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BRADLEY S. CLOUGH Abdulhadi H. Taher Chair in Comparative Religion The American University in Cairo 113 Sharia Qasr Al-Aini, P.O. Box 2500 Cairo 11511 Egypt 011-202-2797-6122 [email protected] EMPLOYMENT AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Courses Include: Religions of the World: A Comparative Introduction to Dimensions of Human Spirituality Theory and Method in the Study of Religion Introduction to the Religions of Asia Buddhist Thought and Practice Hearts of Wisdom: Great Works of Indian Buddhist Philosophy Hindu Religious Traditions Religions of India: Hinduism and Buddhism History of India Between Hindu and Muslim in South Asia The Life and Works of Gandhi Buddhism in East Asia Tibetan Civilization Japanese Religions Approaches to the Study of Zen Buddhism Contemporary Buddhism in South and Southeast Asia Sacred Biography and Autobiography in the World’s Religions The Experiential Dimensions of Religion Meditative Traditions of Asia Prayer and Contemplation in the World’s Religions Pilgrimage in the World’s Religions Wisdom Books and Culture Between Hindu and Muslim in India and Pakistan Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Sanskrit A variety of “core curriculum” courses Abdulhadi H. Taher Chair in Comparative Religion, The American University in Cairo 2003-Present Assistant Professor, Religion and Asian Studies, Bard College 1999-2003 Bradley S. Clough 2 Adjunct Professor, Religion and Asian Studies, Bard College Lecturer, Columbia University and Barnard College Visiting Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College 1994-1998 1990-91, 1993-94 Fall 1990 EDUCATION: September 1987-May 1998 Columbia University Graduate Program in Religious Studies (Buddhist Studies specialization) Degrees: Master of Arts (1989), Master of Philosophy with honors (1992) Doctor of Philosophy (1998) Dissertation: Noble Persons’ Paths: A Study of Early Indian and Theravada Buddhist Soteriologies (advisor; Dr. Alex Wayman) September 1978-May 1982 St. Lawrence University Degree: Bachelor of Arts cum laude Major: Eastern Religious Studies (with honors) EXPERIENCE ABROAD: Nepal: Manuscript Research on Ashvaghosha’s Buddhacarita Summer 2006 (AUC Travel Research Grant) India: Manuscript Research on Ashvaghosha’s Buddhacarita Fall 2005 (AUC Pre-Tenure Research Award) Sri Lanka: Research on Buddhist Ethics (Freeman Foundation) Summer 2002 Long-Term Research Grant) Sri Lanka: Research on Buddhist Ethics (Freeman Foundation Winter 2002 Short-Term Grant) Sri Lanka: Archive Research and Translation Work (Bard College Summer 2001 Research Committee Grant) Sri Lanka: Research on the Meditation Revival in Sri Lanka Winter 2000 (ACLS/Center for Contemplative Mind in Society) India: Program Director for the New York State Independent Fall 1997 College Consortium for Study in India Sri Lanka: Dissertation Research in the Colombo and Kandy Winter/Spring 1993 Areas (Columbia University Research and Travel Dissertation Grant) India: Instructor and Advisor for the Antioch College Program in Fall 1992 Buddhist Studies (Bodh Gaya, Sarnath, and Dharamsala) Bradley S. Clough 3 FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS: AUC Travel Research Grant 2006 AUC Pre-Tenure Research Award 2005 Freeman Foundation Long-Term and Short-Term Research Grants 2002 Bard College Research Committee Grant 2001 American Council of Learned Societies, Research and Course 1999-2000 Development Grant (Contemplative Practices Fellowship Grant) Research and Travel Dissertation Grant, Columbia University 1992-93 Teaching Fellow, Columbia University 1990-91, 1993-94 Presidents Fellow, Columbia University 1987-88, 1988-89, 1989-90 PUBLICATIONS: Noble Persons’ Paths: Diversity and Controversy in Early Indian and Theravada Buddhist Soteriologies. Buddhist Traditions Series, (New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publications) (forthcoming). 