Dr. Georgios T. Halkias | Associate Professor & Chair of Master of Buddhist Studies Programme
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Dr. Georgios T. Halkias | Associate Professor & Chair of Master of Buddhist Studies Programme Centre of Buddhist Studies, Rm. 404, 4/F, Jockey Club Tower, Centennial Campus, Pokfulam Road, The University of Hong Kong Tel: (852) 3917–2846 | Email: [email protected] Web site: https://hku-hk.academia.edu/GeorgiosHalkias Education DPhil, Oriental Studies. Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, UK. MA, Comparative Philosophy. Philosophy Department, University of Hawaii, USA. MA, Film and Television Studies. Department of Film Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. BA, Philosophy. University of Hawaii, USA. Areas of research Pure Land Buddhism in India, Tibet & Central Asia | Indo-Tibetan Tantric ritual and meditation systems | Himalayan Buddhism | Buddhism and Hellenism in India and Central Asia | Topics in comparative religion | Buddhism and film Fellowships/Scholarships Tianzhu Visiting Scholarship. Centre of Buddhist Studies, Universiteit Gent, Belgium Research Fellow. Käte Hamburger Kolleg Research Fellowship. “Dynamiken der Religionsgeschichte zwischen Asien und Europa.” Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Center for Religious Studies, Germany. British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship. “A cultural history of 17th century Tibetan Buddhist canons. ”School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. Jōdo-Shinshū Otani-ha Doctoral Fellowship in Buddhist Studies. Kyoto, Japan. Editorship Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Oxford University Press. Co-editor-in-chief URL: http://religion.oxfordre.com/page/buddhism/ Entangled Religions: Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Religious Contact and Transfer, Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Area editor on Asian religions and Buddhism. URL: https://er.ceres.rub.de Publications (selection) Books Luminous Bliss: A Religious History of Pure Land Literature in Tibet. With an Annotated Translation and Critical Analysis of the Orgyen-ling golden short Sukhāvatīvyūha-sūtra. University of Hawai‘i Press, 368 pages. Paperback edition 2017. | Book reviews: Vesna Wallace, The International Journal of Asian Studies 12(1): 2015; Charles B. Jones, H-Net Reviews in the Humanities and Social Sciences, February, 2014; Michael Zrenner, Religions of South Asia 8(2): 2014; Kendall Marchman, Pacific World 16: 2014. Edited volumes In preparation Oxford Encyclopedia of Buddhism. Oxford University Press, 2020. Co-edited with Richard Payne. Estimated 2-3 volumes, approx. 200 entries. 2021 Tibetan Representations of Enlightenment: The Linda Lau Collection of Buddhist Thangka. Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 360 pages & 293 images. 2019 Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology. University of Hawaii Press, 728 pages. Co-edited with Richard Payne. 1-5 2018 Religious Boundaries for Sex, Gender, and Corporeality. Routledge Religion Series, 196 pages. Co-edited with Alexandra Cuffel & Ana Echevarria. 2007 Contemporary Visions in Tibetan Studies: Proceedings of the First International Seminar of Young Tibetologists SOAS, London 2007. Serindia Press, 416 pages. Co-edited with Brandon Dotson, Tim Myatt, & Kelsang N. Gurung. Journals 2019 “The Heritage Buddhist Manuscripts of Ladakh: Tibetan Buddhist Canons and the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtras.” Himalaya Journal, Vol 39, No. 2, 1–9. 2019 “Heavenly Ascents after Death: Karma Chagme’s Commentary on Mind Transference.” Revue d’Etudes Tibétaines, no. 52, 70–89. 2018 “Great Journeys in Little Spaces: Buddhist Matters in Khyentse Norbu’s Travellers and Magicians.” International Journal of Buddhist Thought and Culture, Vol. 28. No. 2, 205– 223. 2017 “A History Worth Remembering: An Expedition to the Fortress of Basgo.” Orientations, Vol. 48, No. 2, 150–155. 2015 “The Self-immolation of Kalanos and other Luminous Encounters among Greeks and Indian Buddhists in the Hellenistic world.” Journal of the Oxford Centre for Buddhist Studies, Vol. VIII, 163–186. 2014 “With and without Titles in Sanskrit: Indo-Tibetan Pure Land Texts in the Kangyur.” JCBSSL, Vol. XI, 195–206. 2012 “Aspiring for Sukhāvatī in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism: Entering the dhāraṇī and buddhakṣetra of Buddha Aparimitāyus.” JCBSSL, Vol. XI, 77–110. 2012 “Από τον Μέγα Αλέξανδρο στο Βούδα: Ασύμμετρες Επιδράσεις Βουδισμού και Ελληνικού Πολιτισμού στην Κεντρική Ασία” [From Alexander the Great to the Buddha: Asymmetrical influences between Buddhism and Hellenism in Central Asia]. Conference Proceedings, Alexander, The Greek Cosmos-System and Contemporary Global Society, Academy of Institutions and Cultures, Athens, 215–228. 