Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Ph.D., Yale University 1995
  • M.Phil., Yale University 1993
  • M.A., Yale University 1986
  • B.A., San Francisco State University 1979
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  Previous Appointments & Affiliations

  • Director of the Asian | Pacific Studies Institute, Asian Pacific Studies Institute, Office of Global Affairs 2018 - 2022
  • Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2004 - 2019
  • Interim Chair in the Department of Religion, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2012
  • Creed C. Black Associate Professor of Religion, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006 - 2011
  • Chairman, Department of Religion, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2007 - 2011
  • Assistant Professor of Religion, Religious Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2001 - 2004
• Recognition
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  Awards & Honors

  • Kanazawa University International Award. Kanazawa University. 2023
  • NHC Fellow. National Humanities Center. 2023
  • Fellow. National Humanities Center. 2004
  • Fellowships for University Teachers. National Endowment for the Humanities. 2004
  • ACLS Fellows (ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowships and ACLS/New York Public Library Fellowships). American Council of Learned Societies. 2000
  • Summer Stipends Awards. National Endowment for the Humanities. 1999
• Expertise
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  Subject Headings

  • Muser Mentor
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  Global Scholarship

  • Expertise

    • Japan (Country) 

  • Research

    • Japan (Country) 
• Research
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  Selected Grants

  • Buddhist Meditation Community at Duke awarded by Khyentse Foundation 2020 - 2022
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Books

    • Jaffe, Richard M. Seeking Sakyamuni South Asia in the Formation of Modern Japanese Buddhism (Accepted). Buddhism and Modernity, 2019.
    • Jaffe, R. Selected Works of D. T. Suzuki, Zen Works. Edited by Richard M. Jaffe. University of California Press, 2014.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. Neither Monk nor Layman: Clerical Marriage in Modern Japanese Buddhism. Princeton University Press, 2000.

  • Academic Articles

    • Jaffe, Richard. “PURE LAND, REAL WORLD: Modern Buddhism, Japanese Leftists, and the Utopian Imagination.” Pacific Affairs 92, no. 1 (March 1, 2019): 131–33.
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    • Jaffe, Richard. “D. T. Suzuki and the Two Cranes: American Philanthropy and Suzuki’s Global Agenda.” Matsugaoka Bunko Kenkyū Nenpō 32 (2018): 29–58.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Ima Daisetsu o yomu: Zen and Japanese Culture 2010 ban jobun (Accepted).” Shiso (Thought) 1080 (2014).
    • Jaffe, R. “Religion and Japanese Empire.” Japanese Journal of Religious Studies 37 (2010).
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Pure Land Buddhism in Modern Japanese Culture by Elisabetta Porcu.” Journal of Japanese Studies 36 (2010): 198–202.
    • Jaffe, Richard. “Buddhist Material Culture, ’Indianism,’ and the Construction of Pan-Asianism in Prewar Japan.” Tohoku Shukyogaku 4 (December 2009): 157–89.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Review of Temple Buddhism by Steven Covell.” H Buddhism, July 2007.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Buddhist Material Culture, “Indianism,” and the Construction of Pan-Asian Buddhism in Pre-War Japan.” Material Religion 21 (November 2006): 266-293–266–293.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Review of Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization, edited by Linda Learman.” Journal of Contemporary Religion 21 (May 2006): 275–77.
    • Jaffe, R. M. “Buddhist material culture, "indianism," and the construction of pan-Asian Buddhism in prewar Japan.” Material Religion 2, no. 3 (January 1, 2006): 266–93. https://doi.org/10.2752/174322006778815126.
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    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Seeking Shakyamuni: Travel and the Reconstruction of Japanese Buddhism.” Journal of Japanese Studies 30 (2004): 65-96–65–96.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Review of Obaku Zen.” Journal of Asian Studies 62 (2003): 274–75.

  • Book Sections

    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Neither Monk nor Layman: Conclusions.” In Budda No Henbo: Kosaku Suru Kindai Bukkyo, edited by Sueki Fumihiko. Hozokan, 2014.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Introduction: Zen and Japanese Culture.” In Zen and Japanese Culture, vii–xxviii. Princeton University Press, 2010.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Seeking Sakyamuni: Travel and the Reconstruction of Japanese Buddhism.” In Defining Buddhism(s) : A Reader, 2008.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Meat Eating in Japanese Buddhism.” In Going Forth, edited by William Bodiford, 255–75. University of Hawaii Press, 2005.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. “Ungo Kiyo’s Ojoyoka and Rinzai Zen Orthodoxy.” In Approaching the Land of Bliss: Religious Praxis in the Cult of Amitabha, edited by Richard K. Payne and Kenneth K. Tanaka. Kuroda Institute Book/University of Hawaii Press, 2003.
    • Jaffe, Richard M. ““Inoue Enryo”; “Murakami Sensho”; “Temple Families”; “Meiji New Buddhism”; “D. T. Suzuki.”.” In Encyclopedia of Buddhism, edited by Jr Robert E Buswell. Macmillan, 2003.
• Teaching & Mentoring
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  Recent Courses

