Bingenheimer, M.
Full Name[edit]
Dr. Marcus Bingenheimer
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
636 Anderson Hall
Telephone: 215-204-7706
marcus.bingenheimer@temple.edu
Affiliation[edit]
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan
Other Information[edit]
Marcus Bingenheimer was born in Germany. He obtained an MA (Sinology) and Dr.phil (History of Religions) from Würzburg University and an MA (Communication Studies) from Nagoya University. He is Assistant Professor and Director of the Library and Information Center at Dharma Drum Buddhist College 法鼓佛教學院 in Taiwan, where he supervises various projects concerning the digitization of Buddhist culture. Currently, he is interested in two very different kinds of texts: Āgama literature and Ming-Qing dynasty temple gazetteers. Next to that, Marcus is interested in Humanities Computing and promotes open standards such as TEI.
Marcus Bingenheimer has done much to further online resources for Buddhist Studies:
Buddhist Studies Monographs published in Germany, Switzerland and Austria (2004-2005)
Bibliography of Translations from the Chinese Buddhist Canon into Western Languages (2001-now)
Bibliography of Buddhist Studies Bibliographies in Western Languages (2000-now)
The Xiyuji in English – A Digitized Version of Samuel Beal’s Translation (2003, 2005)
A Digital Comparative Catalog of Āgama Literature (COMCAT) (2002-2006)
A Comprehensive List of Buddhist Periodicals (2001)
A Chinese Translation of Buddhadatta's Pali English Dictionary (2005)