2009 “Until the Feathers of the Winged Black Raven Turn White: Sources for the Tibet-Bashahr Treaty of 1679–1684.” In Mountains, Monasteries and Mosques: Recent Research on Ladakh and the Western Himalaya, eds. John Bray et al. Supplement to Rivista Degli Studi Orientali, Nuova Serie, Volume LXXX, 61–86. 2004 “Tibetan Buddhism Registered: Imperial Archives from the Palace-Temple of ’Phang-thang.” The Eastern Buddhist, Kyoto. Vol. XXXVI, Nos. 1 and 2, 46–105. Chapters 2021 “Śrī Siṃha’s Final Upadeśa: Seven Nails that Strike the Essence of Awakening.” In Illuminating the Dharma: Buddhist Studies in Honour of Venerable Professor KL Dhammajoti, ed. Toshiichi Endo. Centre of Buddhist Studies, The University of Hong Kong, 181-194. 2021 “Pure Land Buddhism in Tibetan Contexts.” Oxford Encyclopaedia of Religion, Oxford University Press, 2014. Article published March 25, 2021. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/acregore/9780199340378.013.639 2020 “Yavanayāna: Scepticism as Soteriology in Aristocle’s Passage.” In Buddhism and Skepticism: Historical, Philosophical, and Comparative Perspectives, eds. Hanner, Oren. Hamburg Buddhist Studies Series 13, 83-108. 2019 “Buddhist Meditation in Tibet: Exoteric and Esoteric Orientations.” In Oxford Handbook of Meditation, eds. Miguel Farias, et al. Oxford University Press, 1–27. 2019 “Editor’s Introduction.” In Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology, eds. Georgios T. Halkias and Richard Payne. University of Hawaii Press, 1–25. 2019 “Liberating Desire: An Esoteric Pure Land Text by Dīpaṃkaraśrījñāna.” In Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology, eds. Georgios T. Halkias and Richard Payne. University of 2-5 Hawaii Press, 159–187. 2019 “Visions of the Pure Land from the Mind Treasury of Namchö Migyur Dorje.” In Pure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology, eds. Georgios T. Halkias and Richard Payne. University of Hawaii Press, 139–156. 2018 “Introduction: from reflections to membranes, transcripts on the body in religious discourse.” In Religious Boundaries for Sex, Gender, and Corporeality, eds. Alexandra Cuffel, Anna Echevarria and Georgios Halkias. Routledge, 1–10. 2017 “The Mirror and the Palimpsest: The Myth of Buddhist Kingship in Imperial Tibet.” In Locating Religions: Contact, Diversity and Translocality, eds. Reinhold F. Glei and Nikolas Jaspert. Brill, 123–150. 2015 “Fire Rituals in the Tibetan Tengyur: The Aparimitāyur-homa-vidhi-nāma by the Queen of Siddhas.” In Homa Variations: The Study of Ritual Change across the Longue Durée, eds. R. Payne and M. Witzel. Oxford University Press, 225–245. 2015 “Invoking Protection from the Buddha of Infinite Light and Wisdom.” In Tibetan and Himalayan Healing: An Anthology of Anthony Aris, eds. Charles Ramble and Ulrike Roesler. Vajra Books, 299–320. 2013 “When the Greeks Converted the Buddha: Asymmetrical Transfers of Knowledge in Indo- Greek Cultures.” In Religions and Trade: Religious Formation, Transformation and Cross- Cultural Exchange between East and West, ed. Volker Rabens. Brill, 65–115. 2013 [Reprint 2009]. “Until the Feathers of the Winged Black Raven Turn White: Sources for the Tibet-Bashahr Treaty of 1679–1684.” In Critical Readings on the History of Tibetan Foreign Relations, vol. 2, ed. Saul Mullard. Brill, 573–604. 2013 “Early Himalayan Kingdoms: Political and Cultural History up to 1700.” In Himalaya: The Exploration and Conquest of the Greatest Mountains on Earth, ed. Philip Parker. Anova Publishers, 25–35. 2013 “The Enlightened Sovereign: Kingship and Buddhism in Indo-Tibetan Traditions.” In A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy, ed. Steven Emmanuel. John Wiley & Sons, 491–511. 2010 “The Muslim Queens of the Himalayas: Princess Exchange in Ladakh and Baltistan.” In Islam- Tibet: Interactions along the Musk Routes, eds. Anna Akasoy et al. Ashgate Publications, 231–252. 2009 “Compassionate Aspirations and their fulfilment: Dol-po-pa’s A Prayer for Birth in Sukhāvatī.” In As Long As Space Endures: Essays on the Kālachakra Tantra in Honour of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, ed. Edward Arnold. Snow Lion Publications, 259–275. [Chinese translation by Wei Jiandong, 2014] Ta kong jian yu ru lai zang: jue nang pai ren wu, jiao fa, yi shu he li shi yan jiu [Other-emptiness and the Buddha-Matrix: contributions to the study of Jo-nang-pa figures, doctrine, iconography and history]. Beijing da xue chu ban she, 287– 308. 2008 “Buddhist Meditation Traditions in Tibet: The Union of the Three Vehicles.” In Buddhist Meditation: An Introduction, Chapter Eight, ed. Sharah Shaw. Rutledge Press, 159–186. 2006 “Pure-Lands and other Visions in Seventeenth-Century Tibet: a Gnam-chos sādhana for the pure-land Sukhāvatī revealed in 1658 by Gnam-chos Mi-’gyur-rdo-rje (1645–1667).” In Power, Politics and the Reinvention of Tradition: Tibet in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century, eds. Brian Cuevas et al. Brill, 121–151. Conference Proceedings & Workshops (selection) 2021 Panel Chair. “Chinese Cosmological and Religious Expansions and Appropriations in South and West