Panels/Workshops/Lecture Focused on My Work Peking University, Institute for Advanced Humanistic Studies, A two-day, three-part workshop on my work with presentations and discussion of Intimacy or Integrity, Japanese aesthetic of kokoro, and my philosophy of religion, Beijing, July 30-31, 2012 University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy, Press Conference and Workshop ソースブック発刊を記念して˺ [The Transmission of Japanese Philosophy: Celebrating the Publication of Sourcebook], my lecture: “˹ソースブックの構造˺ [“The structure of the Sourcebook], July 19, 2012 (Programs focused on my work—continued) Respondent (with other two co-editors) to Panel on Japanese Philosophy: A Sourcebook, Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Nov 21, 2012 Respondent to panel on my book Intimacy or Integrity: Philosophy and Cultural Difference, annual meeting of Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy (Asilomar, California) June 8, 2008 Respondent in Workshop at Harvard University on my book Intimacy or Integrity: Philosophy and Cultural Difference, “On Philosophy and Cultural Difference” May 16, 2003 Respondent for panel at joint meeting of American Catholic Philosophical Association and Society for Advancement of American Philosophy, on my book Intimacy or Integrity: Philosophy and Cultural Difference, Nov 1, 2003 Lecture Series The Gilbert Ryle Lectures (four lectures), “A Cultural Philosophy of Relationship: Intimacy vs. Integrity,” Trent University,Feb 9-12, 1998 Futaba Kenko Lectures (2 lectures): “Shinran’s Humility: A Spiritual Model for Today’s World,” Higashi Honganiji Temple, Honolulu. Oct 16, 2008 Futaba Kenko Lectures (4 lectures) Higashi Hongwanji Temple, Honolulu “Facing Uncertainties: Shinran’s Buddhist Perspective”, Higashi Honganiji Temple, Honolulu. Dec 7-9, 2001 Distinguished Visiting Foreign Scholar Lecturer and Director of Faculty-Grad Student Seminar Part I (1997) and Part II (1999): “Shinran and Our Postmodern Age of Mappō” (1997) “A Postmodern Shin Buddhist Ethics” 1999), Ōtani University (Kyoto) Lectures to Universities — Foreign: University of Tokyo Center for Philosophy, “Watsuji Tetsurō’s Ethical System” (July 11, 2013)
Wright State University: “Connecting with China: Religion and Connections” February 17, 2010 Union College, “Zen and Creativity” (January 22, 2009) Kennesaw State University [GA], Mike Ryan Lecture, “Zen Buddhism and Creativity,” April 2, 2009 Iowa State University, “Zen and Creativity” (April 16, 2009) Colgate University, “Zen and Creativity” (April 17, 2008) Colgate University, “Cultures of Intimacy, Cultures of Integrity” (April 15, 2008) University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) “Crossing Boundaries: Why Study Japanese Thought and Religion in the Core Curriculum” (2007) Brown University, “Theories of the Spiritual Basis of Language in Japanese Philosophies” (2007) Southern Illinois University, “Zen Buddhist Ethics of Responsiveness” (Leys Lecture in Philosophy, 2006) Wheaton (Norton, MA) College (Martin Lecture in Religion), “Intimacy as a Theme for Understanding Japanese Religion,” 2006 Luther College “Japan as an Intimacy-dominant Culture” (2005) University of Oregon (Jeremiah Lecture), “Zen and Pure Land: Postmodern Advice from Dōgen and Shinran,” 2003 Kennesaw State University Mike Ryan Lecture, “Shinto: Japanese Naturalism or Japanese Nationalism?” 2003 College of DuPage NEH Faculty Workshop Lecture “Reflections on Hakuin’s Autobiography,” 2003 Kent State University (Matchette Lecture) “Philosophy and Culture” 2002 Centre College [Convocation Speaker] “Zen and Creativity” 2000 University of Notre Dame “The Buddhist View of Self” 2000 Eckerd College “Japanese Philosophy and Japanese Culture” 1997 Middlesex Community College “Teaching about Japan” (1997) Slippery Rock College, “Understanding Japanese Cultural Values” (1996) Community Colleges of Philadelphia “Intimacy as a Motif in Japanese Culture” (1996) Otterbein College (1993, 1995) Penn State University, “Zen Buddhism and Creativity” (1995) Brown University “Japanese Ethics in Comparative Context” (1992) Institute of Studies — GTU [Numata Lecture] (1991)
