Guy M. Newland Professor and Chairperson Department of Philosophy and Religion Central Michigan University Anspach 102; (989) 774-3666; guy.newland@cmich.edu I. Education 1988 Ph.D., History of Religions: Buddhist Studies, University of Virginia Primary Area: Tibetan Buddhism Secondary Areas: Indian Buddhism, Chinese Religious Traditions 1983 M.A. Buddhist Studies, University of Virginia 1977 B.A. Religious Studies; with High Distinction, University of Virginia II. Employment History 2012-2013 Chairperson, Philosophy and Religion, CMU 2006-09 and 2000-03 Chairperson, Philosophy and Religion, CMU 2003-05 and 1998-99 Coordinator of Religion, Philosophy and Religion, CMU 2001 Promoted to Professor 1997-98 Chairperson, Religion, Central Michigan University 1988 Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University 1987-8 Lecturer (full time), Indiana University at Indianapolis 1981-86 Part-time Instructor at University of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Mary Washington College, and James Madison University III. Creative and Scholarly Activity A. Published Scholarly Books and Articles From Here to Enlightenment by the Dalai Lama, translated and annotated by Guy Newland. In press with Snow Lion/Shambala for January 2013 release. Emptiness (śūnyatā) in Oxford Bibliographies. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Moonshadows: Conventional Truth in Buddhist Philosophy edited by the Cowherds (= a collaborative collective including Guy Newland, Jay Garfield, Tom Tillemans, Jan Westerhoff, and others). New York: Oxford University Press: 2011. An Introduction to Conventional Truth by Guy Newland and Tom Tillemans in Moonshadows. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Weighing the Butter, Levels of Explanation, and Falsification: Models of the Conventional in Tsongkhapa s Account of the Conventional in Moonshadows. New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Introduction to Emptiness: As Taught in Tsong-kha-pa's Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path. Snow Lion: 2008. Second revised edition: Snow Lion, 2009. Translated into Spanish and German. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume 2, by Tsong-kha-pa. Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee; Joshua W.C. Cutler, Editor-in- Chief, Guy Newland, Editor. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 2004.
2 The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume 3, by Tsong-kha-pa. Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee; Joshua W.C. Cutler, Editor-in- Chief, Guy Newland, Editor. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 2002. Changing Minds: Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey Hopkins. Edited by Guy Newland. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 2001. "Ask a Farmer: Ultimate Analysis and Conventional Existence in Tsong kha pa's Lam rim chen mo" in Changing Minds: Contributions to the Study of Buddhism and Tibet in Honor of Jeffrey Hopkins. Edited by Guy Newland. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 2001. The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, Volume 1, by Tsong-kha-pa. Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee; Joshua W.C. Cutler, Editor-in- Chief, Guy Newland, Editor. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 2000. Appearance and Reality: The Two Truths in Four Buddhist Systems by Guy Newland. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1999. Published translations in Spanish, Danish, French and Vietnamese. The Debate Manual (yig cha) in Tibetan Monastic Education by Guy Newland. In Tibetan Literature: Studies in Genre edited by José Cabezón and Roger Jackson. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1996. The Two Truths. Guy Newland. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1992. Compassion: A Tibetan Analysis. London: Wisdom Publications, 1984. Other Publications Introductory Comments on Volume 3 of The Great Treatise, a four-page essay for the program of Teachings on The Great Treatise: His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama at Lehigh University, July 2008. Compassion in Bethlehem: A week with the Dalai Lama in the Morning Sun, August 2008. "The Best of Both Worlds: A Review of Buddhist Practice on Western Ground by Harvey Aronson in Buddhadharma, Winter 2004, 63-67 B. In-Progress Core Teachings of Tibetan Madhyamaka. A major translation project solicited by the Library of Tibetan Classic Series. I will translate eight Tibetan texts over three years, with an external funding budget of $51,000. Contracted with Wisdom Publications. Distinguishing the Two Truths: Annotated Translations from the Tibetan Madhyamaka Tradition by Guy Newland. A 350-page ms. Fully completed manuscript being edited by Snow Lion Publications. Ball Don t Lie: and other Modern Buddhist Ravings. A collection of essays. Sought for publication by Snow Lion Publications. C. Academic Conferences Organized an international conference on Buddhist Ethics and Emptiness at Central Michigan University, September 2012. How Does Merely Conventional Karma Work? at conference on Buddhist Ethics and Emptiness, Central Michigan University, September 2012.
