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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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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]
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.
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.
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.
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Art and Visual Culture, ed., S. Brent Plate (New York: Palgrave, 2002). Pp.
145-152. [with Pamela Winfield]
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.
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YUASA Yasuo, tr. Shigenori Nagatomo & Ruth Tonner, Nationalism and
Japanese Philosophy in Obirin Review of International Studies, vol. 2, 1990.
pp. 9-28.
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.
Ichikawas View of the Body in Philosophy East & West, Vol. 36, No. 4,
October, 1986, pp. 375-391.
Zeamis Conception of Freedom in Philosophy East & West, Vol. XXXI, No.
4, October, 1981, pp. 401-416.
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Book Reviews:
A Buddhist Priest Mye: A Life of Dream, Kawai Hayao, trans. Mark Unno
(Calif. :The Lapiz Press, 1992), Philosophy East and West, July, '94.
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.
Research in Progress:
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Emptiness: This is that and that is this (75 pages, 1 spaced, Times New
Roman, Font 12)
Research Completed:
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Referee:
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Articles submitted to Dance Chronicle: Studies in Dance and the Related Arts.
Invited Lectures:
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 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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Gave a talk on Zen Meditation: Not One, Not Two, at Rowan University, New
Jersey, Nov. 3, 2003.
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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A talk on Japanese Religiosity to the study group sponsored by Dr. Sid Kochman,
on April 12, 1992, Philadelphia.
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.
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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.
Conferences Attended:
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2006.
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.
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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.
Respondent on the panel Buddhism and Heidegger at the AAR, held in Chicago,
November 20, 1988.
Workshops:
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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)
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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]
[Dept. of Philosophy]
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(1970-1972).
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
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1995 ->1997
May 1996
Sept. 1997 -> Spring, 1998
Sept. 1998 -> Spring, 2000
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
Fall, 2010
Fall, 2011
Fall, 2011
Fall, 2011
Other Activities:
Worked as interpreter and translator for a great many business transactions between
1976 and 1983.
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November/10/2011