Ben Nourse is assistant professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of Denver, where he teaches an assortment of courses on Buddhism and Asian Religions, and a Senior Fellow with the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at the Rare Book School. He received a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a MA and PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Virginia. He is currently at work on a book-length study of the growth and impact of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ woodblock publishing from the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries. Most of his other projects are related to the history of Buddhist scriptures, including the history of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Buddhist Canon (the Kangyur and Tengyur) and a study of the Dunhuang manuscripts of the Heart SÅ«tra in Chinese and ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. He has been active in promoting the study of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ book history through the hosting of conferences such as The Symposium on the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Book (University of Virginia, 2014) and Buddhist Book Cultures (University of Denver, 2017) as well as co-editing a forthcoming volume on material approaches to the study of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ books. Ben has lived and conducted research in India, Nepal, and China, including as a Fulbright-Hays Fellow in China. He enjoys translating ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ literature and has been working for some time on a translation and study of Könchok Jikmé Wangpo's (Dkon mchog 'jigs med dbang po, 1728-1791) history of the kingdom of Choné (Co ne) found in his catalog to the Choné Tengyur.