2008 “Buddhist Intolerance: The Case of Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism,” 2008 Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner, eds., Tolerance and Intolerance In the World’s Religions (West Conshohocken, PA: Templeton Foundation Press). “Introduction” to issue “Philosophical, Literary, and Historical Perspectives on Sacred Space,” forthcoming in the Cairo Papers in the Social Sciences series, American University in Cairo Press *co-editor of this volume with Dr. David Blanks “Communitas or Contestation?: Buddhist-Hindu Practices and Interactions at ‘The Holiest Place in Sri Lanka’,” Cairo Papers in the Social Sciences issue on “Philosophical, Literary, and Historical Perspectives on Sacred Space” (forthcoming).* *co-editor of this volume with Dr. David Blanks 2007 2007 Book Review of Greg Bailey and Ian Mabbett’s The Sociology of Early Buddhism, for History of Religions (Volume 46, Number 2, November 2006). 2006 Book Review of John Clifford Holt’s The Buddhist Visnu: Religious Transformation, Politics, and Culture, for the Journal of Vaishnava Studies (Volume 14, Number 2, Spring 2006) 2006 Bradley S. Clough 4 Book Review of Rohan Bastin’s The Domain of Constant Excess: Plural Worship at the Munnesvaram Temples in Sri Lanka, in The Australian Journal of Anthropology (Volume 16, Number 3, December 2005 2005, pp. 401-403). “Altruism in Contemporary Buddhism: Thich Nhat Hanh’s Socially Engaged Buddhism,” in Bruce Chilton and Jacob Neusner,eds., Altruism in the World’s Religions (Washington: Georgetown University Press), pp. 115-138. “Gandhi the Rama-bhakta,” Journal of Vaishnava Studies (Vol. 12, Number 2, Spring 2004, pp. 151-174). 2005 2004 Entries on the Buddhist figures Moggallana, Buddhaghosa, Bhikkhu Buddhadasa, and Mahasi Sayadaw for the Encyclopedia of Holy Persons (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO Publications). 2004 Book Review of Carol S. Anderson’s Pain and Its Ending: The Four Noble Truths in the Theravada Buddhist Canon, for History of Religions (Volume 42, Number 4, May 2003, pp.389-391). 2004 “Gandhi, Non-violence, and the Bhagavad-Gita, In Steven J. Rosen, ed., Holy War: Violence and the Bhagavad-Gita (Hampton, VA: Deepak Heritage Books, 2002), pp. 59-80. 2002 “Family Life in Buddhism.” In Jacob Neusner. ed., Comparing Religious Traditions: Ethics of Family Life (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/ Thompson Learning, 2001)., pp. 124-158. 2001 Book Review of H.L. Seneviratne’s The Work of Kings: The New Buddhism in Sri Lanka, for the Journal of Asian Studies (Volume 60, Number 1, February 2001, pp. 279-282). 2001 “For the Benefit of All: The Contemporary Reinterpretation and Reintegration of Early Buddhist Principles of Social Economics.” In Bruce D. Chilton and Jacob Neusner, eds., Religion and Economics: New Perspectives (Binghampton: Global Publications, State University of New York at Binghampton, 2000), pp. 69-86. 2000 Book Review of J.T.F. Jordens’ Gandhi’s Religion: A Homespun Shawl, for the Journal of Asian Studies (Volume 59, Number 1, November 2000, pp. 1070-1071). 2000 Bradley S. Clough 5 Book Review of Vivek Pinto’s Gandhi’s Visions and Values: Moral Quest for Change in Indian Agriculture, for the Journal of Asian Studies (Volume 59, Number 1, February 2000, pp. 206-208). Evil and Suffering in Buddhism,” in the Bard Journal of Social Sciences 2000 2000 (Volume 7, Number 5, Spring 2000), pp. 4-16. “The Historical King Ashoka/Priyadarshi,” in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Stagebill, for the drama, “Uttar-Pryadarshi” (October 2000, p. 31 [longer five-page version available at www.asiasociety.org]). 2000 Chapters On “God” and “Sacred Texts and Authority” in Buddhism 1997-98 for the Pilgrim Library of World Religions series, Volumes I and II, edited by Jacob Neusner (Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 1997 and 1998). Volume I, God, pp. 56-84, and Volume II, Sacred Texts and Authority, pp. 60-89. “Literary Sources of Buddhism,” pp. xxiii-xxviii in both volumes. Entries on “Disciples” and “Salvation” for the Encyclopedia of Women and Religion, edited by Serenity Young (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1998). 1998 Book Reviews of Sharon Salzberg’s Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness and Charles Tart’s Living the Mindful Life for the Journal of Religion and Health Volume 35, Number 1, Spring 1995, pp. 90-94). 