Gustavus Adolphus College “How to Think Like a Japanese” (1990) University of Chicago Divinity School “Kūkai: Philosophizing in the Archaic” (1989) University of Chicago Divinity School “Philosophy as Metapraxis” (1990) UCLA “Zen Buddhist Philosophy” (1989) Harvard Divinity School “The Buddhist Philosophy of Nothingness” (Februrary 1980) Harvard Divinity School “Kūkai: Philosophizing in the Archaic” (1984) Harvard Divinity School “Intimacy as a Theme in Japanese Religion) (1990) Northwestern University “Zen Buddhism and Nāgārjuna” (1988) St. Mary's College (MD) “Intimacy and Integrity: Philosophy as Cultural Phenomenon” (1987) Cornell University “Intimacy as a Heuristic in Understanding Japanese Culture” (1983) Amherst College “Nishitani Keiji’s View of History” (1984) Smith College [Kent Lecture] “The Meaning of Person in Zen Buddhism” (1980) Conference Presentations (2000-2012 only) "Intimacy and Integrity: Cultural Perspectives on Nature,” paper at workshop for at Oglethorpe University, 9/24/2000 Panelist: “Trends in the Field of the Philosophy of Religion” at AAR annual meeting, Nashville, 11/19/2000 Respondent in panel about my book Intimacy or Integrity: Philosophy and Cultural Difference at joint meeting of American Catholic Philosophical Association and Society for Advancement of American Philosophy, Houston, 11/1/03 American Academy of Religion, “Watsuji Tetsurō and Continental Philosophy, ”11/22/03 Paper: “What is Japanese Philosophy?—The Approach in English-language Scholarship” Nanzan Institute for Religion and Culture “International Conference on Japanese Philosophy” Nagoya, Japan 6/8/04. Paper for International Lotus Sutra Conference “A Comparative Study of Religious Practices: Mantra, Nenbutsu, Litanies, the Kyrie, and the Jesus Prayer” Nagano, Japan 6/30/04 Three Workshop presentations for “Asian Views of Authority,” NEH-sponsored Asian Studies Development Program Institute , Honolulu: (July 22 and 23) “Authority in East Asian Buddhism;” “Intimate Authority in Japanese Culture;” “Authority in Shintō” 7/22-23/04 Paper for East-West Philosophers Conference, “Cultivating the Mindful Heart” Honolulu, 5/5/05
Presentation for NEH Asian Studies Development Program Institute, “Intimate Authority in Japanese Shinto and Buddhism” Honolulu, 7/29/05 Paper for Annual meeting of American Academy of Religion, “Zen as a Social Ethic” Philadelphia, 11/21/05 Keynote speaker: “Zen Buddhism and Creativity” National Undergraduate Conference on East Asian Studies, Dennison College, 2/17/06 Presentation for faculty workshop: “Cultures of Intimacy and Integrity“ at South Carolina International Education Consortium/Asian Studies Development Program, Charleston, SC, 3/17/06 Presentation, annual meeting of Society for Asian and Comparative Philosophy, “Eliot Deutsch’s Ontological Theory of Truth,” 6/13/ 2007 Moderator of discussion and workshop on interpreting religious texts in the classroom, Annual Meeting American Academy of Religion, San Diego, 11/18/07 Paper: “Yuasa Yasuo’s Use of Western Philosophy,” at annual meeting of American Academy of Religion, Chicago, 11/3/08 Paper: “Explaining Japanese Philosophy to Western Philosophers” Frontiers in Japanese Philosophy Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, 6/5/09 Paper: “Kūkai and the Cosmos as Gesture” Gesture at Large Conference, OSU, 2/26/10 Paper: “The Ground of Translation: Issues in Translating Premodern Japanese Philosophy” Tallinn, Estonia , Frontiers Conference on Premodern Japanese Philosophy, 6/23/10 Paper: “From the Love of Wisdom to the Wisdom of Love” for Eranos Symposium (Alcona, Switzerland) on “Love and New Social Relationships” 8/26 and 8/29/2010 (public lecture) Paper: “Spirituality in Japan: Practicing the Cultural Orientation of Intimacy” for Asian Studies Development Workshop, Univ of Wisconsin River Falls, 10/1/10 Paper: “The Intimacy of Here and Now in Japanese Culture” for workshop at Yale University on “Katō Shūichi’s Theory of the Here and Now” (Yale-Tōdai [Tokyo University] Initiative), 10/14/10 Paper: “Mapping the Bodymind,” American Society for the Study of Religion annual meeting, Santa Barbara, Apr 28, 2012 Ph. D. Advising: of Hawai‘i (Philosophy) 1980 David E. Shaner “The Bodymind Experience in Japanese Buddhism: a phenomenological study of Kūkai and Dōgen” Dissertation Adviser Ohio State University (Comparative Studies)