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Dr. Mirella Keller

Lecturer at the Dharma Gate Buddhist College
(Chinese Buddhism)

My research field is Chinese Buddhism, with a particular focus on Chan/Zen texts, female monastics, and meditation techniques.

Date of Birth: 1984

Education:

  • Hungarian Language and Literature, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Humanities, 2012
  • Film Theory and Film History, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Humanities, 2012
  • Buddhist Studies, Fo Guang University (Taiwan), 2018
  • Doctoral Program in Linguistics (Field: Sinology), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Humanities, 2025

Current Position:
Assistant Professor, Dharma Gate Buddhist College

Academic Degree:
PhD in Linguistics (Field: Sinology), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Humanities, 2025

Teaching Experience:

2021–2022, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Humanities – Chinese Philosophy and Religion
2024–2025, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Humanities – History of the Far East I–II, Buddhist Schools in China, Mahāyāna Buddhism
2024–2025, Dharma Gate Buddhist College – Buddhist Schools in China
From 2025, Dharma Gate Buddhist College – Zen Buddhism II (History of Zen), Buddhist Philosophy II (Mahāyāna), Canonical Studies V (Mahāyāna Sūtras), Zen Buddhism III (Zen and Mahāyāna Texts)

Professional Experience and Achievements:

2021 – Doctoral Erasmus Scholarship, Ghent University
2021 – The Sheng Yen Chinese Buddhism Grant for Ph.D. Dissertation Research (Taiwan)
2022–2023 – New National Excellence Program (ÚNKP) Scholarship
2023–2024 – Research Fellowship, Peking University
2024–2025 – University Research Fellowship (EKÖP)
2025 – Member of the Public Body of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA)
2025 – Member of the Sichuan Buddhist Sites: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives research group