Curriculum Vitae

Name: NAGATOMO, Shigenori

Birth Place: Kagoshima-shi, Japan.
Current Place of Employment:
Department of Religion
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
19122 U.S.A.

Current Home Address:

1412 Lawndale Ave.
Havertown, PA.
19083 U.S.A.

E-mail Address: snagatom@temple.edu

Telephone: 215-204-1749 (Office)
Fax Number: 215-204-2535 (Dept.)
Present Position: Professor of Comparative Philosophy and East-Asian Buddhism
Education:
Knan High School, Kagoshima-shi, Japan
Central College, Pella, Iowa
University of Hawaii, Hon., Hi.
University of Hawaii, Hon., Hi.

1968 Diploma
1973 B.A. in Philosophy
1978 M.A. in Philosophy
1985 Ph.D. in Philosophy

Dissertation Title:
A Comparative Study of Body-Mind: A Theory of Attunement.
[Dissertation Adviser: Dr. Eliot Deutsch]
Areas of Specialization: Japanese Buddhism & Philosophy, Comparative
Philosophy
Publications:
Books Published or In Press:

Nishida Kitar, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo, Place and Dialectic: Two Essays of
Nishida Kitar, (UK: Oxford University Press, 2011). [in collaboration with John
Krummel]

Hiroshi Motoyama, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo, The Buddhas Satori (Tokyo: Shky

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shinrigaku kenkyjo, 2010). (129 pages)

Hiroshi Motoyama, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo and John Krummel, Being and the
Logic of Interactive Function (Encinitas, Calif.: CIHS, 2009). (156 pages) [In
collaboration with John Krummel]

YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo and John Krummel, Overcoming

Modernity: Synchronicity and Image-Thinking (New York: State University of
New York Press, 2008). Pp. vii + 247.

The Diamondstras Logic of Not and a Critique of Katzs Contextualism: toward

a Non-dualist Philosophy (New York: The Edwin and Mellen Press, 2006). xvii +
178.

MOTOYAMA Hiroshi, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo and David E. Shaner, Religion and
Humanity For a Global Society (Calif., Encinitas: The Institute for Human Science,
2001), pp. xxi +237.

A Philosophical Investigation of Miki Kiyoshis Concept of Humanism (New York:

The Edwin and Mellen Press, 1995). pp. xxv + 93.

YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo & Monte Hull, The Body, Self-Cultivation
& Ki-Energy (Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, 1993). Pp.
xxxvi + 229.

Attunement Through the Body (Albany, New York: State University of New York
Press, 1992). pp.xxvi + 305.

MOTOYAMA Hiroshi, tr. Shigenori Ngatomo & Clifford R. Ames, Toward A

Superconsciousness: Meditational Theory and Practice (Calif.: Asian Humanities
Press, 1990). Pp.viii +150.

YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo & Thomas P. Kasulis, The Body: Toward
an Eastern Mind-Body Theory (Albany, New York: State University of New York
Press, 1987). Pp.vii + 256.

Science & Comparative Philosophy: Introducing YUASA Yasuo (Leiden, Holland:

Brill Publishing Company, 1989). pp.xxvi+291. [Co-authored with YUASA Yasuo
& David E. Shaner]

Articles, Book Chapters Published or in Press:

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Dgen: A Japanese Transformation of Chan Buddhism, in Taiwan Journal

of East Asian Studies, published by Institute for Advance Studies of Humanities
and Social Sciences, National Taiwan University. Taiwan Journal East Asian
Studies, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Issue 15), June 2011, pp.233-249.

Abstract of Dgen: A Japanese Transformation of Chan Buddhism, in The

Second Annual Meeting, 2010 Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia,
pp.123-125.

A Sketch of the Diamondstras Logic of Not, in Teaching Texts and

Contexts: The Art of Infusing Asian Thought and Culture, ed. David Jones et al.
(Albany, New York: State University of New York, 2010), pp.249-264.

Ki-Energy: Underpinning Religions and Ethics in Merleau-Ponty and

Buddhism, ed. Gereon Kopf (Rowman & Littlefield Publisher, Inc., 2009),
pp.229-240.

Hiroshi Motoyama, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo, The Conscious Evolution of the

Buddha in Hand Book of Indian Psychology, (India: Cambridge University
Press India, 2008), pp.556-571.

