Dr. Mark Csikszentmihalyi

Biography

Mark Csikszentmihalyi is a Professor and the Eliaser Chair of International Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, where he specializes in East Asian Languages and Cultures. He holds an AB in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in Asian Languages from Stanford University. His research focuses on the excavation and transmission of historical texts to reconstruct the religions, philosophies, and cultures of early China. Csikszentmihalyi has published several significant works, including "Material Virtue: Ethics of the Body in Early China" (2004) and "Readings in Han Chinese Thought" (2006). He is also actively engaged in translating a collection of essays from the Song dynasty, particularly those related to Zhuangzi. As the editor of the "Journal of Chinese Religions", he contributes to the academic discourse surrounding Chinese philosophical and religious traditions.

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