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Ben Van Overmeire

Ben Van Overmeire is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Duke Kunshan University. His research focuses on Zen Buddhism and its incorporation into literature and popular culture. He is the author of American Koan: Imagining Zen and Self in Autobiographical Literature (University of Virginia Press, 2024), and his work has featured in journals such as Religions, Contemporary Buddhism, The Journal of Popular Culture, and Buddhist-Christian Studies.

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Ben Van Overmeire is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Duke Kunshan University. His research focuses on Zen Buddhism and its incorporation into literature and popular culture. He is the author of American Koan: Imagining Zen and Self in Autobiographical Literature (University of Virginia Press, 2024), and his work has featured in journals such as Religions, Contemporary Buddhism, The Journal of Popular Culture, and Buddhist-Christian Studies.

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