Motoyama Hiroshi, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo & John Krummels Metaphysical

Logic (July 2007, Online)
(http://www.cihs.edu/Journal/journal%20Home%20Page.asp)

Philosophy of Zen Buddhism in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

Stanford,
Calif.:
Stanford
University.
(Revised
June
2010)
(http://stanford.library.usyd.edu.au/entries/japanese-zen/)

YUASA Yasuos Cultivation of the Body in Japanese Religions in Great

Religions and Cultures of the Far East: Japan, ed. Lawrence E. Sullivan
(Milano, Italy: Jaca Book SPA, forthcoming).

YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo & Jacques Fasan, Image-Thinking:

Understanding of Being, in Philosophy East and West, 2005.

Ki-Energy: Invisible Psychophysical Energy in the Journal of Asian

Philosophy, vol. 12, No. 3, 2002, pp. 173-181.

A Critique of Steven Katzs Contextualism: An Asian Perspective in the

Journal of Dao and Comparative Philosophy, July, 2002. pp.185-207.

The Japanese Zen Garden: Its Micro-Macrocosmic Correlativity in Religion,

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Art and Visual Culture, ed., S. Brent Plate (New York: Palgrave, 2002). Pp.
145-152. [with Pamela Winfield]

An Excerpt from Yuasa Yasuos The Body, Self-Cultivation and Ki-Energy in

Religion, Art and Visual Culture, ed., S. Brent Plate (New York: Palgrave,
2002). Pp. 140-144.

Yuasa Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo & Pamela Winfield, Foreword to

Robert Carters Encounter with Enlightenment: A Study of Japanese Ethics
(New York: State University of New York Press, 2001), pp. xi-xxx.

The Logic of the Diamond Sutra: A is not A, Therefore A in the Journal of

Asian Philosophy, vol. 10. No. 3, 2000, pp. 213-244.

Toward the Philosophical Foundations for Preventive Medicine in the

International Review of Chinese Philosophy and Religions, Vol. 5, March
2000, pp.195-244.

YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo, Meditation and Sexuality:

Interpretation of Qgng and Its Present-Day Significance in Bodywork and
Psychotherapy in the East, ed. Wang Weidong, (The Netherland: Eburon,
2000), pp. 151-166.

Linji in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (London: Routledge,

1998).

KUKI Shz in the Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy (London:

Routledge, 1998).

An Invisible River in the UNESCO Courier, UNESCO, April, 1997,

pp.15-20. [Translated into fifteen languages]

Contemporary Japanese Philosophy, in A Companion to World Philosophies,

ed. Eliot Deutsch (London: Blackwell, 1997), pp.523-530.

An Asian Perspective of Mind-Body in The Journal of Philosophy and

Medicine, 21:439-466, Oct., 1996. [in collaboration with Gerry Leisman].

Yuasa Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo, Meditation and the View of Nature in
East Asia in Obirin Review of International Studies, No. 7, 1995, pp. 47-70.

An Eastern Concept of the Body: Yuasas Body-Scheme in Giving the Body

Its Due, ed. Maxine Sheets-Johnstone (Albany, New York: State University of

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New York Press, 1992), pp.48-66.

Two Contemporary Japanese Views of the Body: ICHIKAWA Hiroshi and

YUASA Yasuo, in Self as Body in Asian Theory and Practice, ed. T.P. Kasulis
(Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1992), pp.321-346.

YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo and William Allen, A Contemporary

Scientific Paradigm and the Discovery of the Inner Cosmos in Self as Body in
Asian Theory and Practice, ed. T.P.Kasulis. (Albany, NY: State University of
New York Press Press, 1992). Pp.347 361.

Ki-energy: Underpinning Religion and Ethics in Zen Buddhism Today, No. 8,

Oct., 1990, pp. 124-139.

YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo & Ruth Tonner, Nationalism and
Japanese Philosophy in Obirin Review of International Studies, vol. 2, 1990.
pp. 9-28.

An Analysis of Dgens Casting off Body and Mind in International

Philosophical Quarterly, vol. XXVII, no. 3, September 1987, pp. 227-242.

YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo & Monte Hull, An Encounter of

Modern Japanese Philosophy with Heidegger in Heidegger and Asian
Philosophy, ed. Parkes Graham (Honolulu: The University of Hawaii Press,
1987). Pp. 155-174.

