Dr. Carola Roloff (Bhik ṣuṇī Jampa Tsedroen) Universität Hamburg, Akademie der Weltreligionen Von-Melle-Park 8, D-20146 Hamburg Tel. +49 (0)40 42838-7768 Fax: +49 (0)40 42838-3441 e-mail: [email protected] Citizenship: German website: www.carolaroloff.de CURRENT POSITION Senior Researcher in the area of Buddhism Focus: Dialogical Theology, Gender and Contemporary Buddhism Re-Di Project “Religion and Dialogue in Modern Societies”, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) FURTHER CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECT (DFG) Die buddhistische Nonnenordination im tibetischen Kanon, ihre Darstellung in den tibetischen Kommentaren und Möglichkeiten zur Erneuerung des Nonnenordens im tibetischen Buddhismus (mit terminologischer Analyse und ITLR-Datenbank-Erweiterung im Bereich monastischer Fachtermini) RESEARCH INTERESTS • Contemporary Buddhism, intra-Buddhist and interreligious dialogue • Gender, human and women's rights in Buddhism • Ordination of Buddhist nuns, monastic rituals and rules in the M ūlasarv āstiv āda Vinaya along with its treatment in the Tibetan commentarial literature • Vinaya ordination lineages and ordination of Tibetan women in the religious history of Tibet • Tibetan biographies and hagiographies KEYWORDS Buddhist nuns, Ordination rituals, Gender, Dialogue, Dialogical theology, Buddhist monastic code, Vinaya, Buddhist monasticism PREVIOUS ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Feb 2013 – Nov 2014 Post-Doc Research Fellow at the Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg, Re-Di Project "Religion and Dialogue in Modern Societies", funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Jan 2010 – today Principal Investigator on “The ordination of nuns in the Tibetan Buddhist canon and its presentation in the Tibetan commentaries” at the Department of India and Tibet at the University of Hamburg, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) April 1-July 15, 2012 Forum Humanum Gastprofessur (Visiting Professorship), Academy of World Religions, University of Hamburg Ph.D., 2009 Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg, Dissertation summa cum laude: "Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi Scholar of the Fourteenth Century. The Forgotten Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet." Supervisor: Prof. Dr. David P. Jackson Reviewers: Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann, Prof. Dr. Eva Neumaier 2003 – 2009 Post-graduate student, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg. M.A., 2003 M.A. thesis magna cum laude: "Red mda’ pa (1349-1412) und Tsong kha pa (1357- 1419): zwei zentrale Figuren des tibetischen Buddhismus und ihr wechselseitiges Lehrer- Schüler-Verhältnis." Supervisors/Reviewers: Prof. Dr. David P. Jackson, Prof. Dr. Lambert Schmithausen Roloff / Tsedroen (08/2017) 1 1997 – 2002 Basic and Main M.A. studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg Major 1: Language and Culture of Tibet Major 2: Language and Culture of Ancient and Medieval India (Sanskrit, P āli) 1981 – 2001 Traditional training in the context of Tibetan monastic universities with Geshe Thubten Ngawang and other teachers at Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany 1980 – 2001 Tibetan Buddhist dialectics 1988 – 1996 Buddhist philosophy (Tibetan doxographic literature) 1981 – 1991 Vinaya (Tibetan M ūlasarv āstiv āda) 1988 – 1992 Vinaya Research on behalf of the Studienstiftung für Tibetischen Buddhismus GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 31/10/2015 Prolongation of DFG project until 31.07.2017 (cost-neutral) 23/01/2013 3-year prolongation of Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) project 04/07/2011 Karl H. Ditze Award for outstanding doctoral thesis 03/2011 Erasmus short-term lectureship 2009 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 3-years (prolonged to 6 years) 2009 PhD thesis printing costs grant Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany 2008 – 2009 PhD stipend Tara-Stiftung, Munich (2 years) 2007 Research grant Tara-Stiftung, Munich (for expedition to India) 2007 Travel grant Studienstiftung für Buddhismus, Hamburg (award-giving Bangkok) 2005 – 2007 PhD stipend Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany 01/1999 – 09/2002 Government grant "Bafög", (under)graduate scholarship, Germany TEACHING EXPERIENCE Lecturer, University of Duisburg-Essen, WS 2016/17 10/2016-03/2017 Seminar: Buddhistisch-christlicher Dialog: Gender und Geschlechter- gerechtigkeit. Lehrauftrag at the Universität Duisburg-Essen, Campus Essen, LE Evangelische Theologie Visiting scholar at Smith College, Massachusetts (USA), WS 2016/17 12/10/2016 Public Lecture at Amherst College: "Women, Ordination, and a Buddhist Perspective: A Violation of Rights?", Opening Talk "Robed Warriors lecture series" of the "Five Colleges Consortium", Massachusetts, USA 13/10/2016 Class visit Prof. Sue