3 Buddhist Ethics and Attachment Theory, at the International Buddhism and Science Conference, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India, January 15, 2009. Weighing the Butter: Conventional Truth in Madhyamaka Philosophy presented at the Workshop on Relative Truth, Rangjung Yeshe Institute, University of Kathmandu, November, 2008. Discussant at the Light of Berotsana Translator s Conference, Boulder, CO, September, 2008. What is False about Conventional Truth? refereed presentation on a panel at the International Association of Buddhist Studies conference in Atlanta, June 2008. Purity and Bliss: Enlightenment in a Celibate Tantric School an invited paper at the semiannual Buddhist Studies conference at Dongguk University, Seoul, May 2008. Philosophy in a Global Context: Ultimate Analysis and Convention in Tibetan Philosophy August 1998, 20th International Congress of Philosophy, Boston. Studies in Tibet-Centered Cross-Culturalism (organized and chaired the session). November 1991 at 20th Annual South Asia Conference, Madison, WI. Good Cop/Bad Cop on the Tibetan Frontier: The Orientalism of Sir Charles Bell and Laurence Austine Waddell November 1991 at 20th Annual South Asia Conference, Madison, WI. Magic and Mystery: Locating Tibetan Buddhism in the Discourse of Orientalism November 1991 at American Academy of Religion National Conference, Kansas City. Power and Coherent Reading: Ge-luk Madhyamika in Political Context March 1990 at Midwest Regional American Academy of Religion, Kalamazoo, MI. Convention and Authority: Political Implications of the Ge-luk Treatment of the Two Truths October 1989 at Association for Asian Studies, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Washington, D.C. D. Research Awards nominated for President s Award for Outstanding Research, 2009 nominated for President s Award for Outstanding Research, 2008 nominated for Provost s Award for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity, 1996 received Central Michigan University Research Professorship, 1996-97 E. Invited Off-Campus Scholarly Presentations Nāgārjuna with Jay Garfield and Geshe Yeshe Thapke, a weekend intensive at the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, Washington, NJ. August 2012 Nāgārjuna : five-day workshop at Sravasti Abbey, Newport WA. March 2012. From Here To Enlightenment: The Dalai Lama s Teachings on the Spiritual Path : weekend intensive at Tse chen ling Dharma Center, San Francisco, CA. March 2012. Betraying Emptiness: Translating Tibetan Retextualizations of Madhyamaka Philosophy at Smith College, spring 2011. Two Ways of Talking about the Ineffable: Tsongkhapa and Gormapa at Smith College, spring 2011. Deity Yoga and Vajrasattva Meditation, talk and meditation in a class at Smith College, spring 2011.
4 Varieties of Tibetan Madhyamaka : five-day workshop at Sravasti Abbey, Newport WA. March 2011. Dharma and Darwin: Buddhism as a Natural Religion, Colorado College, fall 2010. The Philosophy of Emptiness, at Colorado College, fall 2010. Introduction to Emptiness, weekend intensive at Bodhi Mind Dharma Center, Colorado Springs, CO, Fall 2010. The Two Truths : five-day workshop on Buddhist philosophy at Sravasti Abbey, Newport WA. March 2010. Discussant on translation of Tibetan at the Light of Berotsana Translators Conference, Boulder, CO September 2008. Organizer for The Dalai Lama Seminar, a series of talks by distinguished speakers including Robert Thurman of Columbia University, in preparation for the Dalai Lama s teachings at Lehigh University, July 2008. Weekend Intensive on Emptiness. Eight hours of lectures at Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, NY, February 2008. Insight into Reality August, 1995. A three-lecture presentation during a weekend seminar at the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, Washington, New Jersey. Nirvana and Wisdom August 1994. A three-lecture presentation during a weekend seminar at the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, Washington, New Jersey. The Two Truths in Tibetan Buddhism March 1992 at the Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, Washington, New Jersey. Buddhism and the Politics of Tibetan Autonomy May 1990 at Zen Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Tibetan Buddhist Perspectives on Nāgārjuna Summer 1989, a series of lectures presented as a faculty member of the 1989 NEH Summer Institute on Nāgārjuna at the University of Hawai i. Ge-luk Treatment of Madhyamaka Philosophy October 1989 invited lecture at Hampshire College sponsored by Hampshire College and Amherst College. What is Soul?: A Tibetan Buddhist Perspective July 1988 Interfaith Symposium at Indianapolis University, Indianapolis, Indiana. A Buddhist Perspective on Peace November 1987 Conference on Peace at Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis, Indiana. Buddhist Theory and Practice in Light of Freud s Theory of Drive May 1985 invited paper in Buddhist Studies Colloquium Series, University of Virginia. IV. External Funding Fellowships, Grants, Contracts 2009 Subsidy of approximately $3000 from Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies to travel to Sarnath, India to present a paper on Buddhist Ethics. 2008 $50,000 contract to support work on Core Teachings of Tibetan Madhyamaka with the Library of Tibetan Classics.