TAKEICHI Hiroaki, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo & Monte Hull, On the Origin of
Nihilism in Heidegger and Asian philosophy, ed. Parkes Graham (Honolulu:
The University of Hawaii Press, 1987). Pp. 175-185.

YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo, A Cultural Background For

Traditional Japanese Gymnastic Philosophy, and A Theoretical Examination of
this Philosophy in Proceeding of the PSSS Conference (Tsukuba, Japan: The
University of Tsukuba Press, 1987). Pp.13-39.

Ichikawas View of the Body in Philosophy East & West, Vol. 36, No. 4,
October, 1986, pp. 375-391.

An Epistemic Turn in the Tao T Ching, in International Philosophical

Quarterly, Vol. XXIII, No. 2, June 1983, pp. 173-189.

Zeamis Conception of Freedom in Philosophy East & West, Vol. XXXI, No.
4, October, 1981, pp. 401-416.

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Book Reviews:

Nishida and Western Philosophy, by Robert Wilkinson (Burlington, Vt:

Ashgate Publishing Co., 2009. 175 pages. Reviewed for International Journal
for Philosophy of Religion.

Watsuji Tetsurs Rinrigaku: Ethics in Japan, Watsuji Tetsur, tr. Yamamoto

Seisaku and Robert E. Carter, (New York, Albany: the State University of New
York Press Press, 1996). ix + 381. Reviewed for the Eastern Buddhist, 1997,
July.

A Buddhist Priest Mye: A Life of Dream, Kawai Hayao, trans. Mark Unno
(Calif. :The Lapiz Press, 1992), Philosophy East and West, July, '94.

Impermanence is Buddha-nature: Dgens Understanding of Temporality, by

Joan Stambaugh (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1990) in The Journal
of Asian Studies, vol. 50, No. 2, May, 1991, pp. 422-423.

Moon in a Dewdrop: Writings of Zen Master Dgen, ed. TAKAHASHI Kazuaki

(Berkeley, California: North Point Press, 1985) in Philosophy East & West,
Vol. XXXVII, No. 3, July 1987.

Flowers of Emptiness: Selection From Dgens Shbgenz, by Hee-Jin Kim

(Lewston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1985) in Philosophy East &
West, vol. XXXVII, No. 4, October 1987.

Sand & Pebbles; The Tale of Muj Ichien, A Voice for Pluralism in Kamakura
Buddhism, by Robert E. Morrel (Albany, New York: State University of New
York Press, 1985) in Philosophy East & West, Vol. 36, No. 4, October 1986.

Some translation of poems published in the anthology Postwar Japanese

Poems, ed. KIJIMA Hajime, (Iowa City: The University of Iowa Press, 1976).

Research in Progress:
y

[Memo on Western Modernization], 51 pages, 1 spaced.

Translation of NISHIDA Kitars Basho [Place] (80 pages, 1 spaced, Times

New Roman, Font 12) [With John Krummel]

Translation of NISHIDA Kitars Life and Logic (116 pages, 1 spaced,

Times New Romans, Font 12) [With John Krummel]

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Emptiness: This is that and that is this (75 pages, 1 spaced, Times New
Roman, Font 12)

HISAMATSU Shinichis The Eastern Nothingness (30 pages, 1 spaced,

Times New Roman, Font 12)

Research Completed:
y

Translators Introduction to YUASA Yasuos Space-Time and Mind-Body

Integration: Image-Thinking and Synchronicity (34 pages, 1 spaced, Times
New Roman, Font 12)

Translation of Yuasa Yasuos Synchronicity and Paranormal Phenomena

(22 pages, 1 spaced, Times New Roman, Font 12.) [With John Krummel]

Translation of Yuasa Yausos Life and Space-Time: Synchronicity and the

Psychology of the Yjng. (22 pages, 1 spaced, Times New Roman, font 12)
[With John Krummel]

Translation of YUASA Yasuos What is Synchronicity? (36 pages, 1

spaced, Times New Roman) [With John Krummel]

Yuasa Yausos Space-Time and Mind-Body Integration: Image-Thinking and

Synchronicity (189 pages, 1 spaced, Times New Roman, Font 12) [With
John Krummel]

MOTOYAMA Hiroshis The Awakening of the Cakras and Emancipation. xxviii

+ 200 pages (single spaced) [With Pamela Winfield]

Translation of YUASA Yasuos Introduction to Nationalism. (48 pages, 1

spaced, Times New Roman) [With Michael Graham]

The Bodys Role in Aesthetics in Japanese Philosophy/Culture, prepared to

present at the 2003 Conference of International Association for Philosophy
and Literature, Held at the University of Leeds, England, Between May 26
31, 2003.

