We are very proud to announce that GCBS’ Laurent Van Cutsem has successfully defended his PhD thesis on Monday, September 11, 2023!
Title of the thesis:
“The Zutang ji 祖堂集: Aspects of Textual History, Genealogy, and Intertextuality”
Supervisors:
Christoph Anderl (Ghent Univ.)
Bart Dessein (Ghent Univ.)
DBC members:
Marcus Bingenheimer (Temple Univ.)
Christian Wittern (Kyoto Univ.)
Chair of Examination Board:
Michael Meeuwis (Ghent Univ.)
Reading committee members / disputas opponents / jury members (with voting rights):
Imre Galambos (Cambridge Univ.)
Henry Albery (Ghent Univ.)
James Robson (Harvard Univ.)
Jason Protass (Brown Univ.)
Benjamin Brose (Michigan Univ.)
Anna Sokolova (Ghent Univ.)
Examination Board reporter:
Mathieu Torck (Ghent Univ.)
Laurent has already secured a prestigious 3-year BOF Postdoctoral scholarship and will continue his research at GCBS from October, 1st onward!
Many congratulations!!
