Matthew Robert Hayes Curriculum Vitae 14334 Addison Street [email protected] Sherman Oaks, CA +1. 310. 283. 5737 91423
Education
Ph.D. Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA Dissertation: Faith, Devotion, and the Transmission of Religious Knowledge: Ritual Learning and Kōshiki Performance in Early Modern Japan Committee: William Bodiford (Chair), Robert Buswell, Natasha Heller, Herman Ooms, Helen Rees Examination Fields: “Japanese Buddhism,” “East Asia Ritual Practices,” “Chan Historiographic Traditions” 2020
M.A. Asian Studies, University of Oregon College of Arts and Sciences Thesis: Varieties of Control and Release in Tokugawa Religion Committee: Mark Unno (Chair), Ina Asim, Glynne Walley 2009
B.A. Religious Studies, University of Oregon Department of Religious Studies 2006
Other Middlebury Japanese Language Schools, Oakland, CA Summer 2011
Academic Publications
[Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters]
Forthcoming 2021 “Buddhist Ritual” (Book Chapter) Buddhism: The Basics “Bloomsbury Religion in North America” Series New York: Bloomsbury Section Editor: Gwendolyn Gillson
2020 “Registers of Reception: Audience and Affiliation in an Early Modern Shingon Ritual Performance” Journal of Asian Humanities at Kyushu University, vol. 5
2018 “Faith, Devotion, and Doctrinal Knowledge: Interpretive Strategies in Shingon Liturgical Exegesis” Journal of Religion in Japan, vol. 7, no. 1, 27–56
2012 “A Temporary Release from Regulation: Geographical and Social Movement During Japan’s Tokugawa Period” Princeton Journal of East Asian Studies, vol. 3: 70–83
[Book Reviews]
Forthcoming 2020 Guardians of the Buddha’s Home, Jessica Starling (University of Hawai’i Press, 2019) Pacific World, vol. 21
2019 Buddhism Beyond Gender, Rita Gross (Shambhala Publications, 2018) Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies, vol. 14
[Translations]
Forthcoming 2021 “Cycle of Life Power: Yunchi Zhuhong’s Thoughts on Abstention from Killing During the Late-Ming Dynasty,” Nishimura Ryō ⻄村玲 (“Emyō no kairo: Myōmatsu, Unsei Shūko no fusesshō shisō” 慧命の回路 明 末・雲棲株宏の不殺⽣思想) Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies, vol. 35
Forthcoming 2021 “Space and God: Chinese Criticisms of Christianity in Late-Ming Buddhism,” Nishimura Ryō ⻄村玲 (“Kokū to tenshu: Chūgoku Minmatsu Bukkyō no Kirisutokyō hihan” 虚空と天主 中国・明末仏教 のキリスト教批判) Journal of Chinese Buddhist Studies, vol. 35
[Digital Reference]
Forthcoming 2020 Index Buddhicus Online (all Japanese entries) Brill Publications Ed.: Tansen Sen
2018 Digital Dictionary of Buddhism Ed: Charles Muller Entries: “Gahō,” “Kakugen,” “Shari kuyō shiki”
Public-Facing Scholarship
2021 “Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part II)” The Digital Orientalist
2020 “Text-Matching at the Canonical Crossroads: An Introduction to BuddhaNexus (Part I)” The Digital Orientalist
2020 “A Digital Introduction to the Chinese Buddhist Canon” The Digital Orientalist
2020 Podcast Roundtable Host “Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ritual in the Buddhist Tradition” The Religious Studies Project Podcast
2019 Podcast Guest The Religious Studies Project Podcast “Buddhism in the Critical Classroom”
Academic Honors
2018 Ensho Ashikaga Graduate Research Prize (UCLA) 2011 Todd-Wengert Graduate Research Prize (University of Oregon)
Fellowships and Grants