Motoyama Hiroshis Budda no satori [The Buddhas Satori]. Lxx + 123.

Translation of YUASA Yasuos Space-Time and Mind-Body Integration

presented on a panel with the British physicist Brian Josephson, a Nobel Prize
Winner, held on Nov. 22-23, 1998, in Tokyo, Japan.

Translation of YUASA Yasuos Meditation and Sexuality: A New

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Interpretation of Qgng and Its Present-Day Significance presented at the 5th

Conference on Transnational Network for the Study of Physical,
Psychological and Spiritual Well-Being, in Beijing, in April, 1998.
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Translation of YUASA Yasuos The Society for Mind-Body Science in

Japan, presented at the Conference on Human Spirituality in South Korea,
between November 7th and 8th, 1997.

Translation of KUKI Shzs The Structure of iki [Iki no Kz] with

introduction. [A collaboration with T.P. Kasulis]

Translation of TAMAKI Koshirs The Fundamental Invisible One among

Dhamma, Pneuma, T'ien-Ming, Li, Sophia, Daimonion --based on the Total
Personality Thinking, presented to the 6th East-West Conference, held at
University of Hawaii, in August, 1989. (42 pages, double spaced) [in
collaboration with T.P. Kasulis]

A Japanese Concept of Self: Its Philosophical Dimension submitted to the

East-West Center, Summer 1987.

Translation of YUASA Yasuos Depth-Psychological Examination of

Christian Dogma. [A collaboration with Clifford R. Ames]

An Examination of the Early Buddhist Concept of Nirvana.

A section of A Philosophical Foundation of MIKI Kiyoshis Concept of

Humanism (60 pages, single spaced) in Contemporary Japanese Thought, ed.
T.P.Kasulis, to be published by University of Hawaii Press.

Translation of YUASA Yasuos Medicine and Philosophy in East Asia (43

pages, double spaced) in Contemporary Japanese Philosophy (tentative title),
ed. T.P. Kasulis, to be published by University of Hawaii Press. [A
collaboration with Thomas Downey]

Translation of YUASA Yasuos Katachi: The Deep Layer of Japanese

Thought, (83 pages, double spaced) in Contemporary Japanese Philosophy
(tentative title), ed. T.P. Kasulis, to be published by University of Hawaii
Press.

Referee:

Research Project submitted to Social Science and Humanities Research Council of

Canada.

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Articles submitted to the Journal, Philosophy East and West.

Manuscripts submitted to the State University of New York.

Manuscripts submitted to Routledge.

Articles submitted to Manusya, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.

Articles submitted to Dance Chronicle: Studies in Dance and the Related Arts.

Invited Lectures:

Delivered a public lecture, Synchronicity: A Resurrection of the East-Asian

World View, at the National Cheng Kung University in Tainan, Taiwan, May 30,
2011.

Delivered a keynote speech, A Philosophical Reflection on the Conference

Theme: the Encounter Between Religious and Clinical Understanding, at
International Conference on Religious Experiences and Clinical Healing: the
Encounter and Dialogue between Humanities and Science in Century, held at
National Zhengzhi University, Taipei, Taiwan, on May 26th, 2011.

Delivered a public lecture, The Logic of Not: Toward an Holistic Way of

Thinking, Version 3 at Robert Williams University, Rhode Island, April 8th, 2011.

Gave a talk, The Logic of Not: Toward an Holistic Way of Thinking on the
occasion Temples Asian Studies Programs celebrated a Lune Lunar New Year on
Feb. 10th, 2011 in rm 821, Anderson Hall, Temple University.

Gave a talk, the Visible and the Invisible to Osai Study Group on May 22nd, 2010,
Kagoshima-shi, Japan.

Delivered a paper, Dgen: A Japanese Transformation of Chan Buddhism, on

the panel Cultural Exchange between China and Japan at a SCIEAs international
conference that is to be held at the National University of Taiwan, Taipei between
May 8th, 2010.

