HOLLY GAYLEY Department of Religious Studies | University of Colorado at Boulder UCB 292, Boulder, CO 80309-0292 EDUCATION Harvard University Ph.D., Tibetan and Himalayan Studies, 2009 Naropa University M.A., Buddhist Studies, 2000 Brown University B.A., Development Studies, 1989 with Honors DISSERTATION "Agency and the Rhetoric of Destiny: Narrating the Buddhist Revival in the Lives and Letters of Khandro Tāre Lhamo (1938–2002) and Namtrul Jigme Phuntsok (1944– )" ACADEMIC POSITIONS January 2010-present Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies University of Colorado at Boulder Jan 2008-Dec 2009 Instructor, Department of Religious Studies University of Colorado at Boulder Spring 2005 Visiting Instructor, Department of Religious Studies Wesleyan University Fall 2004 Visiting Instructor, Department of Religious Studies Connecticut College Fall 2004 Part-Time Lecturer, The Ex-College Tufts University 2002-2005 Teaching Fellow and Head Teaching Fellow Harvard University ACADEMIC RESEARCH Refereed Articles "The Love Letters of a Buddhist Tantric Couple: Reflections on Poetic Style and Epistolary Intimacy." Accepted for publication History of Religions. "Controversy over Buddhist Ethical Reform: A Secular Critique of Clerical Authority in the Tibetan Blogosphere." Accepted for publication in a special issue of Himalaya on The Secular in Tibetan Cultural Worlds, co-edited by Nicole Willock and Holly Gayley. All revisions completed, slated for Spring 2016. "T-Pop and the Lama: Buddhist 'Rites out of Place' in Tibetan Monastery-Produced VCDs." In Religion and Modernity in the Himalaya, co-edited by Megan Sijapati and Jessica Birkenholtz, Routledge Contemporary South Asia Series, 2016. "Reimagining Buddhist Ethics on the Tibetan Plateau." Journal of Buddhist Ethics 20 (2013): 247–286. Holly Gayley, Curriculum Vitae February 2016, p. 1 "The Ethics of Cultural Survival: A Buddhist Vision for Progress in Mkhan po 'Jigs phun's Heart Advice to Tibetans of the 21st Century." In Gray Tuttle (ed.), Mapping the Modern in Tibet. Sankt Augustin, Germany: International Institute for Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, 2011, pp. 435–502. "Ontology of the Past and its Materialization in Tibetan Treasures." In Olav Hammer and James Lewis (eds.), The Invention of Sacred Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008, pp. 213–240. "Soteriology of the Senses in Tibetan Buddhism," Numen 54/4 (2007): 459–499. "Patterns in the Ritual Dissemination of Padma gling pa's Treasures." In Francoise Pommaret and John Ardussi (eds.), Bhutan: Traditions and Changes. Leiden: Brill, 2007, pp. 97–119. Refereed Articles under Review "The Compassionate Treatment of Animals: A Contemporary Buddhist Approach in Eastern Tibet." Submitted and under review with Journal of Religious Ethics. "Non-Violence as a Shifting Signifier on the Tibetan Plateau." Co-authored with Padmatso (Baimacuo). Submitted and under review with Contemporary Buddhism. Invited Articles "Gendered Hagiography in Tibet: Comparing Buddhist Clerical Accounts of the Life of Khandro Tāre Lhamo." Invited for Buddhist Feminism(s) and the Feminine, edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo. Volume under review with SUNY Press. "Buddhist Ethics in Tibetan Cultural Areas: Revitalization and Reform." Invited for the Oxford Handbook on Buddhist Ethics. Volume under contract with Oxford University Press. "Tibetan Epistolary Revelations: Performative Speech in the Correspondence of a Buddhist Tantric Couple." Invited for Reading Tibetan Literature, an anthology based on the five- year "Religion and the Literary in Tibet" seminar at the American Academy of Religion annual conference. Co-Authored Article in Progress "Black Yak: A Tale about the Economic Toll of Buddhist Ethical Reform on Tibetan Nomads," co-authored with Tsewang Dorje, Qinghai Nationalities University (in progress). Original Translations "The Babble of a Foolish Man" (Bskyed rdzogs kyi zin bris blun gtam de nyid gsal ba) by Mdo mkhyen brtse Ye shes rdo rje. In A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice by the Rimé Masters of Tibet, co-edited with Joshua Schapiro. "The Call of a Sacred Drum" (Dben pa'i gtam lha'i rnga sgra) by Dpal sprul O rgyan 'jigs med chos kyi dbang po. In A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice by the Rimé Masters of Tibet, co-edited with Joshua Schapiro. "A Heap of Deliciously Sweet Honey: Heartfelt Words of Counsel" (Bslab bya'i snying gtam zhim mngar sbrang rtsi'i gong bu) by Rdo grub chen 'Jigs med bstan pa'i nyi ma. In A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice by the Rimé Masters of Tibet, co-edited with Joshua Schapiro. Holly Gayley, Curriculum Vitae February 2016, p. 2 Non-Refereed Introductions Introduction to The Secular in Tibetan Cultural Worlds with the journal