2019–2020 Graduate Student Research Fellowship ($7,000) 2019 Sasakawa Research Travel Grant ($500) 2019 UCLA Office of Instructional Development Mini-grant ($650) 2018–2019 UCLA Dissertation Year Fellowship ($30,000) 2019 Collegium of University Teaching Fellowship ($9,000) 2018 Sasakawa Research Travel Grant ($500) 2017 UCLA Doctoral Student Travel Grant ($1,000) 2016–2017 George and Sakaye Aratani Field Experience Scholarship ($25,000) 2016 Graduate Student Research Fellowship ($6,000) 2015 Graduate Student Research Mentorship ($6,000) 2014 Graduate Student Research Fellowship ($2,000) 2013 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Mandarin Chinese ($8,000) 2011 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, Japanese ($8,000)
Courses Taught
[Instructor of Record, Advanced Courses; UCLA and Occidental College]
Spring 2021 Buddhisms of the Silk Road (remote instruction) Winter 2021 Japanese Folklore (remote instruction) Fall 2020 Zen, Text, and the Endurance of Religious Narrative (remote instruction) Spring– Pilgrims, Patrons, and the Sacred: Ritual Participation in Premodern Summer 2019 Japanese Religions
[Instructor of Record, Introductory Courses; UCLA]
2016–2020 Introduction to Buddhism/Writing II (remote instruction from spring 2020)
[Teaching Fellow]
Winter 2017 Introduction to Buddhism/Writing II Spring 2016 Japanese Civilization 2015–2016 Introduction to Buddhism/Writing II Fall 2014 Japanese Civilization Spring 2014 Introduction to Buddhism/Writing II Winter 2014 Introduction to Buddhism/Writing II Fall 2013 Japanese Civilization Fall 2010 World Religions: Asian Traditions
Courses Offered (syllabi available)
[Introductory Courses] Introduction to Asian Religions Introduction to East Asian Religions Religions of Japan Introduction to World Religions What is Asia? An Introduction to Asian Civilizations and Cultures Introduction to Asian Ethical Thought I: Premodern Positions Introduction to Asian Ethical Thought II: Modern Interpretations Meaning-Making and the Religious Experience Writing in the Humanities Introduction to the Humanities as a Discipline [Advanced Courses] Christian Encounters with the Buddhist World Women and Buddhism Boundaries of Ritual Performance in Modern Japan
Advising Appointments
2010–2012 Undergraduate Adviser, University of Oregon Asian Studies Program
Editorial Appointments
2020–Present Editor for Buddhist Studies Digital Orientalist
2017–Present Copyeditor Journal of Global Buddhism
2020–2021 Copyeditor (Entire Manuscripts) Buddhism and Statecraft in East Asia (Stephanie Balkwill and James Benn, eds., forthcoming 2021)
Buddhism and the Making of Female Rule: Northern Wei Empress Dowager Ling and a Forgotten Buddhist History of Women (Stephanie Balkwill, forthcoming 2021)
2019–2020 Transcriber (Entire Manuscript) Conceptions and Misconceptions of Monastery and Monk (forthcoming) Supervisor: Gregory Schopen
2016–2019 Assistant Editor (Japanese) Index Buddhicus Online Leiden: Brill Publishing
Research Affiliations
2021 Research Consultant Project: Toganoo Collection Provenance Project
2020 Research Assistant and Principal Translator Project: Kohitsu Tekagami and Saga-bon (UCLA Rare Books Webinar)
2018–2019 CFPRT Processing Scholar Project: Buddhist Churches of America Records Center for Primary Research and Training, UCLA Special Collections
2016–2018 Visiting Research Fellow Institute for the Comprehensive Study of Buddhism Taisho University, Tokyo Adviser: Tomabechi Seiichi
2016–2018 Visiting Research Fellow School of Law Waseda University, Tokyo Adviser: Niels Guelberg
2016 Graduate Researcher Richard C. Rudolph East Asian Library Rare Books Metadata Collection: Toganoo Collection
Invited Talks and Conference Participation
[Invited Talks]
2017 我寶の『槇尾問答鈔』と『舎利供養式鈔』における「帰依」 (“‘Taking refuge’ in Gahō’s Makino-o mondō shō and Shari kuyō shiki ”) Institute for the Comprehensive Study of Buddhism, Taisho University, Tokyo
[Conference Co-Organizer]
2018 Bent Out of Shape: Remolding Conceptions of Materiality and the Body in Japan UCLA Japan Studies Symposium
