!!Richard F. Gombrich - Curriculum vitae \\ __EDUCATION:__ \\ *1950-1955 Scholar, St. Paul's School, London *1957-1961 Demy (scholar), Magdalen College, Oxford *1959 Honour Classical Moderations, First Class *1961 B.A. Oriental Studies (Sanskrit with Pali), First Class *1961-1963 Harkness Fellow of the Commonwealth Fund *1963 A.M. Harvard University *1963-1965 Treasury Studentship (Scarborough Studentship) *1970 D.Phil. Oxford University \\ __MEDALS AND HONORARY DEGREES:__ \\ *1991 Hon. D.Litt. Kalyani University, Bengal *1993 S.C. Chakraborty Medal, Asiatic Society, Calcutta *1994 Sri Lanka Ranjana (National Award) *1996 Hon. D.Ed. De Montfort University *1997 University Medal, Warsaw University *1997 Vacaspati (= Hon D.Litt.), Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, Tirupati \\ __ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:__ \\ *1965-1976 Lecturer in Sanskrit and Pali, Oxford University *1966-1976 Governing Body Fellow, Wolfson College, Oxford *1976-2004 Boden Professor of Sanskrit, Oxford University and Professorial Fellow, Balliol College *1977- Emeritus Fellow, Wolfson College *1999-2004 Senior Fellow, De Montfort University *1981-1982 Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor, University of Bristol *1982 Visiting Professor, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris *1986-1987 Stewart Visiting Fellow in the Humanities, Princeton University *1994 F.D. Maurice Lecturer in Theology and Religious Studies, King’s College London *1994 Jordan Lecturer in Comparative Religion, SOAS *1997 Gonda Lecturer, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences *1998 Edmond Perry Lecturer, Northwestern University *2003- Academic Director, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies *2004- Emeritus Fellow, Balliol College *2006 Numata Visiting Professor, SOAS *2008 Visiting Professor, Dong-Guk University, Seoul *2008 Visiting Professor, Hong Kong University *2009 Evans-Wentz Lecturer, Stanford University \\ __OTHER APPOINTMENTS:__ \\ *1977 - Member, Association of Social Anthropologists of the Commonwealth *1978-1983 Advisory Council, Victoria and Albert Museum *1981-1994 Hon. Secretary and Treasurer, Pali Text Society *1994-2002 President and Treasurer, Pali Text Society *1996-2002 Co-editor, Journal of the Pali Text Society *1981-1985 Secretary for Europe, International Association for Buddhist Studies *1974- Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society *Member of Council, 1989-1991 *Member of the Publications Committee, 1991-3 *1982-1990 Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts *1983-1990 Theological and Religious Studies Board, National Council for Academic \\ __Awards__ \\ *1986-1992 Member of Council, Society for South Asian Studies *1990- Member, Academia Europaea *1992 Member, East and South Asian Studies Panel, RAE (Chairman for S & SE Asia) *1996 Member, Theology and Religious Studies Panel, RAE *2002-8 Academic Director, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies *2004-8 General Editor, Clay Sanskrit Library *2006-9 President, UK Association of Buddhist Studies *2008- Founder-President, Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies *2008- Trustee, Oxford Mindfulness Centre \\ __Member of several editorial boards:__ \\ *Oxford University South Asian Studies Series *Groningen Oriental Monograph Series *Religion *Journal of Asian Philosophy *Brill's Indological Library (advisory board) *Journal of Buddhist Ethics *Indian International Journal of Buddhist Studies *South Asian Religions and Culture *Journal of Contemporary Religion *Contemporary Buddhism Journal *Buddhist Studies Review *ULUBUDA online journal *Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya Journal of Buddhist Studies