  • AMES 114: Buddhism 2023
  • AMES 581S: Pan-Asianism, Religion, and the State in Modern Asia 2023
  • EAS 581S: Pan-Asianism, Religion, and the State in Modern Asia 2023
  • RELIGION 120: Buddhism 2023
  • RELIGION 494: Honors Research 2023
  • RELIGION 581S: Pan-Asianism, Religion, and the State in Modern Asia 2023
  • AMES 315S: Buddhist Meditation: Cultivation Practices and Psychology 2022
  • CLST 210: The Good Life: Religion, Philosophy, and Life’s Ultimate Concerns 2022
  • ETHICS 210: The Good Life: Religion, Philosophy, and Life’s Ultimate Concerns 2022
  • PHIL 214: The Good Life: Religion, Philosophy, and Life’s Ultimate Concerns 2022
  • PUBPOL 229: The Good Life: Religion, Philosophy, and Life’s Ultimate Concerns 2022
  • RELIGION 210: The Good Life: Religion, Philosophy, and Life’s Ultimate Concerns 2022
  • RELIGION 323S: Buddhist Meditation: Cultivation Practices and Psychology 2022
  • RELIGION 493: Honors Research 2022
  • RELIGION 999: Special Readings 2022
  • AMES 323S: Modern Buddhism in Asia and America 2021
  • AMES 581S: Pan-Asianism, Religion, and the State in Modern Asia 2021
  • EAS 581S: Pan-Asianism, Religion, and the State in Modern Asia 2021
  • EAS 700: East Asian Studies Core Course: Fields and Methods 2021
  • HISTORY 707: East Asian Studies Core Course: Fields and Methods 2021
  • RELIGION 320S: Modern Buddhism in Asia and America 2021
  • RELIGION 581S: Pan-Asianism, Religion, and the State in Modern Asia 2021
  • RELIGION 700: East Asian Studies Core Course: Fields and Methods 2021
• Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
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  Presentations & Appearances

  • Global Waves on Ōmura Bay: The English Translation of the Gedatsu dōron (Vimuttimagga). December 3, 2013  2013
  • Kawaguchi Ekai, Globalization, and the Promotion of Lay Buddhism in Japan. October 5, 2013  2013
  • Global Waves on Omura Bay: The English Translation of the Gedatsu dōron. September 15, 2012  2012
  • Global Waves on Omura Bay: The English Translation of the Gedatsu dōron. September 13, 2012  2012
  • Respondent: The Role of the Laity in the Formation of Modern Buddhism. June 23, 2011  2011
  • Response to Transnationalism and Japanese Buddhist Modernity Panel. September 27, 2009  2009
  • Sōtō Zen for Export. August 28, 2009  2009
  • Kawaguchi Ekai and the Globalization of Lay Buddhism in Japan. October 31, 2008  2008
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  Service to the Profession

  • Respondent : Panel Respondent AAR Annual Meeting. November 18, 2012  2012
  • Journal of Global Buddhism. October 2012  2012
  • Reviewer : Oxford University Press. August 2012  2012
  • Respondent : Panel Respondent Association for Asian Studies. March 15, 2012  2012
  • Panel Respondent: India in the Asian Buddhist Imagination : Panel Respondent at National Conference. November 21, 2011  2011
  • Editorial Board Member : Journal of Japanese Religions. August 1, 2011  2011
  • Editorial Board Member : Journal of Global Buddhism. January 1, 2011  2011
  • Reviewer : Harvard East Asia Monographs. December 14, 2010  2010
  • Reviewer : Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. December 14, 2010  2010
  • AAR Buddhism Unit Steering Committee. January 1, 2010  2010
  • Editorial Board Member : Monumenta Nipponica. 2010 - January 1, 2013  2010 - 2013
  • Committee Member : AAR Buddhism Group Steering Committee. December 1, 2009  2009
  • Editorial Board Member : Material Religion. January 17, 2008 - December 31, 2011  2008 - 2011

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