Matthew King

Matthew King is a PhD Candidate in Buddhist Studies in the Department for the Study of Religion. His dissertation focuses on the production and circulation of Buddhist historiography between Tibet and Mongolia in the 19th and early 20th century (prior to the Mongolian revolution in 1921). Specifically, his research currently focuses on the life and work of the last great Mongolian Buddhist historian, Zawa Damdin bLo bzang rta dbyangs (1867-1937).