Dr. Damien Keown United Kingdom Chief Moderator (Session 1) Academic qualifications BA (Religious Studies) University of Lancaster, 1977 DPhil Faculty of Oriental Studies, Oxford, 1986 Research interests Buddhist ethics: theoretical foundations and normative applications, with particular reference to medicine and biotechnology. Selected publications Books published The Nature of Buddhist Ethics. Macmillan/Palgrave, 1992/2001 Buddhism & Bioethics. Macmillan/Palgrave, 1995/2001 Buddhism. A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996/2000 Contemporary Buddhist Ethics Curzon Press, 2000 Buddhism and Human Rights (with Charles S.Prebish and Wayne Husted, Curzon Press, 1998) Buddhism and Abortion (Macmillan/University of Hawaii Press, 1999) A Dictionary of Buddhism (Oxford University Press, 2003) Action Dharma: New Studies in Engaged Buddhism (with Christopher Queen and Charles Prebish, RoutledgeCurzon, 2003) Buddhism-the Ebook, (with Charles Prebish) JBE Online Books, 2004 Buddhist Ethics: A Very Short Introduction. OUP, 2005 From Ancient India to Modern Benares: Buddhist Studies in Honor of Charles Prebish. Routledge, 2005 The Routledge Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Routledge, 2007 Professional activities Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society Founding co-editor of the Journal of Buddhist Ethics Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Law and Religion Member of the editorial board of the Journal of Contemporary Buddhism Co-editor of the Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism Series Member, Pali Text Society Member of UK Association of Buddhist Studies Member of American Academy of Religion