach der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 129. Jahrgang (1979), pp. 368–377. 'Bibliographie der Schriften von Ludwig Alsdorf', Ludwig Alsdorf, Kleine Schriften (Wiesbaden, 1974), pp. v-xix.
5 Jacques Gernet et Yves Hervouet, 'Paul Demiéville (1894-1979)', T'oung Pao 65 (1979), pp. 1-12; Yves Hervouet, 'Paul Demiéville et l'École française d'ExtrêmeOrient', BEFEO LXIX (1981), pp. 1-29.
6 J. W. de Jong, 'Edward Conze 1904-1979', IIJ 22 (1980), pp. 143-146. For bib
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