Curriculum Jérôme Ducor

Born and living in Geneva, Jérôme Ducor began his Buddhist studies at the University of Lausanne (Prof. J. May), before obtaining a degree in History of religion (Prof. R. Heinemann) and a doctorate in Japanese studies at the University of Geneva.

He specialised in Japanese Buddhism, notably at Ryûkoku University (Kyôto), where he is a permanent guest researcher at the Sekai Bukkyô Bunka Senkyû Senta / Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures (formerly Bukkyô Bunka Kenkyûsho).

 From 1992 to 1993, he taught Far Eastern religions at McGill University (Montreal).

 A Privat-docent at the Section of Oriental Languages and Civilisations (act. Section of Slavic and South Asian Languages and Civilisations) of the University of Lausanne (1993-2019), he was the curator in charge of the Asia Department of the Museum of Ethnography of Geneva (MEG, 1995-2019) and a lecturer at the Japanese Language Unit of the University of Geneva (2007-2019), where he is currently an associate researcher.

He is also a teacher at UNI3-Genève and at the Institute of Buddhist Studies in Paris.

In addition, he received ordination and mastery of the Jôdo-Shinshû Buddhist school at Hompa-Honganji (Kyôto). He is the resident of the Shingyôji temple in Geneva.

- Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette
- Japanese Foreign Minister’s Commendation
- Numata Innovation & Visionary Award
- Japanese-French Translated Literature Award of the Konishi Foundation for International Exchange
- Associated Member of Centre de Recherche sur les Civilisations de l'Asie Orientale (CNRS - CRCAO / UMR8155 Japan)