Stephanie Balkwill

Stephanie Balkwill

Stephanie Balkwill did her post doctoral work on female-to-male sex change in Buddhist texts; her more recent work has focused on the political, social, and literary lives of Buddhist women in China two thousand years ago. She is an assistant professor of religion and culture and East Asian languages and cultures at the University of Winnipeg, where she teaches such courses as “Buddhism, Sex, and the Body.”

Recent Articles

Becoming a Buddha: Lessons from Little Girls

Buddhist scholar Stephanie Balkwill examines the historical arguments around the question: "Can women attain buddhahood in a female form?"