1995 Book Review of Dudjom Rinpoche’s The Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism (translated by Matthew Kapstein) for the Southern Asian Institute of Columbia University Bulletin, Spring 1995, pp. 8-9. 1992 PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS: “The Importance of the Abhijnas in Indian Buddhism,” XVth Congress of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Emory University 2008 “The Rise of Sinhala Buddhist Nationalism,” The American University in Cairo, Annual Research Conference 2008 “Buddhist Ideologies of Extremism,” conference on “The Wrathful God: Religious Extremism in Comparative Perspective,” Emory University 2008 “The Erotic, Heroic and Peaceful: Aesthetic Theory and Its Application in the Poetics of Ashvaghosha’s Buddhacarita,” Dean’s Seminar, The American University in Cairo 2007 Bradley S. Clough 6 Host and Reader, “A Night of Sufi Poetry and Music,” 800th Anniversary Of the Birth of Rumi Festival, The American University in Cairo “Chinua Achebe’s Girls at War,” Core Seminar Lecture, The American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt. 2007 2006 and 2007 “Argument and Authority in South Asian Theravada Discourse on Meditation,” Annual Conference on South Asia, Madison, Wisconsin 2006 Lectures on “Buddhism and Jainism” and “Modern Religions in South Asia,” Belief Study Group/Bridges Foundation, Cairo, Egypt. 2006 Panelist, “History, Religion, and Gender Politics in The DaVinci Code” Dean’s Seminar, The American University in Cairo 2006 “A Buddhist Leader Helping to Rectify Popular Misperceptions of Islam in the West?: A Report on a Meeting between the Dalai Lama And North American Muslim Leaders,” The AUC Forum in the Study of Religion, The American University in Cairo 2006 “How Can Historians of Religion Rectify Popular Misperceptions of Inter-religious Relations?” Conference: “A Gathering of Hearts, Illuminating Minds,” San Francisco, California. 2006 “Chinua Achebe’s Girls at War and Other Short Stories,” Core Seminar Lecture, The American University in Cairo 2006 “Teaching Comparative Religion in the Middle East: Reflections on Experiences, Challenges, Failures, and Successes” (talks delivered on September 13, 2005 and October 1, 2005, at Penn State University and Bard College, respectively) Communitas or Contestation?: Buddhist-Hindu Practices and Interactions at "The Holiest Place in Sri Lanka” Conference: “From Cairo to Calcutta: Philosophical, Literary and Historical Perspectives on Sacred Space,” The American University in Cairo.* *co-organizer of this conference (with Dr. David Blanks) “Les Varietes de L’Hindouisme” Institut Dominicain D’Etudes Orientales, Cairo, Egypt 2005 2005 2005 Bradley S. Clough 7 “The Five Pillars of Islam and the Rise of Islamism” Community Services Association, Cairo, Egypt 2005 “Chinua Achebe’s Girls at War and Other Short Stories,” Core Seminar Lecture, The American University in Cairo 2004 Respondent, Panel on “Ethnographic Encounters with the Miraculous” American Academy of Religion Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX 2004 “Altruism in Buddhism: Thich Nhat Hanh and Socially-Engaged Buddhism,” Conference on Altruism in the World’s Religions, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 2004 “Contemporary Religion in Egypt: Islam, Coptic Christianity, and Muslim-Copt Relations,” Community Services Association, Cairo, Egypt 2004 “Gender, Identity, and Conflict: Unification in the Women’s Peace Movements in Sri Lanka.” Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies, The American University in Cairo. 2004 “Hinduism and the Tradition of the Aghori Holy Men.” Core Seminar Lecture, The American University in Cairo. 2003 and 2004 “Sources of Tolerance in the World’s Religions.” Cairo-American College” 2004 “New Research Directions in African Religions,” African History Month Day, The American University in Cairo 2004 “The Enterprise of Comparative Religion: Studying Religion in a Plural World.” Inaugural Lecture for the Abdulhadi H. Taher Chair In Comparative Religion, The American University in Cairo. 