Lecturer of International Buddhist Studies College (IBSC)
Dr. Frank J. Hoffman is Professor in the Department of Religion and Philosophy, International Buddhist Studies College, MCU, Thailand, and is Affiliated Faculty, South Asia Center, University of Pennsylvania. Prof. Dr. Frank J. Hoffman received his PhD degree in Philosophy of Religion at King’s College, University of London, his M.A. degree in Asian Philosophy at University of Hawaii - Manoa, and his B.A. degree in Philosophy at University of Missouri – St. Louis. He is an Associate Editor of Asian Philosophy (Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group), a Member of Council of The Siam Society Under Royal Patronage, and a member of the Buddhist Research Institute of Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University.
Recent Scholarly Contributions of Prof. Dr. Frank J. Hoffman: A Comprehensive Review of Books, Articles, and Academic Projects
Of Prof. Dr. Frank J. Hoffman’s five published books his most recent two are:
Soraj Hongladarom, Jerimiah Joaquin, Frank J. Hoffman (eds.), Philosophies of Appropriated Religions: Perspectives from Southeast Asia (Springer: 2023). Part of the Global Philosophy of Religion Project (UK).
Frank J. Hoffman, Introduction to Early Buddhism: Philosophical Texts, Concepts, and Questions (MCU Press, Ayutthaya, 2020).
Of Professor Hoffman’s numerous articles his most recent 9 articles are:
2024 (online). Frank J. Hoffman (IBSC) with Klairung Iso (Chulalongkorn University), “Google, Chat GBT, Questions o f Omniscience and Wisdom” in Asian Philosophy (Routledge; Taylor & Francis Group) in Asian Philosophy hardcopy, 2nd issue 2025).
2023. “Climate Change, Buddhist Wisdom, and Sustainability” in Prof. Raluwe Padmasiri and Sumeda Viraj (eds.), Patipatti (Colombo Sri Lanka: Government Press, 2023). Copyright Sri Lanka Rᾱmañña Chapter.
2022. “Taking a Point of View on a Debatable Question Concerning Karma and Rebirth” in Journal of Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand (PARST) vol 16 no 1 (2564) published 2022-03-18 https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/parst/article/view/256659 Reprinted in Soraj Hongladarom, Jerimiah Joaquin, Frank J. Hoffman (eds), Appropriated Religions of Southeast Asia (Springer: 2023) as part of the Global Philosophy of Religion Project (UK).
2022. “Understanding Things as They Really Are: a Contribution to Fine-tuning What Mindfulness is in Buddhism” published in the Proceedings of the Conference on Globality and Locality: Mind and Mindfulness Practice 2022”, on 26 August 2022. Co-organized by IBSC MCU and College of Buddhism, Dongguk University. Held in IBSC’s “Intelligent Mind” classroom.
2021. “Moral Excellence, Meditative Practices, and Social Justice” in Buddhist Thought and Application: Essays in Honor of Professor P.D. Premasiri in G.A. Someratne, Wadinagala Pannaloka, and Juan Nanda Tanchangya (Hong Kong: The Buddha-Dharma Centre of Hong Kong, 2021).
2020. “Animals, Animal Symbolism, and the Importance of Animals in Buddhism” in Chen Chien-huang (ed.), The Realm of Non-obstruction, Preaching of Buddha-dharma: The Spread of Humanistic Buddhism in East and Southeast Asia (Hong Kong: Centre for the Study of Humanistic Buddhism, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, April 2020,
2019. “’Just the Facts’” in Journal of the Philosophy and Religion Society of Thailand, published 2019-08-16. Best Paper Award. Volume 14, umber 1, 2019. Ref.: so04.tci-thaijo.org https://so04.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/parst/article/view/217346
2018. “Interreligious Understanding, Field and Focal Point”, in World Buddhist Forum, volume 6, p. 160-170. The Buddhist Association of China and China Religious Culture Communication Association and Fu Jian Province Organizing Committee, October, 2018, held at Putian, Fujian Province, China. http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-10/28/c_137564569.htm
2017. “Buddhism and Psychotherapy” International Journal for the Study of Chan Buddhism and Human Civilization, issue 2, 2017, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
PROJECTS GIVING STUDENT SUPPORT zoom & in person (IBSC I-MIND ROOM)
Students Meet Editors
Thesis Camp: Asian and Comparative Philosophy
Thesis Camp: Academic Writing and Critical Thinking
GRANTS FOR UNIVERSITY TEACHERS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
Wuhan University, School of Philosophy China 3 months summer teaching
Peking University, School of Philosophy China 3 months summer teaching
Madras University (Chennai) Philosophy Department India 3 months summer teaching
SUMMER INSTITUTES AND SUMMER SEMINARS
Harvard University, Teaching Comparative Courses National Endowment for the Humanities
(NEH), U.S.A.
Columbia University, Indian Art: Sacred and Secular NEH (USA)
UCLA, Teaching Religion and Material Culture NEH (USA)