Lionel Jensen

Associate Professor
Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures
Department of History

Degrees

B.A., Williams College; M.A., Washington University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Research Profile

Jensen is author of Manufacturing Confucianism: Chinese Traditions and Universal Civilization, recognized in 1998 as the Best First Book in the History of Religions by the American Academy of Religion. He has edited or co-edited three other works, the most recent being China Off Center: Mapping the Margins of the Middle Kingdom, and China Beyond the Headlines, now in its second printing. His research interests are in the areas of Chinese religion and thought, folklore, early Sino-western contact, and nationalism. He is currently working on a manuscript titled When Words Move Stones: Archive, Memory, and the Chinese Past which examines the figurative and usable properties of "antiquity" as found in certain ancient and medieval texts. A third work in progress, Universal Love, Western Science, and the New Chinese Century, explores the ecumenical convergence of natural science, native religious traditions, and nationalism in the work of the political reformer, Tan Sitong. Jensen was named one of the 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the Twentieth Century and included in Who's Who Among America's Teachers.

Contact Information

205 O'Shaughnessy Hall
631-8873
ljensen@nd.edu