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Publications & Presentations

Presentations

  • Institut national d'histoire de l'art, Paris, November 2025
  • Jaipur Literature Festival, Houston & New York City, September 2025
  • Southern Methodist University, September 2019
  • Yale Center for British Art, June 2019
  • Tsinghua University, Beijing, December 2018
  • Asia Society, New York, May 2018
  • IIIF Conference, The Vatican June 2017
  • Yale Digital Conference, March 2017
  • Yale Center Beijing, May 2016
  • University of Chicago, March 2016
  • Harvard University, March 2016
  • University of California, Berkeley, October 2015
  • Yale University, February 2015
  • Newark Museum of Art, May 2013
  • Rubin Museum of Art, November 2012
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Publications

Quintman, Andrew and Kurtis R. Schaeffer. 2023a. “A Monumental Life of the Buddha Mural: Taranatha's Vision of Shakyamuni's Quest” in Himalayan Art in 108 Objects. Edited by Karl Debresczeny and Elena Pakhutova, 300–303. New York: Rubin Museum of Art. Also online Taranatha's Vision of Shakyamuni's Quest

Quintman, Andrew and Kurtis R. Schaeffer. 2023b. "Jonang Phuntsokling Monastery” in Wall Painting in Tibet: History, Technique, Survivals, Environment. Edited by Knud Larsen, 215–24. Oslo: Trondfjell Publications.

Quintman and Schaeffer. 2021. “Synthesizing Image and Text in the Life of the Buddha” in Introduction to Digital Humanities: Research Methods in the Study of Religion, edited by Christopher D. Cantwell and Kristian Peterson, 97–118. Berlin: DeGruyter.

Quintman, Andrew. 2017. “Putting the Buddha to Work: Śākyamuni in the Service of Monastic Identity.” Journal of the International Association of Buddhist Studies 40: 111–156.

Quintman, Andrew and Kurtis Schaeffer. 2016. “The Life of the Buddha at Rtag brtan Phun tshogs gling Monastery in Text, Image, and Institution: A Preliminary Overview.” Journal of Tibetology 13: 32–73.

 

We also plan a full-length monograph covering (1) a history of Jonang Phuntsokling Monastery and its founder Tāranātha; (2) a detailed description and analysis of the murals; (3) a history of the design and production of the murals; (4) a translation and study of The Sun of Faith together with related works by Tāranātha.