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Eyal Aviv | Department of Asian Studies

Eyal Aviv

Eyal
Aviv

008-present -- Assistant Professor at The George Washington University, Washington, D.C., Department of Religion, Honors Program and Elliot School of Government.

2001-2008 – PhD Program at the Department of Religion at Harvard University, specializes in Chinese Religions and Buddhism. 

 

Publications

Book Project:

Telling Pearls from Fish-Eyes: Ouyang Jingwu’s Search for Authentic Buddhism”, a book manuscript, anticipated completion date is Dec. 2013

 

Articles:

"Turning a Deaf Ear to Dharma? The Theory of *Śrutavāsanā (聞熏and the Debate About the Nature of the Hearing and Mind in 20th Century China." In Critical Review of Buddhist Studies in Chinese (Hanyu Foxue Pinglun) edited by Lin Chen-kuo, Gong Jun, and Yao Zhihua, 85-112. Shanghai: Shanghai guji chubanshe, 2009. (In Chinese)

"Ambitions and Negotiations: The Growing Role of Laity in 20th Century Chinese Buddhism."  Journal of the Oxford Centre of Buddhist Studies.  1(2011): 31-54.

The Root that Nourishes the Branches: The Yogācārabhūni’s Role in 20th Century Chinese Scholastic Buddhism.” In "The Foundation for Yoga Practitioners: The Buddhist Yogācārabhūmi Treatise and Its Adaptation in India, East Asia, and Tibet," edited by Ulrich Timme Kragh, Cambridge: Harvard Oriental Series vol. 75, series editor Michael Witzel, published by The Department of South Asian Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, distributed by Harvard University Press, 2013

“Ōuyáng Jìngwú: From Yogācāra scholasticism to Soteriology” in Transforming Consciousness: The Intellectual Reception of Yogācāra Thought in Modern China.Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.   

 

Work in Progress:

“Religion, Historiography and Cultural Identity in the Debate over Xuyun’s Biography.” (Submitted to Modern China)

 

Reviews:

Review of David L. McMahan, The Making of Buddhist Modernism. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.   http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24528(accessed Jan. 5th 2011)

 

Presentations and Academic Activities

International Projects:

"The Indian Roots of Modern Chinese Thought," a three-year project (2009-2011), funded by Australian Research Council, and headed by John Makeham and John Powers from The Australian National University. This project focuses on the far-reaching consequences of Indian Buddhist scholastic practices on modern Chinese intellectual history.

“Buddhism between Tibet and China,” a three-year project (2011-14), headed by John Makeham, John Powers and Jay Garfield. The project studies possible links, and similarities of commentarial practices between the nineteenth and early-twentieth-century Chinese and Tibetan Buddhist communities involved in the modern resurrection and interpretation of Indian Buddhist thought.

“Revisiting the Revival: Holmes Welch and the Study of Buddhism in Twentieth-Century China.” A 5-years project (2013-2018). This project studies the work of Holmes Welch’s pioneering work on modern Buddhism in China and his legacy. It brings together scholars to discuss the impact of Welch’s work on the study of modern Chinese Buddhism and to update our understanding of his insights through new research conducted in the last two decades.

 

Presentations:

“Ouyang Jingwu: From Yogācāra scholasticism to Soteriology” Presented as part of the concluding conference for the "The Indian Roots of Modern Chinese Thought" project, December 2011, Hawaii.

“Redefining the Role of the Laity in 20th century China: Three Case Studies,” Presented at the meeting of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, June 2011, Taiwan.

“The Inner Studies Institute’s Revolutionary Impact on Buddhist Education,” Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Historical Society for Twentieth Century China, June, 2010, Philadelphia, PA.

“Turning a Deaf Ear to Hearing: the Yogācāra Theory of Śrutavāsanā and the Debate Ensued Over the Value of ‘Hearing’ Among Chinese Intellectuals.” Presented at the Conference of the American Academy of Religion, November 2009, Montreal, Canada.“Redefining the Terms of Chinese Buddhism: Ouyang Jingwu’s Theory of Buddhism’s Two-fold Paradigms.” Presented at the XVth Congress of the International Association of  Buddhist Studies, June, 2008, Atlanta, GA    

 On the Origin of the ‘Sacred:’ A Buddhist-Confucian Debate in Modern China.” Presented at the 5th Annual Israeli Conference for Asian Studies, June, 2006, Tel Aviv University, Israel

 Neither Religion nor Philosophy: The Revival of Weishi Thought in Republican China and its Implications.” Presented at the 4th Annual Israeli Conference for Asian Studies, May, 2005, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel