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Dan Lusthaus Harvard University Chinese Buddhism review editor for the Buddhism list. |
| Address: | 123 Sewall Ave., Apt 2J Brookline, Massachusetts 02446 United States |
| Web Page: | http://www.acmuller.net/yogacara/ |
| List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-Buddhism Review Editor for H-Buddhism Reviewer for H-Buddhism |
| Interests: | Asian History / Studies Holocaust, Genocide, and Memory Studies Intellectual History Medieval and Byzantine History / Studies Religious Studies and Theology |
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Bio: B.A. SUNY Stony Brook (Religion & Philosophy) M.A. Temple Univerity (Religion) Ph.D. Temple University (Religion) Some publications: Buddhist Phenomenology: A Philosophic Investigation of Yogacara Buddhism and the Ch'eng wei-shih lun (RoutledgeCurzon, 2002); A Comprehensive Commentary on the Heart Sutra (Prajñaapaaramitaa-h.rdaya-suutra) by K'uei-chi, translated by Heng-Ching Shih in Collaboration with Dan Lusthaus (Numata Center, v. 66-I in Tripi.taka Series), 2001; Asa'nga's Yogaacaarabhuumi-"saastra, translation under contract for the Numata Center translation project (in progress; “A Retrospective of Yogacara Scholarship in the Twentieth Century,” Proceedings of the Eleventh Annual International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, Taipei, Taiwan, 1999; “Martial Arts.” for The Oxford Companion to the Body, ed. Colin Blakemore (forthcoming); “Chinese Buddhist Philosophy.” In the Routledge Encyclopedia of International Philosophy, Roger Ames, subject editor, 1998; “Samkhya.” In the Routledge Encyclopedia of International Philosophy, Richard Hayes, subject editor, 1998; “Yogacara.” In the Routledge Encyclopedia of International Philosophy, Richard Hayes, subject editor, 1998; “Critical Buddhism: Back to the Sources,” in Critical Buddhism, ed. by James Hubbard and Paul Swanson, University of Hawaii Press, 1997; “Retracing the Human-Nature vs. World-Nature Dichotomy in Lao Tzu.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 17, June 1990, 187-214; “Reflections on the Mirror Metaphor in Hui-neng, Chuang Tzu and Lao Tzu.” Journal of Chinese Philosophy 12, June 1985, 169-178; Select Teaching experience (Buddhism and Asian Religions): Grinnell College (1988-89) UCLA (1989-90) University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana (1991-92) Bates College (1992-94) Macalester College (1994-96) Florida State University (1996-1999) University of Georgia (2000-01) University of Missouri (2001-04) Boston University (2004- ) Select Invited Papers: June 2000 "Notes on the Hermeneutics of Asanga: Language, Samskaras, and Appropriation." Conference on Yogacara in China, University of Leiden, The Netherlands; Feb 2000 "Taijiquan and Chinese Cosmology." Florida International University, Miami, FL; 1996 “Can Buddhism Challenge the 21st Century?” International Association for Asian Philosophy and Religion, Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan; 1996 “Non-Contentious Protest: A Daoist Critical Model with Some Buddhist Echoes,” Conference on Protest in East Asia, University of Minnesota Select Conference Papers: (2001) "Questioning Kuiji's Lineage," American Academy of Religion, Denver; 2000 “On Teaching Indian Buddhism, ” American Philosophical Association, New York, NY; 2000 Discussant, Yogacara Seminar, American Academy of Religion, Nashville, TN; 2000 “Implications of the Guodian Laozi Materials,” Southeast Early China Roundtable, Athens, GA; 2000 “Buddhist Models of Enlightenment,” Symposium, University of Georgia; 1999 Discussant, Yogacara Seminar, American Academy of Religion, Boston; 1999 Respondent, Buddhism and Phenomenology, American Academy of Religion, Boston; 1999 “Zhuangzi’s Aporetic Ethics,” Southeast Early China Rountable, Asheville, NC; 1999 “Yog?c?ra Studies in the Twentieth Century: A Retrospective,” The International Conference on Chinese Philosophy, Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan; 1998 Yogacara Seminar, respondent, American Academy of Religion, Orlando; 1998 Discussant, Southeast Early China Roundtable, The Citadel, Charleston; 1997 “What is Denied by Yogacara in the Statement ‘External Objects Do Not Exist’?” American Academy of Religion, San Francisco; 1997 “In the Labyrinth of Mirrors: Intersections Between Past and Present, East and West, Tradition and Novelty, Intellectualism and Popularism,” International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Seoul, Korea; 1997 “Xuanzang’s Dreams,” Association for Asian Studies Southeast Regional Conference, Savannah, GA; 1996 “Buddhism and the Other,” American Academy of Religion, New Orleans; 1995 “Calm and Clean: On Samapatti, Arupya-dhyana, and Fulfilling the Marga,” Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, WI; 1993 “Critical Buddhism: Returning to the Sources,” American Academy of Religion, Washington D.C. (co-organized panel); 1993 “Hindu-Jewish Dialogue,” Roundtable Discussant, American Academy of Religion, Washington D.C.; 1992 "Models of Rationality in Chuang Tzu 17," American Philosophical Association-East, Washington D.C. (co-organized panel); 1992 "Sound, Construction, Conditioning: The Ch'eng wei-shih lun on Language," American Academy of Religion-San Francisco; 1990 "Comments on Yogacara Commentaries on Madhyamaka: When Emptiness Compels Language to Speak," American Academy of Religion-New Orleans (organized panel on M?dhyamika Commentarial Tradition); 1989 "Chinese Reception of Buddhist Logic," American Academy of Religion, Anaheim; 1989 "Attitudes Toward Logic in Chinese Philosophy," International Society for Chinese Philosophy, Hilo-Hawaii; 1986 "Spinoza, Nietzsche and Secular Hermeneutics," American Academy of Religion, Atlanta; 1986 "Lao Tzu's Hermeneutics for World-Construction," International Society for Chinese Philosophy, SUNY-Stony Brook; 1982 "The Mind as Mirror in Ch'an and Taoism," American Philosophical Association, Baltimore; 1981 Respondent, American Philosophical Association-Philadelphia, panel on Chinese Philosophy |
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