A paper, Yuasa Yasuos Theory of the Body to be delivered on the panel on

Yuasa Yasuo at the 2008 AAR conference, Nov. 1-3, 2008, to be held in Chicago.
(Cancelled)

Delivered a paper Ki-Energy in the Invisible Body: its Detection and Meaning,
sponsored by Scientific and Medical Network, held at the University of Bath, Bath,

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England, August 22-24, 2008.

Delivered a keynote speech, Yuasa Yasuos Theory of the Body, at the

symposium Contemporary Japanese Concept of the Body, held at the School of
Oriental and African Studies, University of London, England, June 5-6, 2006.

Delivered a keynote speech, In Praise of Non-Performance in the Performing

Arts, at the symposium, Changing View of the Body, held at Exeter University,
England on January 8-10, 2006.

Delivered a paper on Synchronicity at West Chest University, January 13th, 2005.

Invited as a panelist for Interfaith Roundtable on Globalization and Democracy, at

the conference on Globalization, Democracy, and Ethnicity, held at West Chester
University, April 16, 2004.

Gave a lecture on An East-Asian View of Nature and Human Beings, at the

Conference on the Cross Road of Health Care, East and West, held at Ursinus
College, Pa, on March 27, 2004.

Gave a talk on Zen Meditation: Not One, Not Two, at Rowan University, New
Jersey, Nov. 3, 2003.

Gave a talk on Contextualism and An East-Asian Non-Dualism in the

Department of Philosophy, West Chester University, Pennsylvania, Sept. 25, 03.

Gave a talk on A Critique of Steven Katzs Contextualism: An East-Asian

Perspective, in the Department of Cultural Studies, Sophia University, Japan, on
Dec. 17, 2001.

Gave a talk on Religious Conflict and Resolution: From Shadows to Light at

Quadrangle, Haverford, Pa, on February 15, 2001.

Gave a talk on the Boddhisattva Way, at the meeting of the Philadelphia

Buddhist Association, August 5, 2000.

Gave a lecture on the Diamond Sutras Logic of Not at the conference of

Philadelphia Consortium of Philosophers, held at West Chester University, April
14, 2000.

Gave a lecture on the Zen Personhood for the 21st century, at the conference of
Philadelphia Consortium of Philosophers, held at Haverford College, March 24,
2000.

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Gave a lecture on the Buddhas Satori in the department of philosophy at

Haverford College, March, 1998.

Gave a lecture on the Yuasas Body-Scheme to Prof. William Lafleurs graduate

seminar, The concept of the Body, at the University of Pennsylvania, Fall, 1997.

Gave a series of lectures on the topic of Mind-Body Interplay at Bodhi Mandala

Zen Center, in Jemes Springs, New Mexico between June 16 and 20, 1997.

Chaired a session, Religion and Psychology, at the International Association of

Psychology and Philosophy, held at the Hsilai University, in Los Angeles, July,
1996.

A talk on US-Japan Cultural Differences: A Reflection on the Subjectless

Sentence in Japanese, sponsored by Japan Club At Villanova University, March 7,
1996.

A talk on Yuasa Yasuos Concept of Body-Scheme to the comparative

philosophy section of Philadelphia Consortium, held at West Chester University,
Oct.28, 1993.

A talk on Buddhism at the Central Presbyterian Church, in Norristown, Pa., on

Sept. 20, 1992, at the request of Rev. Stifler.

A session on the meaning of Taoist meditation at the Philadelphia Institute of

Jung Study, on July 21, 1992, at the request of Pamela Donleavy.

A talk on Japanese Religiosity to the study group sponsored by Dr. Sid Kochman,
on April 12, 1992, Philadelphia.

A talk on Living and Lived Body as Energy-Phenomena: Its Invisibility and

Interfusion to the institute For Spirituality & Psychological Healing at its 92
Spring Program Sacred Space, in Philadelphia, Feb. 16th, 1992.

A guest lecture on Science and Philosophy for Oriental Studies: 592 Current
Japanology, at the request of Prof. William LaFleur at University of Pennsylvania,
Oct. 15, 1991.

A talk on Buddhism at Abington Presbyterian Church, Abington, Pa., January

28, 1990.

A talk on The Ten Ox Herding Pictures at Germantown Friends Meeting, in

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Philadelphia, December 17, 1989.

