Dr. Peter Oldmeadow

PhD (ANU), BA (Sydney), Grad. Cert. (Sydney)
Lecturer
peter.oldmeadow@arts.usyd.edu.au

Dr Oldmeadow is Lecturer in the Department of Indian Subcontinental Studies and convenor of the Indian Studies program in the School of Languages and Cultures. He specialises in Sanskrit language and Indian religions and philosophies and has a broader interest in comparative philosophy and the impact of Indian and Buddhist thought in the West.

• Mahayana Buddhism in India and Tibet
• Indian Philosophy
• Comparative Philosophy

• A Study of the Sanskrit text of the Mahayanasutralankara and its Indian commentaries preserved in Tibetan translation.

• This Immense Panorama: Studies in Honour of Eric J. Sharpe (Sydney Studies in Religion 2, 1999), Edited with Carole M. Cusack.
• ‘Buddhist Yogacara Philosophy and Ecology’ in Carole M. Cusack and Peter Oldmeadow (eds) This Immense Panorama: Studies in Honour of Eric J. Sharpe (Sydney Studies in Religion 2, 1999)
• ‘Buddhism and Social Engagement’, Ordinary Mind: Australian Buddhist Review, Autumn, 2000, pp. 8-23
• The End of Religions? Religion in an Age of Globalization (Sydney Studies in Religion 4, 2001), Edited with Carole M. Cusack.
• ‘Tibetan Buddhism and Globalisation’ in Carole M. Cusack and Peter Oldmeadow (eds), The End of Religions? Religion in an Age of Globalization (Sydney Studies in Religion 4, 2001)
• Zen: An Ancient Path to Enlightenment for Modern Times (Lansdowne 2001)

• Sanskrit
• Buddhist Philosophy
• Indian Philosophy and Religion