Himalaya that I am co- editing with Nicole Willock (in progress). Introduction to A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice by the Rimé Masters of Tibet, an anthology of translations, co-authored with Joshua Schapiro. Volume submitted and under contract with Wisdom Publications. Introductory essay, "Satire and Non-Sectarianism in Advice for Solitary Retreat by Do Khyentsé and Disciples," to my original translations (listed above) in A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice by the Rimé Masters of Tibet, co-edited with Joshua Schapiro. Volume submitted and under contract with Wisdom Publications. Introduction to The Life and Revelations of Pema Lingpa, translated by Sarah Harding. Boulder, CO: Snow Lion Publications, 2003, pp. 1–28. Popular Press Publications "Modern Miracles of a Female Buddhist Master." In Jeffrey Samuels, Justin McDaniels, and Jeff Row (eds.), Figures of Buddhist Modernity. In press with University of Hawaii Press. "Who's Who in the Dudjom Lineage?" for Tibetan Buddhist Resources Center, published on September 23, 2011 at: http://blog.tbrc.org/?p=609. "Articulating Lineage in Golok" for Tibetan Buddhist Resources Center, published on September 14, 2010 at: http://blog.tbrc.org/?p=747. "The Scions of Dudjom Lingpa" for Tibetan Buddhist Resources Center, publishes on January 21, 2010 at: http://blog.tbrc.org/?p=747. "The Many Lives of Yeshe Tsogyal," Buddhadharma (Winter 2007): http://archive.thebuddhadharma.com/issues/2007/winter/lives.php. "Book Briefs" (quarterly column reviewing recent publications in Buddhist Studies), Buddhadharma, Fall 2002–Winter 2005. "Gyanendra's Test: Nepal's Hindu Monarchy in the Era of Democracy." Harvard Asia Quarterly 6:1 (Winter 2002): 56–62. "Feminism and Buddhism in Thailand: The Social Action of Chatsumarn Kabilsingh," co-authored with Rebecca Warner. In Sulak Sivaraksa (ed.), Socially Engaged Buddhism for the New Millennium. Berkeley: Parallax Press, 1999, pp. 213–226. Work in Progress Monograph manuscript. Love Letters from Golok: A Tantric Couple in Modern Tibet. Under contract with Columbia University Press. Final revisions submitted. Edited volume of translations, co-editing with Joshua Shapiro. A Gathering of Brilliant Moons: Practice Advice by the Rimé Masters of Tibet. Volume Submitted and under contract with Wisdom Publications. Research and Translations in Progress. Buddhist Advice for the 21st Century: Modernity and Ethics in Contemporary Tibet. Holly Gayley, Curriculum Vitae February 2016, p. 3 Book Reviews Review of The Taming of the Demons: Violence and Liberation in Tibetan Buddhism by Jacob Dalton. The Journal of Asian Studies 73/1 (2014): 236–238. Review of Tibetan Ritual, edited by José Cabezón. Journal of Buddhist Ethics 19 (2012): 468–472. Review of The Violence of Liberation: Gender and Tibetan Buddhist Revival in Post-Mao China by Charlene Makley. Journal of Gender Studies 18/1 (2009): 82–84. Review of How to Behave: Buddhism and Modernity in Colonial Cambodia, 1860–1930 by Ruth Hansen. Journal of the American Academy of Religion 76/4 (2008): 1002–1004. Review of When a Woman Becomes a Religious Dynasty: The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet by Hildegard Diemberger. Buddhadharma (Fall 2008). Review of The Cult of Pure Crystal Mountain: Popular Pilgrimage and Visionary Landscape in Southeast Tibet by Toni Huber. Journal of the International Association of Tibetan Studies (October 2005): http://www.thlib.org/collections/texts/jiats/#!jiats=/01/rev_huber/ Review of Tibetan Treasure Literature: Revelation, Tradition, and Accomplishment in Visionary Buddhism by Andreas Doctor, Buddhadharma (Summer 2005). Review of Buddhism in the Modern World: Adaptations of an Ancient World, edited by Steven Heine and Charles Prebish. The Journal of Asian Studies 63/3 (2004): 760–761. Conference Papers "Black Yak: Narrating the Economic Toll of Buddhist Ethical Reform on Tibetan Nomads," a paper co-authored with Tsewang Dorje and accepted for the Himalayan Studies Conference at the University of Texas at Austin, February 25-28, 2016. "Situating Female Religious Authority: Gender, Genre and Geography in Eastern Tibet," a paper presented on a panel on Female Lives and Narratives in Tibet at the American Academy of Religion conference in Atlanta, November 21-24, 2015. "Buddhist Modernism and Ethical Reform on the Tibetan Plateau: New Articulations of Non- Violence," a paper co-authored with Professor Padmatso and presented at a panel on Formations of Doctrine in Buddhist Modernity at the American Academy of Religion conference in Atlanta, November 21-24, 2015. "Tibetan Epistolary Revelations: Performative Speech in the Correspondence of a Buddhist Tantric Couple," a paper presented at Religion and the Literary in Tibet, conference at University of California, Berkeley, October