Profile

Dr. Junko Sakamoto-Gotō

Ret. Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Faculty of Letters, Osaka City University.

Research Fellow, Miyagi Gakuin Women’s College.

Area of specialization: Historical development of Old and Middle Indo-Aryan languages, metres, and thoughts (Veda, early Buddhism and early Jainism).

Born in Osaka.

B.A. (Buddhist Studies), Kyoto University, Kyoto 1973.

M.A. (Sanskrit Studies), Kyoto University, Kyoto 1976.

Doctorat de 3ème cycle (Études Indiennes), Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 1982.

Research Fellow at Institute of Oriental Studies, Freiburg University, Germany, 1987–1989.

Lecturer on Indian and Buddhist Studies, Iwate University, Japan, 1989–1991.

Lecturer on Buddhist Studies, Osaka University, 1991–1993 and 2000.

Lecturer on Religeous Studies, Osaka City University, 1994.

Lecturer on Indian Philosophy, Kyoto University, 1997–1998.

Lecturer on Sanskrit Studies, Kyoto University, 2010.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Osaka City University, 1995–1999.

Off work for health reasons, 2000-2003.

Research Fellow, Miyagi Gakuin Women’s College, Sendai, 2006–today.

Editorial Advisor of Bulletin d'Études Indiennes (publié par l'Association Francaise pour les Études Sanskrites, Paris).