A Lecture on Yuasas Concept of the Body at Lake Forest College, Chicago, in

February 1987.

A Lecture on Japanese Buddhism at Temple University, Philadelphia, Pa, in

March 1987.

A Lecture on The Japanese Reception of Confucianism to Philosophy 100:

Introduction to Philosophy at University of Hawaii, June, 1986, sponsored by Prof.
Henry Rosemont.

A Lecture on Dgen to Religion 500: Survey of Zen Buddhism at the University

of Hawaii, Manoa, January, 1986, sponsored by Prof. David Chappell.

A talk on Uchi to soto o koeru [Going beyond the inside and outside] to the
Seikykai in Kagoshima, Japan, July 8th, 1985.

A lecture on Zen & the Bible to Religion 300: Buddhist Tradition at University of
Hawaii, on April 25, 1985, sponsored by Prof. David Chappell.

A Lecture on Merleau-Pontys Concept of Lived Body at Furman University,

South Carolina, in March 1985.

A talk on Psych to the American Business Womens Association, Ilima Chapter,

April 24, 1985, on the subject of the Psyche.

A series of lectures on NISHIDA Kitar to Philosophy 380: Japanese Philosophy at

the request of Prof. Beatrice Yamasaki, University of Hawaii, Spring, 1982.

Conferences Attended:

Discussant at Roundtable Discussion on Healing to be held at the National

Zhengzhi University, Taiwan, on May 24th, 2011.

Moderator at Roundtable Discussion on Healing to be held at Zhengzhi University,

Taiwan, May 28th, 2011.

Invited as a panelist to respond to a paper at a conference on Buddhist Ethics which

was held at West Chester University, Feb., 12, 2011.

Presented a paper, A Reflection on the Modern Western Rationalistic Views of

Nature and Human Nature on the Asian Panel, on Temples Global Day, Nov., 17,

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2006.

Presented a paper, Synchronicity at Mid-Atlantic Region Association for Asian

Studies, at the University Pennsylvania, on Oct, 23, 2004.

Presented a Paper, Ki-Energy: An Invisible Psychophysical Energy, at the

Greater Philadelphias Consortium of Philosophers, held at LaSalle University,
April 20, 2002.

Presented a Paper, Sutiibun Kyatsu no bunnmyakushugi hihan [

] at the Conference Todays Spirituality, sponsored by
Ykbunmei kenkyjo, held in Hakone, Japan between Dec. 13-15, 2001.

The Logic of the Diamond Sutra presented at the IPLA, April 13, 1999.

Religious Healing and Representation of the Human Body at the AAR-EIR, held
at DYouville College, Buffalo, New York. April 4-6, 1997.

Toward the Philosophical Foundations for Preventive Medicine, at the

conference Future of Chinese Thought, held at the University of Toronto,
Canada, between Oct. 25-27, 1996.

Chaired a session Psychology and Philosophy at the International Association for

Psychology and Philosophy, held at Hsilai University, in Los Angeles, July, 1996.

The Phenomena of Ki-Energy: YUASA Yasuos Conceptual Scheme, at the

Conference sponsored by the International Association of Chinese Philosophy, in
Washington, D.C., Dec. 28, 1992.

Difficulties and Rewards of Teaching Asian Religions, at the conference, Core

Curriculum Program in International Studies, held at the Sugarloaf Conference
Center, Jan. 6th, 1992.

Respondent on the panel, Engineering Human Consciousness at the 3rd Annual

Convention of the American Psychological Society, held in Washington, D.C.,
June 13-16, 1991.

Participated in the conference, Science and Contemporary Japanese Philosophy,

sponsored by Social Science Research Council, held at Lake Forest College, April
19th - 22nd, 1990.

Presented a paper Ki-energy: A Prolegomena to Underpinning Religion and

Ethics in the 8th International Conference on Zen Buddhism, held in Kyoto,
Japan, between March 11th - 16th, 1990.

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Presented a paper Yuasas Body-Scheme at the conference, Giving the Body its
Due, held at the University of Colorado, Eugene, Oregon, on Nov. 5, 1989.

Participated as translator in the 1st Conference of Japanese Philosophy, held at

U.C.L.A., sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, in April, 1989.

Respondent on the panel Buddhism and Heidegger at the AAR, held in Chicago,
November 20, 1988.

