Grégory Kourilsky

Gregory Kourilsky is associate professor at the École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO, France). He previously taught History of Thailand and Laos (2008-2009) and Lao language and literature (2010-2013) at the National Institute of Foreign Languages and Civilizations (Inalco) in Paris. Between 2013 and 2015, he was a Research fellow at the Universiy of Bristol (UK). He received his PhD in Religious Anthropology and History of Religions at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Paris.
Gregory Kourilsky specializes in Thai-Lao Buddhism, but occasionally also works on Cambodia, Burma, and Southwest China. His research particularly focuses on the ways Buddhist populations in Mainland Southeast Asia have maintained their religious and cultural identity despite the intrusion of nonindigenous doctrines, ranging from Indian classical scriptures to modern Western law. His recent publications concerns Pali literature and scholarship in 16th century Lanna (Northern Thailand), Buddhist legal texts of 16th century Laos, and Filial piety in Theravada Buddhism.

Grégory Kourilsky
Grégory Kourilsky

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Laos
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