5 2008 Elizabeth Fond de Boer grant, University of Lausanne, $4000 to support a week of collaborative work on Buddhist philosophy in Kathmandu, Nepal. 2008 Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, $8000 contract for From Here to Enlightenment, a book based on the Dalai Lama s teachings at Lehigh U. in July 2008. 2008 Subsidy of $2500 from Dongguk University, Seoul, to attend and present at conference. 2008 The Light of Berotsana Translation Group: grant of $600 to cover hotel costs at translators conference in Boulder, CO. 2006 Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, $13,000 to support work on Introduction to Emptiness in preparation for Dalai Lama s teaching at Lehigh U. in 2008. 1998 FRCE Grant for Philosophy in a Global Context: Ultimate Analysis and Convention in Tibetan Buddhist Thought, a premier display at the August 1998, 20th International Congress of Philosophy, Boston. 1997 CMU Research Professor Award, one semester full release time and $1000 expenses to support editing of Tsong kha pa s Lam rim chen mo. 1996 Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, $1500 summer grant to support editing of a translation of Tsong kha pa s Lam rim chen mo. 1995 Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, $1500 summer grant to support editing of a translation of Tsong kha pa s Lam rim chen mo. 1993 Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, $2,500 summer grant to subsidize translation of a section from Tsong kha pa s Lam rim chen mo. 1989 FRCE funding at CMU for the paper Convention and Authority: Political Implications of the Ge-luk Treatment of the Two Truths October 1989 at Association for Asian Studies, Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Washington, D.C. 1988 Tibetan Buddhist Learning Center, $4,000 contract to produce the manuscript later published as Appearance and Reality. 1984 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Abroad Training Grant $19,500 (this award was not used due to problems obtaining necessary visa) 1984 American Institute of Indian Studies grant for research in India $10,000 (this award was declined because of redundancy with above) 1981-83, Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, South Asia, Tibetan 78-79 (University of Virginia) full tuition and stipend 1979-81 Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, East Asia, Japanese (University of Virginia) full tuition and stipend Unfunded Applications 1995 NEH Research Grant for College Teachers, $30,000, to support editing of a translation of Tsong kha pa s Lam rim chen mo not funded. 1995 NEH Summer Grant to support editing of a translation of Tsong kha pa s Lam rim chen mo program suspended that year for federal budget reasons.
6 V. Service (excluding extensive on-campus committees) Community 2011-now Trustee (appointed), Zoning Board of Appeals, Union Township Michigan 2003-2007 Trustee (elected), Mount Pleasant Public Schools, Michigan Professional Boards 1993-now Faculty Advisory Board to Namgyal Institute for Tibetan Buddhist Studies, Ithaca, NY Refereeing (partial listing) Referee for a book manuscript submitted to Columbia University Press Referred application for promotion to professor and University of Calgary, July 2012 Refereed tenure application at University of Calgary, 2011. Refereed book ms. for University of California Press, 2009. Refereed book manuscript submitted to SUNY Press, 2008 Refereed article for the Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies, 2008. Refereed book manuscript for Wisdom Publications, 2008. Refereed book manuscript for Wisdom Publications, 2006 Referee for tenure application Oregon State University, 2004 Referee for ms. submitted to Oxford University Press, 2003 Referee for doctoral dissertation submitted to University of Tasmania, 2002 Referee for ms. submitted to Oxford University Press, 2000 Referee for grant application for a Fulbright grant, 2000. Referee for grant application to the American Council of Learned Societies, 2000. Referee for ms. submitted to Oxford University Press, 1999 Referee for ms. submitted to Mayfield Press, 1999 Referee for tenure application, Dickinson College, 1995 Referee for ms. submitted to Oxford University Press, 1993 Referee for ms. submitted to Edwin Mellen Press, 1992 Peer-review for NEH Translation Grant application, 1992 Referee for American Philosophical Society Grant, 1992 Referee for ms. submitted to State University of New York Press, 1991 Referee for NEH Summer Stipend application, 1991 Referee for NEH Summer Stipend application, 1990 Referee for ms. submitted to State University of New York Press, 1990