Served as panel moderator at the conference, The Status of Japanese Philosophy in

the United States, held at Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan in June, 1988.

Presented a paper, A Japanese Concept of Self: Its Philosophical Dimension at

the conference, The Status of Japanese Philosophy and Religion, held at
U.C.L.A., sponsored by the Social Science Research Council, in October, 1987.

A Japanese Concept of Self: Its Philosophical Dimension" at the conference, The

Concept of Self: India, Japan and China, held at the East-West Center, Honolulu,
Hawaii, June, 1987.

Dgens Approach to Self-Realization, at the conference of The Society for

Asian & Comparative Philosophy, held in Philadelphia, Pa, in March 1985.

Respondent to Professor IIDA Shtars paper Dgens Lotus at the Conference

on the Lotus Sutra in Japanese Culture, held in Honolulu, Hawaii in December
1984.

An Epistemic Turn in the Tao T Ching at The Third Congress in Chinese

Philosophy, held in Toronto, Canada in August, 1983.

Zeamis Conception of Freedom, at the Association for Asian Studies Pacific

Division Conference, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 26, 1982.

Workshops:

Gave a workshop on meditation at Robert Williams University on April 9th, 2011.

This workshop included a lecture on meditation, a guided training of meditation
exercises.

Gave a workshop on meridian exercises to those students interested in learning

them on the sixth floor of Anderson hall of Temple University, in November 21st,
2009.

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Gave a workshop on meditation to the East-West Club at Temple University on

Feb. 24, 2005.

Gave a workshop on meditation to the East-West Club at Temple University on

Nov. 10, 2006.

Grants and Fellowship Award:

East-West Center, Hon., Hi. Feb. - Aug. 1987.

The Center for Asian Studies Program at Temple University. (Summer, '93)

Language Competence:
Japanese and English (both fluent), French (reading competence)
Teaching Experience:
Temple University:
Undergraduate:
Rel 53 Intro to World Religions (Core Course)
Rel 50 Intro to Asian Religions (Core Course)
Rel-0811-001-Asian Behavior and Thought (GenEd)

Rel 113 Buddhism-Psychoanalysis & Existential Analysis

Rel 115 Intro to Zen Buddhism
Rel 122 Intro to Buddhism
Rel 368 Comparative Mysticism
IH52-47 Intellectual Heritage (Modern Western Intellectual
History)
H192 The Body, Meditation and Healing (Honors Course)
Graduate:
Rel 413 Proseminar in Japanese Buddhism
Rel 412 Proseminar in Buddhism
Rel 4 Foundations in Philosophy of Religions
Rel 414 Foundations in Japanese Buddhism
Rel 524 Foundations in Buddhist Thought
Rel 614 Topics in Buddhist Thought: the Kyoto School
Rel 990 Special Topics: Japanese Buddhism
Rel 723 Religion and Contemporary Thought: Jung & the East
Rel 611 Religion and Modern Thought: The Body: East & West
Rel 720 Religious Experience: East and West
Independent Studies:

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Undergraduate:
Religious Experiences
Intro to Buddhism
Death and Dying
Intro to Zen Buddhism
Japanese Buddhism
Human Bodys Energy
Graduate:
Philosophy of the Kyoto School
Philosophy of Nishida Kitar
Topics in Buddhist Thought
Reading of Abhidharmakosa
Reading of Watsujis Ethics as a Philosophical Anthropology
Readings on Eastern Meditation Texts
Other Teaching Experiences:
Haverford College, Haverford, PA:
Introduction to Buddhism (Fall, 98)
Introduction to Zen Philosophy (Spring, 99)
Introduction to Zen Buddhism (Fall, 00)
The Body, Ki-Energy, and Meditation (Spring, 01)

[Dept. of Philosophy]
[Dept. of Philosophy]
[Asian Studies]
[Asian Studies]

Supervision of Senior Thesis (Spring, 99)

[Dept. of Philosophy]

California Institute for Human Science, Encinitas, California:

HUS-RS Historical Survey of Eastern Religious Traditions [Summer,
1997]
The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
0S 90 Japanese Civilization (Spring 1990) [Oriental Studies Program]
INST 641/2 Japanese Philosophy (Fall, 1994)[Wharton School of Business]
University of Iowa
3rd and 4th year Japanese
(1972-1973) [East Asian Languages]
Intensive Japanese
(Summer, 1973) [East Asian Languages]

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Central College, Pella, Iowa

1st year Japanese Language Workshop

(1970-1972).