Darlington: "Life of Nuns", Nun & Women Religious, Buddhism and Society in Asia, Hampshire College 13/10/2016 Guided Meditation at Spiritual Life Center, Greenwich, Hampshire College 15/10/2016 Buddhism and Dialogue in the Contemporary World: Challenges Buddhism encounters in the West today. Interdisciplinary workshop for faculty members of the five colleges (full day), Neilson Library Smith College 17/10/2016 Guest Lecture Smith College, class Prof. Jay Garfield, The Study of Buddhism: "Gender Constructions and Gender Relations in Buddhism – The Possible Impact of Feminist Theory on Buddhist Studies" 18/10/2016 Student seminar "Life as a nun and issues that women and Westerners face in the Buddhist world", Guest Lecture Smith College 19/10/2016 Lecture and discussion with students and chaplains of world religions, "Life as a nun", Interfaith lunch, Elliot House Lounge, Religious and Spiritual Life Center, Mount Holyoke College 20/10/2016 Five College Buddhist Studies faculty seminar, Responses to "Openness towards the Religious Other in Buddhism. Challenges and Chances", Philosophy Study, Smith College Roloff / Tsedroen (08/2017) 2 Lecturer, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, SS 2016 04/06/2016 Lehrauftrag: Einführung in die Welt der Religionen, Studientag Buddhismus: Mythos, Ritus, Ethos Lecturer, University of Duisburg-Essen, WS 2015/16 10/2015-03/2016 Christlich-buddhistischer Dialog. Lehrauftrag at the Universität Duisburg- Essen, Campus Essen, LE Evangelische Theologie Lecturer and Co-Lecturer, University of Hamburg, WS 1996/97 to SS 2017 11-12/05/2017 Participation & statement at an expert conference on dialogical religious studies (also for students of the master course "Religionen, Dialog, Bil- dung") "Weiterentwicklung des dialogischen Religionsunterrichts für alle in Hamburg. Zwischenstand und Perspektiven aus Sicht der Akteure", Fakultät für Erziehungswissenschaft & Akademie der Weltreligionen, SS 2017 19/12/2016 Lecture "Buddhismus – neue Ansätze und Chancen. Buddhistische ‚Theologie‘, Genderfrage und interreligiöser Dialog", Ringvorlesung "Reformation, Aufbruch und Erneuerungsprozesse von Religionen", Akademie der Weltreligionen, 48.013, WS 2016/17 07/07/2016 Lecture "Gender Constructions and Gender Relations from a Tibetan Buddhist Perspective". E-Learning Course on Asian Buddhist Women, Numata Zentrum für Buddhismuskunde & Dharma Drum Institute of Liberal Arts Taiwan", 57.490, SS 2016 09/06/2016 Class visit seminar Prof. Sallie King, "Life as a Buddhist Nun", Hinduism and Buddhism: Philosophy and Spirituality, Liberation and Dialogue, Akademie der Weltreligionen, 48.004, SS 2016 14/04/2016 Keynote speech "Gerechtigkeitsvorstellungen im Buddhismus" (Some Remarks on: The Notion of Justice in Buddhism), Kongress "Gerechtigkeit als hermeneutischer Schlüssel für die Auslegung von Bibel und Koran" Missionsakademie an der Universität Hamburg, SS 2016 11/01/2016 Co-Moderation "Lecture and Discussion Prof. Dr. Jay Garfield: The Trans- mission of Buddhism to the West: Fidelity to Tradition versus Syncretism and Secularism", 48.013, WS 2015/16 16/11/2015 Lecture "Gender als Prüfstein für einen zeitgenössischen Buddhismus. Neue wissenschaftliche Ansätze aus der Perspektive buddhistischer Theologie", Ringvorlesung "Religionen, Dialog und Wissenschaften", 48.013, WS 2015/16 11/11/2015 Workshop "Gutes Leben, Religionen und Verantwortung im Bereich Klima", together with Dr. Willfried Maier, Halima Krausen, Pastor Jan Christensen; Moderator: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Weiße, "Impulse für die Diskussion aus buddhistischer Sicht", Akademie der Weltreligionen, Sitzungssaal des Akademischen Senats, WS 2015/16 10/2015-03/2016 Seminar: Buddhism and Dialogue, 48.010, WS 2015-16 10/2015-03/2016 together with Prof. Dr. Wolfram Weiße and Prof.D. Michael Zimmermann. Ringvorlesung "Religionen, Dialog und Wissenschaften. Neue Gewichtungen und innovative Ansätze aus unterschiedlichen Fachperspektiven", Akademie der Weltreligionen, 48.013, WS 2015/16 04/2015-09/2015 Weltreligion 4: Religionen im Dialog. Seminar lead by Prof. Dr. Ephraim Meir (Judaism) with Prof. Dr. Anantanand Rambachan (Hinduism), Prof. Dr. Sallie B. King (Buddhism and Christianity), Prof. Dr. Katajun Amirpur (Islam), and Prof. Dr. Wolfram Weiße (Christianity), 48.005, SS 2015 12/01/2015 "Gewaltfreiheit und Gewalt im Buddhismus". Response to Prof. André van der Braak, VU University Amsterdam, Akademie der Weltreligionen, 48.012, WS 2014/15 25/10/2014 Lecture "Gewaltfreiheit im Buddhismus". Eröffnung der Ringvorlesung "Gewaltfreiheit und Gewalt in den Religionen", Akademie der Weltreligionen and the Arbeitsstelle Theologie der Friedenskirchen. 48.012, WS 2014/15 Roloff / Tsedroen (08/2017) 3 04/2014-09/2014 Participation and Presentation 19/06/2014 "The Bhikshuni Ordination Rite in the Tibetan Translation of the M ūlasarv āstiv āda Vinaya". E-learning course on Bhikkhun ī/Bhik