2012 Area Studies in Global Context: The ‘Place’ of Asia University of Oregon Asian Studies Conference
[Panel Co-Organizer]
2021 Chanting Japanese Hymns as a Lay Buddhist Practice Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, WA (Virtual)
2019 Buddhism, Religious Knowledge, and Public Space in Edo and Meiji Japan American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
2017 From Secrecy to Disclosure: Doctrinal Repurposing and Consumption in Japanese Religion Association of Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada
[Panel Presenter]
2021 “The Kōgyō Daishi Wasan and the Role of its Hagiographic Provenance in Lay Buddhist Propagation” Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Seattle, WA
2019 “Public Ritual Networks and the Flow of Doctrinal Knowledge in Early Modern Shingon Buddhism” American Academy of Religion Annual Conference, San Diego, CA
2019 “Ritual Disclosure and the Body: The Sensorium and the Intellect as Sites of Religious Resistance in an Early Modern Shingon Liturgy” American Academy of Religion (Western Regional) Annual Conference, Arizona State University
2018 “Pedagogy in Performance: Devotion and Emergent Ritual Learning in Kakuban’s Shari kuyō shiki” “Buddhism and Performance in Premodern Japan,” McGill University Conference
2017 “From the Margins: Interlinear Identity and Scholarly Devotion in Early Modern Exegesis” Buddhist Studies Graduate Conference, Florida State University
2017 “Trajectories of Affiliation: Tracing Devotion and Doctrine in Early Modern Japanese Buddhist Commentaries” Association for Asian Studies Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada
2016 “Kakuban’s Shari kōshiki and Early Modern Doctrinal Access” California Buddhist Graduate Student Conference, Stanford University
2014 “Ritual Commemoration and the Authority of Dōgen’s Image at Eiheiji” “Power, Ideology, and the Everyday,” UCLA Japan Studies Symposium
[Panel Discussant]
2018 Panel: “The Use of Religious Objects” Bent Out of Shape: Reconfiguring Materiality and the Body in Japan UCLA Japan Studies Symposium
[Conference Facilitator]
2018 6th Annual International Conference on Ganhwa Seon, UCLA
[Workshops Attended]
2018 Digital Humanities Workshop for East Asian Religions Project: “Devotional Correlates in Gahō’s Makino’o mondō shō” McMaster University
2016 UCLA/USC and Illinois /Indiana National Dissertation Workshop Paper: “Ritual Pedagogy and Temple Patronage: An Analysis of Early Modern Kōshiki Performance” UCLA
Research Languages
Primary: Modern and Classical (bungo and kambun) Japanese Secondary: Modern and Classical Chinese; French
Service to University
2018–2019 UCLA Graduate/Undergraduate Mentor UCLA Education Department, 2019
Member Affiliations
American Academy of Religion (AAR) Association for Asian Studies (AAS) UCLA Center for the Study of Religion Council for East Asian Libraries (CEAL)
Professional References
William Bodiford (Ph.D. Adviser, Dissertation Chair) Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA [email protected] T: 310-206-8235
Robert Buswell (Ph.D. Committee Member) Distinguished Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA [email protected] T: 310-825-2089
Mark Unno (M.A. Adviser and Mentor) Associate Professor, Department of Religious Studies, University of Oregon [email protected] T: 541-346-4973
Torquil Duthie (ALC Teaching Committee Head) Associate Professor, Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, UCLA [email protected] T: 310-794-8942
Jennifer Jung-Kim (Professional Reference) Lecturer, International Institute and Department of Asian Languages and Cultures Assistant Director, Center for Buddhist Studies, UCLA [email protected] T: 310-825-2089