Dissertation Committees Served

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Adam Valerio
*(Religion)
Vishma Kumu
*(Religion)
Ermine Algaeir III* (Religion)
Dr. Alan Fox
(Religion)
Dr. Alan Preti
(Philosophy)
Dr. Andrei Veshestov*(Religion)
Dr. Chang Tsai
*(Religion)
Dr. David Low
(Religion)
Edward Godfrey
*(Religion)
Dr. Gereon Kopf * (Religion)
Mr. Haibo Wang*
(Religion)
Mr. Jacque Fasan* (Religion)
Dr. John Krummel* (Religion)
Mr. Kin Cheung
*(Religion)
Ms. Kristin Narcowich* (Religion)
Ms. Jessica Setik
(Religion)
Dr. Leslie Alldritt
(Religion)
Ms. Linda Dench
(Education)
Dr. Michael Barnhart (Philosophy)
Mr. Michael Egan* (Religion)
Mr. Michael Graham* (Religion)
Mr. Patrick Waynant* (Religion)
Dr. Rank Ra
(Religion)
Mr. Randall Pabitch* (Religion)
Ms. Sue-In Kim
(Dance)
Ms. Tanya Calamoneli (Dance)
Dr. Tao Jiang*
(Religion)
Mr. Thomas Downey* (Religion)
Dr. Todd Wise
(Religion)
Dr. Victor Forte*
(Religion)
Ms. Marga Kasper* (Religion)
Dr. Pamela Winfield* (Religion)
Ms. Susan Fatherree* (Religion)
Dr. Wenchi Wu*
(Dance)

In Progress
Change of Interest (June 2010)
In Progress
Completed
Completed, Spring, 2002
In Progress
Completed, Summer, 1998
Completed, Spring, 1998
In Progress
Completed, Summer, 1996
Left School
Left School (Change of interest)
Completed, 2008
In Progress
Left School (Change of interest)
MA thesis supervision
Completed
Completed, Fall, 2006
Completed
In Progress
Left school(Change of interest)
Left School to pursue music degree
Completed
Completed, Summer, 2007
In Progress [ABD]
In Progress
Completed, Summer, 2002
Left School due to illness
Completed, Spring, 1998
Completed, Fall, 2004
Left School to get married
Completed, Summer, 2003
Completed, Fall 2007
Completed, Fall, 2004

N.B.: the asterisk indicates that I served as main adviser.

SERVICE:

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Service to Temple University:

Dissertation Completion Grant Committee

1995 ->1997

Service to the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:

Development of Asian Studies Programs
College Dissertation Grants Committee
CAS Graduate Committee
CLA Graduate Committee

May 1996
Sept. 1997 -> Spring, 1998
Sept. 1998 -> Spring, 2000

Service to the Department of Religion:

Scholarship and Awards (Chair)
Director of Graduate Studies
Graduate Studies Committee
Personnel Committee
Scholarship and Awards Committee
Undergraduate Studies Committee

Sept.
July
Jan.
Sept.
Sept.
Fall,
Fall,

98 -> Present
93 -> May, 1995
88 -> Spring, 1995
96 -> Spring, 1997
88 -> present
91 -> Spring, 1995
98 -> Spring, 2006

Laura Levitts Promotion Committee

Vasiliki Limberis Promotion Committee
Chinese Search Committee (Chair)
Chinese Search Committee (Asian Studies)

Fall, 2010
Fall, 2011
Fall, 2011
Fall, 2011

Other Activities:

Served as interpreter for Professor KIMURA Kiyotaka of Tokyo University who

gave 10 lectures on Hua-yen Buddhism at Bodhi Mandala Zen Center, Jemes
Spring, in New Mexico, July, 1997.

Served as interpreter in the International Conference on the T'oegye School of

Neo-Confucianism, held at the University of Hawaii in October 1983.

Served as the Hawaii coordinator for NHKs (Japan Broadcasting Company)

overseas documentary crew between 1983 and 1987.

Served as a field-worker for Multi-lingual-Multi-Cultural Planning Project,

East-West Center, July, 1976.

Worked as interpreter and translator for a great many business transactions between
1976 and 1983.

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November/10/2011