BDK America established the Toshihide Numata Book Award to recognize the best book
published in any given year, and for 2024, the Award was presented to Matthew Kapstein,
Professor Emeritus, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études and PSL Research University, Paris for his work, Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books (Cornell University Press). The Award Program is administered by the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at UC Berkeley, which appoints an independent committee to review submissions and select a winner.
Mr. Brian Nagata of BDK America presented the Award to Professor Kapstein at a ceremony held on November 1, 2024 at the Jodo Shinshu Center in Berkeley. A symposium followed Kapstein’s keynote address, The Buddhists Behind the Book, and featured presentations by Janet Gyatso (Harvard University), Trent Walker (University of Michigan) and Sangseraima Ujeed (University of Michigan).
The Toshihide Numata Book Award is an annual program, and interested parties should
contact Professor Robert Sharf, Director of the Numata Center.
Robert Sharf, Matthew Kapstein, Brian Nagata