GS Class of 1987

Matthew Kapstein ’87 PhD is now professor emeritus at theÉcole Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris, France. He is also an associate of the Divinity School of the University of Chicago, where he taught as a visiting professor until 2022. In 2018, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His most recent book, Tibetan Manuscripts and Early Printed Books (Cornell University Press, 2024), has been awarded this year’s Toshihide Numata Book Award by the Numata Center for Buddhist Studies at UC Berkeley.