Lewis Lancaster

Lewis R. Lancaster (born 29 October 1932) is emeritus professor of the Department of East Asian Languages at the University of California, Berkeley, US, and has served as president, adjunct professor, and chair of the dissertation committee at University of the West since 1992.

In the fall of 1977, Lancaster accompanied artist and monk Jung-kwang as they traveled through Korea, and published a book based on their trip.

[1] Lancaster has published over 55 articles and reviews and has edited or authored numerous books including Prajnaparamita and Related Systems, The Korean Buddhist Canon, Buddhist Scriptures, Early Ch’an in China and Tibet, and Assimilation of Buddhism in Korea.

He also founded the Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative to use the computer-based technology to map the spread of Buddhism from the remote past to the present.

[3] Lancaster was a key figure in the creation of descriptive catalogue and digitization of the Korean Buddhist Canon.