Werner Sasse established the Korean studies departments at Bochum and Hamburg universities in Germany and was chair professor at Hanyang University, Seoul. Upon retirement he moved to Korea, where he continues to research Korean traditional culture and its re-invention following the country’s modernization. Robert E. Buswell, Jr. holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he is also Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and founding director of the university’s Center for Buddhist Studies and Center for Korean Studies.

Werner Sasse established the Korean studies departments at Bochum and Hamburg universities in Germany and was chair professor at Hanyang University, Seoul. Upon retirement he moved to Korea, where he continues to research Korean traditional culture and its re-invention following the country’s modernization. Robert E. Buswell, Jr. holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he is also Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and founding director of the university’s Center for Buddhist Studies and Center for Korean Studies.

Werner Sasse established the Korean studies departments at Bochum and Hamburg universities in Germany and was chair professor at Hanyang University, Seoul. Upon retirement he moved to Korea, where he continues to research Korean traditional culture and its re-invention following the country’s modernization. Robert E. Buswell, Jr. holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he is also Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and founding director of the university’s Center for Buddhist Studies and Center for Korean Studies.