Benjamin Bogin
associate professor
Office: Dana 250
Phone: (518) 580-5278
Email: bbogin@skidmore.edu
Benjamin Bogin is a scholar of Himalayan Buddhism. He is Associate Professor at Â鶹Æƽâ°æ College. Bogin writes and teaches on the intersections of biographical literature, sacred geography, and visual art in Himalayan cultures. He is the author of The Illuminated Life of the Great Yolmowa (Serindia Publications, 2013) and the co-editor, with Andrew Quintman, of Himalayan Passages: Tibetan and Newar Studies in Honor of Hubert Decleer (Wisdom Publications, 2014). Other research interests include Buddhism and agriculture, death and dying, poetry, translation, and ghosts.