2003 “Buddhist Women in Sri Lankan Peace Movements.” The Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 2003 “New Developments in Sri Lankan Buddhism.” Panel Organizer and Contributor, Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting. 2003 Bradley S. Clough 8 “Debates on Meditation in Buddhist History.” Conference on Comparing Meditation Traditions, Institute for Advanced Theology, Bard College. 2002 “Buddhist-Confucian Encounters and Contributions to Chinese Culture.” Presentation with Bryan van Noorden of Vassar College, For the “Bard in China” program 2001 “Teaching the Contested Histories of Tibet.” Panel on Pedagogies in Teaching Asian Histories,” Asia Network Annual Conference. 2000 “For the Benefit of All: Contemporary Reinterpretation and Reintegration of Early Buddhist Principles of Social Economics,” Conference on “Economic Behavior and Religious Belief,” Bard College. 1999 “What Becomes a Bhikkhu Most?: Vocational Diversity in the Sri Lankan 1998 Buddhist Sangha,” American Academy of Religion Annual National Meeting. “Removing ‘Teleological Fallacies’: Towards a New Understanding of Early Buddhist Meditational Theories and Practices,” Bard College Faculty Seminar “Finding a Place for Hinduism and Buddhism in Inter-Religious Dialogue: Towards a World History of Religion in the Singular,” Conference on Inter-Religious Dialogue, Bard College. 1997 1996 “The Power of the ‘Buddha’s Voice’: Buddhaghosa’s Authority in Theravada Buddhism,” Columbia University Seminar on Buddhist Studies. 1996 “New Research in South Asian Religions.” Panel Organizer and Presenter, American Academy of Religion Regional Meeting, Boston, MA. 1995 “Conflicts Between Learning and Practice in the History of Theravada 1994 Buddhism,” American Academy of Religion Regional Meeting, New York, NY. “Buddhism in India: Basic Concepts and Forms.” Part of lecture series entitled, “INDIA: AN INTERVIEW,” co-sponsored by the Institute for Asian Studies and the Southern Asian Institute of Columbia University, New York, NY. 1994 “Many Paths to Nirvana: Exploring Early Buddhist Soteriology,” Annual Conference on South Asia, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 1993 Bradley S. Clough 9 “Soteriological Controversy in Theravada Buddhism,” Association of Asian Studies regional Meeting, Hartford, CT. 1993 “The Role of the ‘Higher Knowledges’ in Early Buddhism,” American Academy of Religion Regional Meeting, Washington, DC. 1992 LANGUAGES ABILITIES: Reading Fluency (advanced): Sanskrit, Pali, classical Tibetan, French and German Spoken Fluency: Hindi (intermediate), Sinhala (intermediate). COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY/PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION SERVICE: Acting Chair, History Department, AUC 2008 Research Proposal Review Board, Chair (AUC) 2007-present Advisory Committee, American Studies program, AUC 2005-present Board of Directors, American Institute of Sri Lanka Studies 2003-present Coptic Studies Chair Committee, AUC. 2003-present Director, AUC Forum in the Study of Religion, AUC 2003-present Steering Committee, Comparative Religion Group, American 2003-present Academy of Religion Board Member, Institute of Advanced Theology, Bard College 1998-present Committee on Revision of the Core Curriculum, Bard College 2002-2003 Co-Director, Core Seminar Program, Bard College 1998-2002 Committee on Research and Travel, Bard College 1998-2002 (Chair, 2000-2002) Board Chairperson, New York Independent College Consortium 1998-1999 for Study in India (board member 1994-2003) Committee on Multi-Disciplinary Studies, Bard College 1995-1997 Chair, Columbia University Seminar on Asian Thought and Religion 1995-1997 Student Representative, Committee on Asia and the Middle East, 1990-1994 Columbia University Rapporteur, Columbia University Seminar on Asian Thought and 1988-1994 Religion Graduate Student Representative (Humanities), Columbia University 1988-1990 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: American Academy of Religion American Institute of Sri Lanka Studies International Association of Buddhist Studies Association of Asian Studies Pali Text Society 1992-present 1992-present 1992-present 1993-present 2002-present